REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 75 



Statement in detail of the eo:pendifures in 1858. 



BUILDING, FUllNITUFvE, AND FIXTURES, ETC, 



Repairs and incidentals $566 62 



Furniture and fixtures 497 99 



Magnetic observatory 43 26 



$1,107 87 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and Committees $301 38 



Lighting and heating 712 23 



Postage 442 35 



Transportation and exchanges 1,134 65 



Stationery 413 00 



General printing 192 25 



Apparatus 266 57 



Laboratory 243 60 



Incidentals general 376 17 



Salaries, secretary 3,500 03 



chief clerk 1,400 00 



book-keeper, janitor, watchmen, &c. 509 68 



Extra clerk hire 127 12 



9,619 03 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge $6,834 02 



Reports on progress 1,053 79 



Other publications 654 24 



Meteorology 2,345 62 



Investigations, computations, and researches 130 00 



Lectures 939 16 



11,956 83 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books $3,258 51 



Pay of assistants in library 1,000 00 



Transportation for library 439 70 



Incidentals for library 357 70 



Museum, salary 2,000 00 



Explorations 114 13 



Collections 675 25 



Incidentals for museum, jars, alcohol, &c 1,074 90 



Transportation for museum 368 26 



Assistants and labor, museum 404 64 



Gallery of art 121 20 



9,814 29 



Total expenditure 32,498 02 



