68 EEPOETS OF COMMITTEES. 



Explorations 157 52 



Collections 49 78 



Alcohol, jars, and museum incidentals 445 77 



Transportation for museum 450 00 



Assistance and labor in museum 500 00 



Gallery of art 82 87 



$6,999 81 



Total expenditure $35,149 16 



The estimated income for the year 1857 was $38,290 14, exclusive 

 of the balance in the hands of the Treasurer ; the actual income ex- 

 clusive of this balance was $38,326 14. 



The estimated expenditure amounted to $34,000, the actual ex- 

 penditure to $35,149 16. The excess is due to unexpected repairs, 

 necessary to the building in consequence of a very severe hail 

 storm, which broke several thousand panes of glass, and otherwise 

 injured the edifice ; and to the payment of the last unsettled account 

 contracted by the architect for the gas pipes and fixtures. 



The expenditures, however, are less than the income for the year, 

 leaving a total balance now in the hands of the Treasurer of $10,341 30. 

 Of this sum^ $5,000 are the remainder of the extra fund, ($125,000,) 

 intended to be permanently invested, and the whole is at present re- 

 quired for carrying on the operations of the Institution, until the 

 receipt of the next semi-annual income. 



During the past year, the stocks purchased by the Institution tem- 

 porarily declined in commercial value, but they are now selling at 

 about the same prices as those at which they were bought. Fluctua- 

 tions, however, of this character do not affect the income of the Insti- 

 tution, since the amount of interest continues permanently the same. 



The committee respectfully submit the following estimate of the 

 receipts and expenditures for the year 1858 : 



Receipts. 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer January 1, 1858, 



(exclusive of $5,000 belonging to the extra fund) $5,341 30 



Interest on the original fund for 1858 .- 30,910 14 



Interest on the extra fund invested in State stocks 7,416 00 



1,667 44 

 Expenditures. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, ETC. 



Repairs and incidentals $1,500 00 



Furniture and fixtures in common 500 00 



'' " for library ! 150 00 



'' " for museum 150 00 



Magnetic observatory 50 00 



$2,350 00 



