REPORT OF THE EXECUTIYE COMMITTEE. 



The Executive Committee respectfully submit to the Board of Regents the 

 following report of the receipts and expenditures of the Smithsonian Inst.tut.ou 

 during the year 1865 : 



RECEIPTS. 



The whole amount of Smithson's bequest deposited in the treasury 



^ of d.e UuUed States is $515,169, from wh.ch an annual mcome ^^^ ^^^ ^^ 



T^L£S5^:S^^aineJ.;i;ia^^ 3;,,, ,, 



^ssi^^^n^^^-.^:^^^^ -• 



I12 000 in Tennessee 6 per cent bonds yielding m I860 - - 



$500 in Georgia 6 per cent, bonds, yielding in 1865. --- - • - - - - - 



$100 in Washington 6 per cent, bonds, yieldmg m 1865 $6, (but 



Pr^lffStlal of coin received as interest from the United ^^^ ^^^ ^^ 



tosTon iempor^^y d^^oBiis'wUhtheU"^^^^^^^^ Treasurer. ___47S_36 



, . ,o^K 55,472 29 



Total receipts during Ibbb - - - • • ^g^ Qg 



Balance in hands of the treasurer January, 1865 JJ^4 



84,956 37 



EXPENDITURES. 



:, r u ^ .. $39,121 77 



For building and furnituie 14, ] 49 82 



For general expenses 9' 5^8 03 



For publications and researches -•-••• 8 ' 438 1'^ 



For library, museum, and gallery ot art '^ ^ 7 1, 237 74 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January, 1866 . - - - J3^^ 



STATEMENT IN DETAIL OF THE EXPENDITURES DURING 1865. 



Building: ^3^ 930 71 



Reconstruction and incidentals "^ ^'^^^ ^g 



Furniture and fixtures [ ^39^ 12I 77 



General expenses = , , . „ ^ 123 64 



Meetings of the board, (hack-hire, bcc) 1, 207 95 



Lighting and heating ' ^gg gj^ 



Postage V;r'Vfl\ 1,084 13 



Transportation, general, (freiglits) . - - - - - - - - - - - - - 



Exchanges, (books sent and received to mstitu- ^ ^^^ ^^ 



tions, expenses of agents, &c.) ' 



