REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 495 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge $5 736 74 



Keports on progress of knowledge 1 qiq 75 



Other publications 1 007 35 



Meteorology 2^079 88 



Investigations 75 qq 



Pay of lecturers 1 385 qq 



Illustrations and apparatus for lectures 230 13 



Attendance and lighting, lectures, &c 93 12 



$12,224 48 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books 1,098 77 



General catalogue 377 25 



Copyrights 52 00 



Stereotyping 1,305 28 



Incidentals to library 1,196 48 



Salaries, library ,_ 2,499 96 



Expenses of collections, museum , 215 57 



Incidentals, museum 5G3 01 



Salaries, museum 1,999 94 



9,308 26 



Total expended in 1852 $47,085 61 



A general account of the operations of the Institution is given in the report of the 

 Secretary, to which the Board are referred. The committee are happy to be able 

 again to assure the Board that, in their opinion, the operations are such as to carry 

 out, in the most effectual manner, the wise and benevolent design of James Smithson, 

 viz: that of increasing and diffusing knowledge among men." The only regret 

 which can be entertained with regard to the present condition of the Institution, is, 

 that the funds are so encumbered with the restrictions imposed upon them by the 

 original charter, that more of the income cannot be devoted to the publications and 

 other active operations. 



Kespectfully submitted. 



J. ALFKED PEAKCE,) 



J. G. TOTTEN, \ Executive Committee. 



A. D. BACHE, J 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1853. 



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



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



1853. 



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 



thetinances, 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. 

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



Amount of unexpended interest, reported last year as in 



charge of Messrs. Corcoran & Kiggs $208,800 00 



Prom which deduct amount expended on the building dur- 

 ing the past year . 29,391 98 



179,408 02 

 Of this it is proposed to expend the further sum of 29,408 02 



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



proposition of Professor Bache 150,000 00 



The whole fund will then be $665,169 00 



