510 REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1857. 



The Executive Committee respectfully submit to the Board of Eegents the following- 

 report of the receipts and expenditures of the Smithsonian Institution during the 

 year 1857, with estimates for the year 1858 : 



KECEIPTS. 



The whole amount of Smithson's bequest deposited in the Treasury of 

 the United States is $515,169, from which an annual income, at 6 per 

 cent., is derived, of $30,910 14 



Extra fund from unexpended income invested as follows : 



In $75,000 Indiana 5 per cent, bonds, yielding $3,750 00 



In $53,000 Virginia 6 per cent, bonds, yielding 3,210 00 



In $7,000 Tennessee 6 per cent, bonds, yielding 420 00 



In $500 Georgia 6 per cent, bonds, yielding 30 00 



In $100 Washington 6 per cent, bonds, yielding 6 00 



7,416 00 



38,326 14 

 Balance in hands of treasurer January 1, 1857 7,164 32 



Total receipts $45,490 46- 



GENERAL STATEMENT OP EXPENDITUF.ES. 



For building, furniture, and fixtures $4,062 65 



For items common to the different objects of the Institution 13,035 18 



For publications, researches, and lectures 11,051 52 



For library, museum, and gallery of art 6,999 81 



35,149 10 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January 1, 1858, of which $5,000 

 belongs to the extra fund $10,341 80 



Statement in detail of the expenditures during 1857 : 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, FIXTURES, ETC. 



Kepairs, &c, incident to building $3,305 12 



Furniture and fixtures for uses in common 373 61 



Furniture and fixtures for library 163 50 



Furniture and fixtures for museum 150 80 



Magnetic observatory 49 62 



Grounds 20 00 



$4,062 65 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and committees 281 00 



Lighting and heating 1,244 33 



Postage 524 02 



Transportation and exchange 2,264 74 



Stationery 347 94 



General printing 236 50 



Apparatus 191 66 



Laboratory 341 38 



Salary of the Secretary 3,499 92 



chief clerk 1,200 00 



book-keeper 200 00 



janitor 400 97 



watchmen 534 65 



laborers 794 00 



messenger 128 00 



Extra clerk-hire 222 00 



Incidentals, general 624 07 



13,035 18 



