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make compensation to the Assistant Secretary, acting as librar an for hfs 

 services to the Building Committee, and relative "to the hbrarv have 

 granted him the sum of $250. u uie norary, nave 



An extra edition of the Secretary's report for the year 1S47 was ordered 



l^lS^^i^cX^'' the Board of Wnts fro\n the fornTutdfy 



apparatus to the Institution; which committee afterwards reportena 

 Dr Hai-e had unconditionally presented his apparatus to the Institution 

 and that workmen had been employed to clean and pack the same fi 

 removal to Washington. A complete set of the '' Annalcs de Chimie" 

 was authorized to be purchased of Dr. Hare, to accompany his apparatus. 



1 he Secretary was authorized to order, conditionally, the instruments 

 necessary to complete the outfits of Lieutenant Gillis of the navy, on his 

 scientific expedition to Chile. ^' 



A number of propositions relative to publications, researches, &c , have 

 been submitted to the Executive Committee, and have been referred to the 

 Secretary and Dr. Bache. 



On consultation with the Secretary and Librarian, the committee re- 

 commends the following appropriations for the operations of the Institu- 

 tion during the year commencing on the 19th March next, viz: 



For publication of Contributions to Knowledge - . $3 000 00 



Scientific researches and computations - - . ^00 00 



Meteorological instruments and researches - . i OOO 00 



Expenses of public lectures, including lights - . ^500 00 



Publication of scientific reports - - . . sqq qq 



General catalogue of American libraries - - . l 000 00 

 Purchase of bibliographical works and books of general 



reference 2,000 00 



Binding of books, blank books, stamps, certificates, (fcc. 250 00 

 Purchase of books needed by authors of memoirs, re- 



^ ports, (fcc. - - - - . - 400 00 

 General expenses, including salaries of officers, expenses 



of Board and committees, clerk hire, postage, (fcc. - 8,000 00 



17,350 00 



The aggregate of the above estimates exceeds, by the sum of .s2,350, 

 the amount limited by the finance resolutions of the Board of Regents, 

 December 1 , 1 847, as appUcable each year for the operation of the Insti- 

 tution, exclusive of the building fund, until the year 1852, when the 

 building is to be completed and the entire income of the Institution left 

 free for the prosecution of the objects contemplated by the acts establish- 

 ing the Institution; but as the present available funds exceed the amount 

 anticipated when these resolutions were adopted, it ia believed that the 



