XIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Expenditures — Continued. 



Stationery $850 72 



General printing, blanks, &c 2G6 45 



Incidentals, ice, hauling, &c . . . 520 21 



Books and periodicals 1, 747 60 



Salaries and labor 15, 773 67 



Publications and researches : 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3, 047 24 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 9, 565 78 



Smithsonian Annual Eeport 2, 255 81 



Explorations . ... 2, 799 47 



Apparatus 50 10 



Literary and scientific exchanges 6, 192 34 



Total expenditures $45,903 25 



Balance, January 1, 1884 $25, 914 20 



ESTIMATES FOR 1884. 



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

 year 1884, and of the appropriations required for carrying on its opera- 

 tions during the same period : 



Receipts. 



Interest on the permanent fund, receivable July 1, 1884, 



and January 1, 1885 $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 



Total $42, ISO 00 



NATIONAL MUSEUM, AND OTHER OBJECTS COMMITTED BY CONGRESS 

 TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



The following is a statement of the accounts of appropriations made 

 by Congress for disbursement under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution : 



PRESERVATION OB 1 COLLECTIONS, NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



Balance available January 1, 1883 $44, 823 30 



Appropriated for fiscal year ending June 30, 1884 ($96,000, 



$4,112.82) 100,112 82 



144,936 12 



