512 REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and committees $300 00 



Lighting and heating 600 00 



Postage 500 00 



Transportation and exchange . 2,500 00 



Stationery 350 00 



General printing. 358 00 



Apparatus 250 00 



Laboratory 400 00 



Incidentals, general 650 00 



Salaries — Secretary 3,500 00 



chief clerk 1,400 00 



book-keeper 200 00 



janitor 400 00 



watchman 500 00 



laborers 800 00 



extra clerk-hire 300 00 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 6,500 00 



Keports 1,500 00 



Other publications 1,000 00 



Meteorology 3,000 00 



Investigations, computations, and researches 250 00 



Lectures 1,000 00 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OP ART. 



Cost of books 3,000 00 



Pay of assistants in library 1,200 00 



Transportation for library 400 00 



Incidentals for library 150 00 



Museum — salary 2,000 00 



Explorations 50 00 



Collections 50 00 



Incidentals, museum, jars, alcohol, &c 300 00 



Transportation, museum 550 00 



Assistance and labor, museum 600 00 



Gallery of art 100 00 



$13,000 00 



13,250 00 



8,400 00 



$37,000 00 



It is impossible to make a very definite estimate of the expenditures on account of 

 the museum during the year 1858, because the collection at the Patent Office is to be 

 transferred to the keeping of the Institution, and the amount of expenditures under 

 this head will depend upon the appropriation made by Congress for this purpose. 



In conclusion, the committee report that they have examined the books, and each 

 account for the past year, separately, and find them all correct. 

 Eespectfully submitted, 



J. A. PEARCE,] 



A. D. BACHE, > Executive Committee. 



J. G. TOTTEN, J 



