REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XV 



EXPENDITURES. 



For operations of the Institution during the year, viz : 

 Building : 



Kepairs and improvements $649 30 



Furniture and fixtures 1 345 53 



General expenses : 



Meetings of the Board 411 05 



Lighting the building 53 10 



Postage and telegraph 166 11 



Stationery , 954 49 



Incidentals, freight ice, &c 493 81 



Books and periodicals 1 793 76 



Salaries and labor 16 415 18 



Publications and researcJies : 



Smithsonian contributions 732 50 



Miscellaneous collections 4^ 939 37 



Annual report 1^ 728 03 



Explorations 3, 036 35 



Apparatus . 98 10 



Literary and scientific exchanges , 4^ 981 19 



Total expenditures $37, 798 07 



Balance January ] , 1883 $29, 637 45 



ESTIMATES FOR 1883. 



The following are the estimates of receipts by the Institution proper 

 for the year 1883, and of the appropriations required for carrying on its 

 operations during the same period: 



Beceipts. 



Interest on the permanent fund, receivable July 1, 1883, 

 and January 1, 1884 $42, 180 00 



Expenditures. 



For building and repairs $1, 500 00 



For general expenses, including salaries 19, 000 00 



For publications and researches 12, 000 00 



For exchanges 7, 000 00 



For contingencies 2, 680 00 



$42, 180 00 



