80 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



The following is a detailed statement of the expenditures during 

 1856: 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, ETC. 



Pay on contracts, &c $6,036 



Kepairs and miscellaneous incidentals to 



building 1,359 



Furniture and fixtures for uses in com- 

 mon 



Furniture and fixtures for library 



Furniture and fixtures for museum 



Magnetic observatory 



Grounds 



23 



^891 04 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and committees 



Lighting and heating 



Postage ; 



Transportation and exchange 



Stationery 



General printing 



Apparatus 



Laboratory 



Incidentals , general 



Salaries — Secretary 



Chief clerk 



Book-keeper 



Janitor 



Watchman 



Laborers 



Messenger 



Extra clerks 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 



Eeports on the progress of knowledge 



Other publications 



Meteorology 



Investigations, computations, and re- 

 searches 



Lectures : 



Pay of lecturers 



Incidentals to lectures 



12,859 28 



7,876 23 



