494 REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1852. 



The Executive Committee submit to the Board of Kegents the following report,, 

 relative to the present state of the finances and the expenditures during the year 

 1852: 



They are happy to inform the Board that, after a strict examination of the accounts, 

 they are enabled to present a very satisfactory statement of the present condition of 

 the finances, and the result of the investigations as to the expenditures during the 

 year. 



The whole amount of the Smithsonian bequest deposited in the Treasury 

 of the United States, (from which an annual income at 6 per cent, 

 interest is derived, of $30,910.14) is $515,169 00 



There is now on hand, of unexpended interest, in charge of 



Messrs. Corcoran & Biggs $208,800 



Of this sum it is proposed to expend on the building 58,800 



Which will leave to be added to the principal, according to the original 



proposition of Prof. Bache 150,000 00 



The whole fund will then be $665,169 00 



The following is a general view of the receipts and expenditures during the past 

 year : 



Receipts. 



From the income of the original fund $30,910 14 



From interest on the extra fund 9,129 20 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer at the beginning of the year 1852_ 7,296 76 



$47,336 10 

 Expenditures. 



For the building ; $14,047 07 



For items common to the general objects of the Institution 11,505 80 



For publications, researches, and lectures 12,224 48 



For library, museum, and gallery of art 9,308 26 



Balance in the Treasury 250 4& 



$47,336 10 

 The following is a more detailed statement of the expenditures : 



Statement in Relation to the Expenditures of the Smithsonian Institution during the 



year 1852. 

 BUILDING, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, AND GROUNDS. 



Pay on contracts $10,000 00 



Pay of architects, superintendents, &c 1,839 83 



Expenses of Building Committee .. 7 50 



Miscellaneous incidental to building 1,198 64 



Furniture, &c, for uses in common 682 94 



Do. for library 265 15 



Do. for museum 3 56 



Grounds 49 45 



$14,047 or 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Expenses of Board of Begents, &c 267 18 



Lighting and heating 399 70 



Postage 472 07 



Transportation 1,827 91 



Stationery 222 38 



General printing 350 42 



Apparatus 844 88 



Incidentals, general 2,821 34 



Salaries, general 4,299 92 



11,505 80 



