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ESTIMATES FOR 1881. 



The following are the estimates of receipts by the Institution for the 

 year 1881, and of the expenditures required for carrying on its operations 

 during the same period : 



RECEIPTS. 



Interest on the permanent Smithson fund re- 

 ceivable July 1, 1881, and January 1, 1882. . $39, 000 00 



Interest on the Hamilton fund 60 00 



Interest on the Habel fund 30 00 



Sale of Virginia coupons, due January 1 and 

 July 1, 1881 3, 000 OO 



$12,090 00 



EXPENDITURES. 



For budding $2,000 00 



For salaries 12, 700 00 



For general expenses other than salaries 1, 300 00 



For i^ublications and researches 11, 000 00 



For exchanges _ 10, 000 00 



For books and apparatus 1, 000 00 



For contingencies 1, 090 00 



$42,090 00 



NATIONAL MUSEUM AND OBJECTS COMMITTED BY CONGRESS TO THE 



SMITHSONIAN. 



The following appropriations were made by Congress in 1880, for dis- 

 bursal under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution : 



Preservation of collections, Smithsonian Institution : " For 

 preservation and care of the collections of the surveying 

 and exploring expeditions of the government and the ob- 

 jects presented to the United States at the International 

 Exposition of 1876." (Forty-sixth Congress, second ses- 

 sion, chapter 235; 1880) $45, 000 00 



Balance available January 1, 1881, $23,273.17. 



Preservation of collections, Smithsonian Institution — Armory 

 Building : " For expense of watching, care, and storage 

 of articles belonging to the United States, including those 

 transferred from the International Exhibition of 1876, 

 and for transfer to the new National Museum." (Forty- 

 sixth Congress, second session, chapter 235 ; 1880) 2, 500 00 



Balance available, $1,366.05. 

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