REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 511 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions $6,230 02 



Beports on progress of knowledge 342 00 



Other publications 649 90 



Meteorology 2,465 24 



Investigations, computations, and researches 250 00 



Pay of lecturers 980 00 



Incidentals to lectures 134 36 



$11,051 52 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books 2,019 83 



Pay of assistants 1,194 12 



Transportation for library 200 00 



Museum — salary ^999 92 



Explorations 57 52 



Collections 49 78 



Alcohol, jars, and museum incidentals 445 77 



Transportation for museum 450 00 



Assistance and labor in museum 500 00 



Gallery of art 82 87 



6,999 81 



Total expenditure $35,149 16 



The estimated income for the year 1857 was $38,290.14, exclusive of the balance 

 in the hands of the treasurer ; the actual income, exclusive of this balance, was 

 $38,326.14. 



The estimated expenditure amounted to $34,000, the actual expenditure to $35,- 

 149.16. The excess is due to unexpected repairs, necessary to the building in conse- 

 quence of a very severe hail storm, which broke several thousand panes of glass, and 

 otherwise injured the edifice ; and to the payment of the last unsettled account con- 

 tracted by the architect for the gas pipes and fixtures. 



The expenditures, however, are less than the income for the year, leaving a total 

 balance now in the hands of the treasurer of $10,341.30. Of this sum, $5,000 are the 

 remainder of the extra fund, ($125,000, )intended to be permanently invested, and the 

 whole is at present required for carrying on the operations of the Institution, until 

 the receipt of the next semi-annual income. 



During the past year, the stocks purchased by the Institution temporarily declined 

 in commercial value, but they are now selling at about the same prices as those at 

 which they were bought. Fluctuations, however, of this character do not affect the 

 income of the Institution, since the amount of interest continues permanently the 

 same. 



The committee respectfully submit the following estimate of the receipts and ex- 

 penditures for the year 1858 : 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer January 1, 1858, (exclusive of 



$5,000 belonging to the extra fund) $5,341 30 



Interest on the original fund for 1858 30,910 14 



Interest on the extra fund invested in State stocks 7,416 00 



$43,667 44 



EXPENDITURES. 

 BUILDING, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, ETC. 



Kepairs and incidentals $1,500 00 



Furniture and fixtures in common 500 00 



for library 150 00 



for museum 150 00 



Magnetic observatory 50 00 



2,350 00 



