120 REPORT OF THE EXECUriVE COivJ^IllTEE. 



Statement of expenditure in detail from the Smithson income^ 18V4. 



Building. 



Repairs of the buildiug $3, 507 CG 



Furniture and fixtures 717 73 



$4, 225 39 



General exjjenses. 



Meetings of the board 312 87 



Lighting the buikliug . . 523 15 



Heating the building ^ 305 47 



Postage 81 07 



Stationery 492 G4 



Incidentals 817 17 



Salaries and clerk hire 12, 730 00 



Purchase of books 457 43 



15,719 80 



Puhlications and researches. 



Smithsonian Contributions 7, 022 98 



Miscellaneous collections 7, 3G3 67 



Eeports 6G4 92 



Other ])ublications 93 40 



Meteorology and researches 881 97 



Apparatus 1, 142 GO 



Laboratory 9 10 



Lectures GOO 00 



17, 778 G4 



Exchanges. 



Literary and scientific exchanges, &c 5, 589 89 



Museum. 

 Incidentals in addition to Government appropriation 703 00 



$44, OIG 72 

 As usual, the Institution has during the past year made temporary 

 advances for the payment of freight on Government collections, pur- 

 chase of instruments for exploring parties, &c., the repayments of 

 which, together with the amount received from sales of publications, 

 have been deducted from the several items of the foregoing expendi- 

 tures, as follows : 



Repayments. 



From exchanges, repayments for freight, &c, $1, 205 14 



From postage, repayments . 



From researches, repayments 



From Smithsonian Contributions, sales 



From miscellaneous collections, sales 



From salaries, repayment of advance 



From incidentals, sales of old material 



