REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 517 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OP ART. 



Library — Cost of books $2 530 83 



Pay of assistants 1347 00 



Transportation 217 74 



Incidentals 25 00 



Museum — Salary of Assistant Secretary 2 000 00 



Explorations 315 55 



Collections 16 87 



Incidentals, jars, alcobol, &c 1,115 65 



Assistants and labor 2,378 38 



Transportation 544 34 



Gallery of Art 30 00 



10,521 46 



Total expenditures $34,833 39 



Tbe estimated income for tbe year 1859, inclusive of the balance in the hands of the 

 Treasurer, was $54,495.56, and the actual income $54,467.50; showing a difference 

 of $28.06 less than the estimate. This difference arises from the fact that in the pre- 

 vious" reports the whole amount of $3,210 interest on Virginia stock was assumed to 

 have been placed to the credit of the Treasurer, although Riggs & Co. retained $16.06 

 for commission, &c, at the time of the purchase. 



In addition to the above, the interest for two years on the Washington corporation 

 stock, amounting to $12, was considered as in the hands of the treasurer, although it 

 had not actually been drawn. 



The estimated expenditure was $38,000. The actual expenditure was $34,833.39 • 

 showing a difference of $3,166.61 less than the estimate, due principally to a less ex- 

 penditure on the building, furniture, and the publications. 



The amount of income above that of the expenditure was $3,492.75, which, added 

 to the actual balance ($16,141.36) in the hands of the treasurer at the beginning of 

 the year 1859, makes $19,634.11. It is necessary to mention that $5,000 of this 

 belongs to the extra fund, which has not yet been invested. 



The annual appropriation from Congress for keeping the museum of the exploring 

 expedition has been expended, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, 

 in assisting to pay the extra expenses of assistants and the cost of preserving and 

 arranging the specimens. 



An appropriation has also been continued during the past year by the Patent 

 Office for the collection of meteorological statistics for the Agricultural Keport. 



It is believed the expenditures under these heads have been economically and judi- 

 ciously made, and that the services rendered to Government have been strictly and 

 faithfully performed. 



The specimens intrusted to the care of the Institution are now undergoing a thor- 

 ough examination, and, being scientifically arranged, are in a better condition to 

 meet the wants of the naturalist, and to interest the public, than ever before. 



The committee respectfullv submit the following estimate of the expenditures for 

 the year 1860 : 



Estimate of appropriations for the year 1860. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, AND FIXTURES. 



Repairs and incidentals $1,500 00 



Furniture and fixtures 800 00 



Magnetic observatory 350 00 



$2,650 00 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of the Board 250 00 



Lighting and heating 1,000 00 



Postage G00 00 



Transportation and exchange 1,500 00 



Stationery 300 00 



General printing G00 00 



Apparatus 800 00 



Laboratory 100 00 



Incidentals general 500 00 



Salaries— Secretary 3,500 00 



Chief clerk, messenger, book-keeper, laborers, &c. 3,000 00 



Extra clerk-hire 500 00 



12,650 00 



