REPORT OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 75 



The balance at the beginning of the year, $17,811.30, as given in the 

 foregoing statement as a part of the Smithson fund, has not been invested 

 because it is required to pay bills as they become due, previous to receiv- 

 ing the semiannual income at the end of June, 1873, or, in other words, 

 to support the Institution during the accumulation of the first half 

 year's semi-annual interest. 



STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM THE SMITHSON FUND FOR 1872. 



Interest on $050,000, at per cent, in gold $39, 000 00 



Premium on gold June and December, (13f and llg)--- - 4,911 55 

 Interest on Virginia stock, less commissions 3, 004 90 



Total receipts 40, 910 45 



Total expenditures from the Smithson income during 1872, 



as shown by the detailed statement given below .... 45, 420 11 



Balance u!jexpended 1, 490 34 



The above balance is added to the uninvested savings from previous 

 years, viz, $10,315.02, making the $17,811.30 found in the preceding 

 general statement of the condition of the funds. 



EXPENDITURES FROM THE SMTIHSON FUND FOR 1872. 



Building. 



Reconstruction and repairs $0, 072 35 



Furniture and fixtures 1, 025 87 



General expenses. 



Meetings of the board 



Lighting the building, exclusive of Museum . 

 Heating the building, exclusive of Museum. 



Postage, exclusive of Museum :..... 



Stationery, exclusive of Museum 



Incidentals, exclusive of Museum 



Salaries, clerk-hire, and labor 11, 153 83 



Puhlicatlons and researches. 



Smithsonian Contributions, quarto $0, 394 17 



Miscellaneous Collections, octavo 1, 001 99 



Annual reports, octavo 527 50 



Meteorology 2, 550 00 



Apparatus 045 00 



Laboratory 109 87 



Lectures 000 00 



$8, 298 22 



13, 008 97 



12,548 53 



