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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   674
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MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO.
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 | 1926 Current Appropriation | 1927 Preliminary Estimate | 1927 Revised Estimate | 1927 Allowed by Budget | Increase by Budge over current appro'n | Decrease by Budget under current Appro'n

Brought forward | $689,042 | $738,746.66 | $677,192 | $689,290 | $11,428 | $ 11,180

NATIONAL MUSEUM (Cont'd) | | | | | |
  BUILDING REPAIRS | 12,000 | 12,800 | 11,500 | 12,000 | --- | ---
    (Salary limitation: | | | | | |
       1926-$7,620      | | | | | |
       1927- 7,680      | | | | | |
     Increase   60)     | | | | | |
  BOOKS | 1,500 | 3,000 | 1,500 | 1,500 | --- | ---
  POSTAGE | 450 | 450 | 450  | 450 | --- | ---
  CONSTRUCTION OF GALLERY, SMITHSONIAN BLDG | --- | 12,500 | --- | --- | --- | ---
  ICE MFG.MACHINE | --- | 7,500 | --- | --- | --- | ---
  FLORA OF PHILIPPINE ISLANDS | --- | 8,400 | --- | --- | --- | ---
  CONSTRUCTION OF GALLERY, VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY LABORATORY | --- | 8,000 | --- | --- | --- | ---
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART | 21,028 | 21,000 | 20,028 | 20,000 | --- | 1,028
  (Salary limitation: | | | | | |
     1926-$17,850     | | | | | |
     1927- 17,850)    | | | | | |
  ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEES, FREER GALLERY OF ART | --- | 7,353 | --- | --- | --- | ---
PRINTING AND BINDING | 90,000 | 90,000 | 80,000 | 75,000 | --- | 15,000
 | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ---------- | ----------
Totals, | $814,020 | $909,749.66 | $790.670 | $798,240 | $11,428 | $27,208

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[[underlined]] Summary. [[/underlined]]

Current Appropriations, 1926,$814,020.00
Preliminary Estimate, 1927, | 909,749.66
Revised Estimate 1927 as directed by Bureau of Budget, - 790,670.00
Allowed by Budget Bureau, 1927, - 798,240.00
Decrease of Budget below Preliminary Estimates, 1927, - 111,509.00
Decrease below Current Appropriates for 1926, - 15,780.00

After general discussion these matters were informally referred to the Congressional members of the Board, as in 1924.
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