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The following is a general statement of the fund : 



The whole amount of the Smithsonian hequest deposited in the Treasury 

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

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



Extra fund from unexpended income, now invested in State 



stocks, yielding an annual interest of $7,380 $119,400 00 



Extra fund deposited with Kiggs & Co., to be invested 600 00 



Amount in the Treasury, being part of the extra fund of 

 accumulated interest, designed to be invested, and which, 

 with the above sums of $119,400 and $600, will make the 

 amount $125,000, appropriated for the increase of the per- 

 manent fund 5,000 00 



$125,000 00 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January 1, 1857, $7,164.32, from 



which deduct the $5,000 belonging to the extra fund 2,164 32 



$642,333 32 



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

 1856 : 



Receipts. 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January 1, 1856, of 



which $5,000 belongs to the extra fund* $8,189 75 



Interest on the original fund ($515,169) for 1856 30,910 14 



Interest on the extra fund from Corcoran & 



Riggs, while on deposit $2,533 33 



Interest on the extra fund since investment in 



State bonds 3,690 00 



6,223 33 



$45,323 22 



Expenditures. 



Eor building, furniture, fixtures, &c $7,891 04 



For items common to the objects of the Institution 12,859 28 



Eor publications, researches, and lectures 7,876 23 



Eor library, museum, and gallery of art 9,532 35 



$38,158 90 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January 1, 1857, of which $5,000 

 belongs to the extra fund $7,164 32 



The following is a detailed statement of the expenditures during 1856: 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, ETC. 



Pay on contracts, &c $6,036 38 



Repairs and miscellaneous incidentals to building 1,359 23 



Furniture and fixtures for uses in common 198 83 



Furniture and fixtures for library 163 16 



Furniture and fixtures for museum 38 14 



Magnetic observatory 48 80 



Grounds 46 50 



$7,891 04 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and committees 369 50 



Lighting and heating 1,303 92 



Postage 696 76 



Transportation and exchange 1,134 29 



Stationery 109 67 



General printing 383 25 



Apparatus 739 18 



Laboratory 629 91 



* Reduced nine cents, to correct an error in last statement. 



