REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 513 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1858. 



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

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

 the year 1858, with estimates for the year 1859 : 



RECEIPTS. 



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, 1858 10,341 30 



$48,667 44 



EXPENDITURES. 



For building, furniture, and fixtures $1,107 87 



For items common to the different objects of the Institu- 

 tion 9,619 03 



For publications, researches, and lectures 11,956 83 



For library, museum, and gallery of art 9,814 29 



32,498 02 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer January 1, 1859, of which $5,000 



belongs to the extra fund *$16,169 42 



Statement in detail of the expenditures in 1858. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, 



Repairs and incidentals 

 Furniture and fixtures- 

 Magnetic observatory ._ 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of Board and committees 



Lighting and heating 



Postage 



Transportation and exchanges 



Stationery 



General printing 



Apparatus 



Laboratory 



Incidentals, general 



Salaries, Secretary 



chief clerk 



book-keeper, janitor, watchman, &c. 

 Extra clerk-hire 



* Reduced to $10,141.36 in Report for 1850 ; $28.06 interest credited in advance not having been 

 received. 



