66 EEPOET OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1890. 



Several pairs of mahogany doors bave been made for cases, and the 

 time of tbe carpenters has been taken up to a considerable extent in 

 refitting the doors of other cases ; they have also been required to make 

 a large number of boxes for the storage of specimens, and for the ship- 

 ment of those designed for exchanges. In fact the general miscellane- 

 ous work demanded of them throughout the year has been so extensive 

 as to consume much time, and required a great deal of labor. 



Considerable metal work of various kinds has been done ; cases have 

 been made insect proof by being lined with metal, and metal partitions 

 have been made for file-holders j about 40 copper and tin tanks for 

 alcoholic specimens have been made, and more than that number com- 

 pleted, besides many cans for collecting purposes; nearly 1,500 brass 

 and tin label-holders have been made. 



In addition to the locksmith's work required on new and reconstructed 

 cases, the combination locks, suited to the symbol of each department, 

 have been changed on many of the unit tables in the Museum. This 

 work has been done in great part by a fireman skilled in such matters, 

 at periods wheu he could be spared from his regular duties in the engine 

 and boiler-rooms. 



HEATING, LIGHTING, ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONIC SERVICE. 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890, 

 for expenses of heating and lighting and electrical and telephonic serv- 

 ice for the National Museum, $12,000. (Sundry civil act, March 2, 1S89, 

 Public No. 154, p. 1G.) 



Out of this appropriation $5,114.87 has been expended for salaries or 

 compensation; $2,058.26 for fuel; $1,113.82 for gas; $001.05 for tele- 

 phones; $264.49 for electrical work and supplies; $100 for rental of 

 call-boxes ; $269.25 for heating repairs ; $147.86 for beating and light- 

 ing supplies ; and $3.25 for travel, making a total of expenditures to 

 July 1, 1890, of $9,672.85, and leaving a balance of $2,327.15 to meet 

 outstanding liabilities. 



Following is an analysis of salaries or compensation paid from the 

 appropriation for heating and lighting during this year : 



One engineer was employed, for part of the year only, at a salary of 

 $120 a month;* five firemen at $50 eacb, and one at $40 a month; one tel- 

 ephone clerk at $60, and one at $35 a month ; $ 137.71 has been expended 

 for extra labor, making the total expenditure for services in this depart- 

 ment $5,114.87. 



During the winter the engineer reported some of the boilers as being 

 in a very bad condition, the tubes which have been in use many years 

 being so warped, burnt, and corroded as to be liable to give out at auy 

 time ; he also named 6 pounds as the limit of steam pressure safe under 

 the circumstances, and suggested that the fires be kept up night and 



* The death of Mr. A. A. Duly, for ten years engineer, occurred in March. 



