XXIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



EXPENDITURES. 

 Building : 



Repairs, care, ami improvemeuts $1, 892. 23 



Furniture and iixtnres 855. 89 



$2, 748. 12 



General expenses: 



Meetings 558. 50 



Postage and telegraph 243. 50 



Stationery 486. 37 



General printing 284. 55 



Incidentals (fuel, gas, etc. ) 2, 209. 19 



Library (books, periodicals, etc.) 1, 234, 52 



Salarie's* 16,276.85 



21, 293. 48 



Publications and researches: 



Smithsonian contributions 6, 067. 43 



Miscellaneous collections 8.55. 55 



Reports 429.04 



Researches 2,031.90 



Apparatus 1, 625.61 



Explorations 10. 75 



Museum 1, 270. 00 



12,290.28 



Literary and scientific exchanges 3, 310. 49 



■ Increase of fund 200, 000. 00 



Total expenditures (including $200,000 deposited in the 

 U. S. Treasury October 22, 1891, to the credit of the 

 permanent fund) $239, 642. 37 



Balance unexpended June 30, 1892 47, 875. 33 



The cash received from sales of publicatious, repayments for freights, 

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



Postage and telegrai)h $2. 02 



Stationery 4. 25 



General printing 2. 10 



Incidentals 3. 57 



Smithsonian contvi butious $126. 41 



Miscellaneous collections 196. 18 



Reports .55. 65 



378. 24 



Apparatus 4. 00 



Museum 320.00 



Researches 120. 86 



Exchanges 2,139.19 



Total 2,974.23 



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

 1802, was therefore -t 230,688.14, or $2,074.23 less than the gross ex- 

 penditures, 8230,042.37, above given. From the net expenditures, 

 $230,088.14, there should be deducted $200,000, the amount deposited 

 in the U. S. Treasury to the credit of the permanent fund, making the 



* In addition to the above $16,276.85 paid for salaries under general expenses, 

 $4,874.44 were paid for services, viz : $236.34 from apparatus account, $1,500 from 

 building account, $306.28 from library account, $1,431.90 from researches account, 

 and $1,399.92 from Smithsonian contributions account. 



