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II. GENERAL EXPENSES. 



1. Expenses of the Board of Regents and Committees. 



2. Lighting and heating. 



3. Postage. 



4. Transportation. 



5. Stationery. 



6. General printing. 



7. Incidentals general, including messenger, clerk-hire, &c. 



8. Salaries. 



III. PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES AND LECTURES. 



1. Publications. 



(1.) Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 

 (2.) Reports on progress of knowledge. 

 (3.) Other publications. 



2. Researches. 



(1.) Meteorology. 

 (2.) Computations. 

 (3.) Investigations. 



3. Lectures. 



(1.) Pay of lecturers. 



(2.) Illustrations for lectures. 



(3.) Attendance, lighting, advertising, &c. 



4. Apparatus. 



5. Salaries. 



IV. LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



1. Library. 



(1.) Cost of books. 



(2.) General catalogue. 



(3.) Copyrights. 



(4.) Incidentals to library, binding, messengers, clerk-hire, &o. 



(5.) Salaries. 



2. Museum. 



(1.) Explorations. 

 (2.) Expenses of Collections. 

 (3.) Cost of transportation. 

 (4.) Incidentals to Museum. 

 (5.) Salaries. 



3. Gallery of Art. 



(1.) Purchases. 

 (2.) Incidentals. 



The Secretary has, also, with the assistance of Professor Jewett, and Colonel W. 

 B. liandolph, of the United States Treasury Department, gone over all the accounts 

 from the beginning of the Institution, and re-arranged them in accordance with this 

 programme. In making this re-arrangement, and critical examination of all the 

 accounts, they have found no errors of any magnitude, and the amount of receipts 

 and expenditure in this new arrangement perfectly agree with those presented in the 

 general account of Mr. Seaton. 



In a few cases payments have been made in accordance with the spirit of the reso- 

 lutions of the Board, but which fall under no special appropriation, the committee 

 would, therefore, suggest that a special action of the Board be taken with reference 

 to these. 



