514 REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge $6,834 02 



Eeports on progress 1,053 79 



Other publications 654 24 



Meteorology 2,345 62 



Investigations, computations, and researches 130 00 



Lectures 939 16 



$11,956 83 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books 3,258 51 



Pay of assistants in library 1,000 00 



Transportation for library 439 70 



Incidentals for library 357 70 



Museum, salaries 2,000 00 



Explorations 114 13 



Collections 675 25 



Incidentals for museum, jars, alcohol, &c. 1,074 90 



Transportation for museum 368 26 



Assistants and labor, museum 404 64 



Gallery of art 121 20 



9,814 29 



Total expenditure $32,498 02 



The estimated income for the year 1858, inclusive of the balance in the hands of 

 the Treasurer, was $38,326.14, and the actual income was the same, no change hav- 

 ing taken place in the amount received from the interest on the extra fund. 



The estimated expenditure was $37,000. The actual expenditure was $32,498. 

 This difference, which is nearly $4,500, has been saved principally on the building, 

 transportation, and the payment of assistants. 



The last mentioned item has been somewhat diminished by the payment from the 

 appropriation of Congress for the keeping of the museum of the Exploring Expedi- 

 tions which has been transferred from the Patent Office to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. The amount received, for the last six months, on this account has been about 

 $2,000. This sum is not credited to the Institution, because the money is disbursed 

 by the Secretary of the Interior. 



The amount of income above that of the expenditure was $5,828.12. This sum. 

 has been saved with the view of carrying out the design mentioned in the last report,, 

 namely, that of accumulating a sufficient sum in the Treasury to enable the payment 

 of cash for all purposes, and thus to save the extra charge which, in almost all cases, 

 is made when payment is deferred. 



The amount in the Treasury at the beginning of the present year, for carrying on 

 the operations until the time of receiving the next income, was $16, 169.42. Of this r 

 however, $5,000 belong to the extra fund which has not yet been invested. Accord- 

 ing to the statement of the Secretary, the Institution, at the beginning of 1859, had 

 no outstanding debts, and hence it appears that the funds are in a good condition. 



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

 penditures for the year 1859 : 



Estimate of the receipts a?id expenditures for the year 1859. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance in the hands of the Treasurer January 1, 1859 $16,169 42 



Interest on the original fund 30,910 14 



Interest on the extra fund ! 7,416 00 



$54,495 55 



EXPENDITURES. 

 BUILDING. FURNITURE, AND FIXTURES. 



Kepairs and incidentals $1,500 00 



Furniture and fixtures 500 00 



Magnetic observatory 100 00 



$2,100 00 



