74 EEPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee respectfully submit to the Board of Ee- 

 gents the following report of the receipts and expenditures of the 

 Smithsonian Institution during the year 1858, with estimates for the 

 year 1859. 



Receipts. 



The whole amount of Smithson's bequest deposited in 

 the treasury of the United States is |515,169, from 

 which an annual income, at 6 per cent., is derived, of $30,910 14 



Extra fund from unexpended income invested as 

 follows : 

 In $Y5,000 Indiana 5 per cent, bonds, 



yielding $3,750 00 



In $53,000 Virginia 6 per cent, bonds, 



yielding 3,210 00 



In $7,000 Tennessee 6 per cent, bonds, 



yielding 420 00 



In $500 Georgia 6 per cent, bonds, 



yielding , 30 00 



In $100 Washington 6 per cent, bonds, 



yielding 6 00 



— 7,416 00 



38,326 14 

 Balance in hands of treasurer Janu- 

 ary 1, 1858 10,341 30 



48,667 44 



Expenditures. 



For building, furniture, and fixtures $1,107 87 



For items common to the different objects of 



the Institution 9,619 03 



For publications, researches, and lectures 11,956 83 



For library, museum, and gallery of art 9,814 29 



32,498 02 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January 1, 1859, of 



which $5,000 belongs to the extra fund 16,169 42 



