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RECEIPTS IN 1877. 



Interest on $050,000, for the year 1877, at 6 per cent., gold . . $39, 000 00 

 Premium on gold interest : 



June 30, 1877, © 5/^ $1, 035 94 



January G, 1878, © 211 524 06 



1,500 00 

 Less broker's commission 48 74 



1,511 26 



Interest on Virginia bonds : 



Sale of coupons by Riggs & Co., for January 1 and 

 July 1, 1877, for $3,522, November 26, 1877, ® 82- 

 82J 2,885 76 



Interest on Hamilton fund of $1,000 : 



For the year 1877 $00 00 



Premium on gold, less brokerage 2 32 



62 3i 



Eepayraent by National Museum : 



For advances made by Smithsonian Institution in 



1875-'7G, for International Exhibition, &c . . . , 5, 548 28 



Total receipts for the year 1877 „ $49, 007 62 



EXPENDITURES IN 1877. 



Building, furniture and fixtures $4, 030 G6 



General expenses 16, 052 64 



Publications, researches and explorations 12, 946 81 



International literary and scientific exchanges. 9,790 73 



Gallery of art 1, 710 83 



National Museum 421 23 



44,952 90 



Balance unexpended of the income for 1877 4, 054 72 



Balance at the beginning of the year 1877. 21, 029 18 



Cash balance, January 6, 1878 $25, 083 90 



