98 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



Statement in detail of the expenditures in 1859. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, AND FIXTURES. 



Repairs and incidentals $1, 054 28 



Furniture and fixtures in common 274 28 



Furniture and fixtures for museum 135 21 



Magnetic observatory 256 80 



6 ■ $1,720 57 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of the Board $14 50 



Lighting and heating 902 68 



Postage 558 65 



Transportation and exchange 1,458 34 



Stationery 289 37 



General printing t • • • 569 60 



Apparatus 766 13 



Laboratory 68 36 



Incidentals general 570 06 



Salaries — Secretary 3, 500 00 



Chief clerk 1,400 00 



Book-keeper, janitor, &c 1,064 00 



Extra clerk hire 357 35 



11,519 04 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions 3, 964 15 



Reports on progress of knowledge 1,831 19 



Other publications 686 37 



Meteorology 3, 247 36 



Investigations, computations, and researches • • 464 05 



Lectures 879 20 



11,072 32 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Library— Cost of books 2,530 83 



Pay of assistants 1, 347 00 



Transportation 217 74 



Incidentals 25 00 



Museum — Salary of Assistant Secretary 2,000 00 



Explorations 315 65 



Collections 16 87 



Incidentals, jars, alcohol, &c 1,115 65 



Assistants and labor 2,378 38 



Transportation 544 34 



Gallery of Art 30 00 



10,521 46 



Total expenditure 34, 833 39 



