XX REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



EXPENDITUKES. 



Building : 



Repairs, care, aiul improvements $2,896. 11 



Furniture and fixtures 1, 147. 09 



$4,043.20 



General expenses: 



Meetings 212.00 



Postage ami telegraph 387. 71 



Stationery 707.98 



General printing 602. 11 



Incidentals (fuel, gas, stable, etc) 2,118.11 



Library (books, periodicals, etc) 1, 350. 33 



Salaries 18,820.74 



24,198.98 



Publications and research : 



Smithsonian Contributions |i99. 22 



Miscellaneous Collections 4, 240. 14 



Reports 1,034.20 



Laboratory , 6. 68 



Apparatus 1, 842. 62 



Explorations 329.21 



Museum 868.05 



8,420.12 



Literary and scientific exchanges 2,329. 99 



Total expenditures $38,992.29 



Balance unexpended June 30, 1889 $11,757.47 



The cash received from sales of i)ublications, repayments for freight, 

 etc., is to be credited on items of expenditure, as follows : 



Postage and telegraph $0. 67 



Incidentals 81.00 



Library (books, periodicals, etc.) 55,20 



Salaries 745.00 



Smithsonian Contributions $91. 03 



Miscellaneous Collections 316. 68 



Smithsonian reports 24. 11 



431.82 



Museum 257. 32 



Exchanges 2, 189. 52 



$3, 760. 53 



The net expenditures of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 

 1889, were therefore $35,231.76, or $3,760.53 less than the gross ex- 

 penditure, $38,992.20, as above given. 



In addition to the aggregate of $18,820.74 paid for salaries as shown 

 in the above statement, the following amounts were paid for salaries 

 or compensation for services : 



Fov building $1, 500. 00 



For exchanges 187. 50 



For library 413. 36 



2, 100. 86 



