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NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



The committee, after conferring with the secretary, submit the fol- 

 lowing estimates tor appropriations for the year 1855 : 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, ETC. 



Pay on contracts 



Pay of arcliitects, &c 



Incidental expenses to building. 



Furniture and fixtures 



Magnetic observatory 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board 



Lighting and heating 



Postage 



Transportation and exchange. 



Stationery 



General printing 



Apparatus 



Incidentals general 



..Salaries — Secretary 



Clerk 



Book-keeper 



Janitor 



Laborer 



"Watchman 



Extra clerk hire.. . . 



PUBLICATIONS, LECTURES, ETC. 



Smithsonian Contributions 



Reports on progress of knowledge 



Other publications 



Meteorology 



Computations, researches, and investig-ations. 

 Lectures 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERT OF ART. 



Library — 



Pay of assistants 



Cost of books and binding 



Incidentals to library, cases, &c. 

 Stereotyping system 



Museum — 

 Salary — Assistant secretary. 



Explorations 



Alcohol, glass jars, &c 



Assistance and labor 



Incidentals, cases, &c 



Catalogue 



Contingencies 



$8,000 00 



500 00 



500 00 



1,000 00 



20 00 



600 00 

 850 00 

 500 00 

 1,600 00 

 350 00 

 250 00 

 500 00 

 600 00 

 3,500 00 

 1,200 00 

 200 00 

 400 00 

 250 00 

 365 00 

 200 00 



4,500 00 

 2,000 00 



500 00 

 2,000 00 



500 00 

 1,000 00 



2,000 00 



3,500 00 



1,000 00 



100 00 



6,600 00 



2,000 00 

 200 00 

 350 00 

 100 00 



1,000 00 

 250 00 



3,900 00 



$10,020 00 



11,365 00 



10,500 00 



10,500 00 

 100 00 



42,485 00 



Respectfully submitted. 



January, 1855. 



J. A. PEARCE, 

 A. D. BACHE, 

 J. G. TOTTEN, 

 Executive Committee. 



