REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 69 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and committees $300 00 



Lighting and heating 600 00 



Postage 500 00 



Transportation and exchange 2,500 00 



Stationery 350 00 



General printing 350 00 



Apparatus 250 00 



Laboratory 400 00 



Incidentals, general 650 00 



Salaries. — Secretary 3,500 00 



Chief clerk 1,400 00 



Book-keeper 200 00 



Janitor..... 400 00 



Watchman 500 00 



Laborers 800 00 



Extra clerk hire 300 00 



$13,000 00 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge... $6,500 00 



Reports 1,500 00 



Other publications 1,000 00 



Meteorology 3,000 00 



Investigations, compucations, and researches 250 00 



Lectures 1,000 00 



13,250 00 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books $3,000 00 



Pay of assistants in library 1,200 00 



Transportation for library 400 00 



Incidentals for library 150 00 



Museum— salary 2,000 00 



Explorations 50 00 



Collections , 50 00 



Incidentals, museum, jars, alcohol, &c 300 00 



Transportation, museum 550 00 



Assistants and labor, museum 600 00 



Gallery of art 100 00 



8,400 00 

 $37,000 00 



It is impossible to make a very definite estimate of the expendi- 

 tures on account of the museum, during the year 1858, because the 



