REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXI 



Expenditures, 

 Services or compensation : 



3 carpenters, 208 days, at $3 $624. 00 



1 painter, 1 month, at $05 65. 00 



1 painter, 16 days at $65 33. 55 



14 skilled laborers, 364 days at $2 728. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 21 days at $1.75 36.75 



3 skilled laborers, 1 month at $50 150.00 



1 skilled laborer, 7£ days at $50 12.10 



1 skilled laborer, 1 month at $52 52.00 



1 skilled laborer, 24 days at $50, 6 days at $55 51. 00 



1 skilled laborer, 21 days at $1.75, 5 days at $2 46. 75 



1 laborer, 1 month, $41. 50 41. 50 



3 laborers, 83 days at $1.50 124. 50 



Miscellaneous : 



< i ranito pavement $600. 00 



Paints, oils, etc 400.23 



(Unss 28.00 



Advertising 38. 19 



Lumber 9.00 



Hardware 6. 42 



Brick, cement, charcoal 23. 50 



1, 965. 15 



1, 105. 34 



Total expenditure $3, 070. 49 



Balance July 1, 1896, to meet liabilities 929.51 



Fire Protection: Smithsonian Institution anl> National Museum, 1896. 



Ecceipts. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1896, "tor 

 expenses of putting iu four additional fire-plugs in the Smithsonian 

 grounds for the better protection of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 National Museum, and Astrophysical Observatory, and the purchase 

 of necessary fire hose." (Sundry civil act, March 2, 1895.) $800.00 



Disbursements. 



Water Department, I dstriet of Columbia, for labor and material 



for erecting four fire-hydrants iu Smithsonian grounds $616. 89 



Fire hose, nozzles, and couplings 151. 40 



798. 29 



Balance July 1,1896 1.71 



Appropriations for Previous Years— Preservation of Collections, 1894. 

 Balance .Inly 1, 1895, as per last annual report $235. 27 



Expenditures. 



Specimens $13. 50 



Freight 12.14 



Books 202.23 



Total expenditure 227.87 



Balance July 1, 1896 7.40 



