XVI REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



EXPENDITURES. 

 Building : 



Eepairs and improvements $2,205 74 



Furniture and fixtures . . 2,423 90 



General expenses : 



Meetings of the Board 469 75 



Postage and telegraph 337 44 



Stationery ... 522 82 



General printing, blanks, &c 922 58 



Incidentals, horse, carriage, gas, &c 1, 250 00 



Books, periodicals, and binding 2, 528 25 



Salaries, Secretary, clerks, assistants, and 



labor 16, 591 19 



Publications and researches: 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3,100 93 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 4, 939 59 



Smithsonian Annual Eeport 2, 834 53 



Explorations 2, 881 16 



Apparatus 94 77 



Literary and scientific exchanges in addition 



to appropriation by Congress 2, 510 71 



$4,629 64 



22, 622 03 



16,301 69 



Total expenditures 43, 613 36 



Balance, January, 1885'. $25, 380 84 



ESTIMATES FOR 1885. 



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

 year 1885, and of the appropriations required for carrying on its opera- 

 tions during the same period : 



Receipts. 



Interest on the permanent fund receivable July 1, 1885, 



and January 1, 1886 $42, 180 00 



Eocpenditures. 



For building and repairs $1, 500 00 



For general expenses, including salaries 23, 000 00 



For Publications and researches 12, 000 00 



For Exchanges 3, 000 00 



For Contingencies 2, 680 00 



Total $42, 180 00 



