EIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. suss. I. Ch. sev. ieee. 383 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. ,,..§,m**h¤°¤**¤*¤¤*i*¤· INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES: For expenses of the system of inter- International ex. national exchanges between the United States and foreign countries, °h*‘"g”· under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salagieg or compensation of all necessary employees, seventeen thousand o ars. NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY: For continuing ethnological re- North Amei-mu searches among the American Indians, under the direction of the °"‘°°l°g"‘ Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, forty thousand dollars. REPAIRS, SMITHSCNIAN BUILDING: For fire-proofing the so-called R¤p¤ir¤· chapel of the west wing of the Smithsonian Building, and for repair- . l11g the roof of the main building and the ceiling and plastering of the main Hall of the building, twenty-five thousand dollars, said work to be done under the su ervision of the Architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the Negents of the Smithsonian Institution, and no portion of the appropriation to be used for sky—lights in the roof nor for well-hole in the iloor of the main building UNDER THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AS DI- National Museum. REOTOR OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. HEATING AND LIGHTING: For expense of heating, lighting, elec- Iieuuugee. trical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for the National Museum, twelve thousand dollars. . PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM: _Pr•servingc0l1cc- For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col- "°“*· lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the government, and from other sources, including salaries or com ensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM: For Furniture, em. cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances rqquired for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the ational Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty-five thousand dollars. POSTAGE: For posta]ge—stamps and foreign postal-cards for the resesge. National Museum, nve undred dollars. FISH COMMISSION. Fishcommissiou. UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES: For com- commissioner. pensation of the Commissioner, five thousand dollars. PROPAGATION or FOOD-FISHESZ For the introduction by the United nShP;•;v;gc¤=i¤¤ <>ff¤¤<1 States Fish Commission into and the increase in the waters of the ` United States of food-fishes and other useful products of the waters, including lobsters, oysters, and other shell-fis , and for such general and miscellaneous expenditures as the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries may find necessary to the prosecution of his work, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. DISTRIBUTION or Eoon-EISHES; For the distribution of the eggs msu-n»u¤uu or asu. and young of the whitefish, Salmon, Shad, carp, cod. lobster, and other useful inhabitants of the waters, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, thirty five thousand dollars. BIAINTENANCE or VESSELS: For the maintenance of the vessels Mumseuuueeorves and steam launches of the United States Fish Commission, and for °°l°" boats, apparatus, machinery, and other facilities required for use with the same, including sa aries or compensation of all necessary civilian employees, forty-three thousand nine hundred dollars. INQUIRY RESPECTING FOOD-FISHES: For continuing the inquiry Investigations into the causes of the decrease of food-Hshes in the lakes, rivers, and
