EEPORT OF COMMITTEE. 89 



Statement in detail of the expenditures during 1861. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, AND FIXTURES. 



Building incidentals $906 19 



Furniture and fixtures in general 177 26 



Furniture and fixtures for museum • • • 651 17 



$1,734 62 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of the board $66 00 



Lighting and heating 1,074 94 



Postage 389 08 



Transportation, general 656 24 



Exchanges 7i^3 07 



Stationery 194 60 



General printing 50 16 



Apparatus 711 70 



Laboratory 161 42 



Incidentals, general 400 38 



Extra clerk hire 434 10 



Salaries, secretary 3, 500 00 



chief clerk, bookkeeper, messenger, 



and laborers • 2.468 00 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions $3,936 85 



Smithsonian Reports 915 00 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1,627 63 



Other publications 310 50 



Meteorology 3, 059 04 



Researches and investigations Ill 00 



Lectures 804 94 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books and binding •• $915 78 



Pay of assistants in library 1 , 141 00 



Transportation for library 126 87 



Incidentals for library 23 12 



Museum, salary of assistant secretary 2,000 00 



Transportation for museum 406 33 



Incidentals for museum 477 35 



Explorations 432 25 



Gallery of art 214 95 



10,899 69 



10,764 96 



5,737 65 



Total expenditures 29, 136 92 



