REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 109 



Receipts. 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer, January 11, 1861.. $16,521 95 



Interest on original fund 30,910 14 



Interest on the extra fund 7,716 00 



Total 55,148 09 



Estimate of Expenditures for 1861. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, AND FIXTURES. 



Incidentals $1,500 00 



Furniture and fixtures 800 00 



2,300 00 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings bt the board $250 00 



Lighting and heating 1,000 00 



Postage 600 00 



Transportation, (general) 1,000 00 



Exchanges 1,000 00 



Stationery 300 00 



General printing 300 00 



Apparatus 800 00 



Laboratory 150 00 



Incidentals, (general) 600 00 



Extra clerk hire 500 00 



Salaries. — Secretary 3,500 00 



Chief clerk, book-keeper, .messenger, 



laborers, &c 3,000 00 



13,000 00 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions $6,000 00 



Smithsonian Reports 500 00 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1,000 00 



Other publications '. 250 00 



Meteorology 4,000 00 



Magnetic observatory 250 00 



Researches 400 00 



Lectures 800 00 



13,200 00 



