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Statement in relation to the Expenditures of the Smithsonian Institution 

 during the year 1852. 



Building, Furniture, Fixtures, and Grounds. 



Pay on contracts 



Pay of architects, superintendents, &c. 



Expenses of Buililing Committee 



Miscellaneous incidental to building 



Furniture, «fcc., for uses in common 



Do. for library 



Do. for museum 



Grounds 



General Expenses. 



Expenses of Board of Regents, &c. 



Lighting and heating 



Postage 



Trjimsportatiou 



Stationery 



General printing 



Apparatus 



Incidentals, general 



Salaries, general 



Publications, Researches, and Lectures. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 



Eeports on progress of knowledge 



Other publications 



Meteorology " 



Investigations 



Pay of lecturers 



Illustrations and apparatus for lectures. .. 

 Attendance and lighting, lectures, &c 



Library, Museum, and Gallery of Art. 



Cost of books 



General catalogue 



Copyrights 



Stereotyping 



Incidentals to library 



Salaries, library 



Expenses of collections, museum. 



Incidentals, museum 



Salaries, museum 



Total expended in 18.j2 



$14,047 07 



11,505 80 



12,224 48 



9, 308 26 

 47, 085 61 



A general account of the operations of the Institution is given in the 

 report of the Secretary, to which the Board are referred. The com- 

 mittee are liappy to be able again to assure the Board, thnt in their 

 opinion the operations arc such as to carry out in the most effectual 

 manner the wise and benevolent design of James Smilhson, viz: that 

 of ^^ increasinor and diffusing knowledge among men." The only regret 

 wliich can be entertained with regard to the present condition of the 

 Institution is, that the funds are so encumbered with thp restrictions 



