76 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The estimated expenditures for 1863 were as follows : 



■JPor building, fnruiture, and fixtures -S2, 000 



For general expenses 10, 500 



For publications, researches, and lectures 10, 500 



For library, museum, and gallery of art 9, 000 



Total $32, 000 



The actual expenditure on the building is very nearly the same as the amount 

 appropriated. 



For genei'al expenses the amount is larger than the estimate, and this is due 

 to the increased cost of materials. 



For publications, Ike, the actual expenditure is nearly the same as the 

 estimate. 



For library, museum, and gallery of art, the expenditure is nearly tlwee 

 thousand dollars less than the estimate, but this is on account of the expend- 

 iture on the collections of the remainder of an appropriation from Congress for 

 the distribution of the specimens. 



For the year 18G 4 the same estimates are recommended as those made for 1863. 

 The committee have examined the books and accounts of the Institution for 

 the past year, and find them to be correct. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



A. D. BACHE, 

 EICHARD WALLACE, 



Committee. 



