REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 519 



Statement in detail of the expenditures during the year 1860. 

 BUILDING, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES. 



Building incidentals $1,480 55 



Furniture and fixtures in general 619 85 



Furniture and fixtures for museum 324 36 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of the Board 225 35 



Lighting and heating 987 41 



Postage 537 54 



Transportation and exchanges . 2,141 86 



Stationery 393 50 



General printing 206 18 



Apparatus 784 78 



Laboratory 150 81 



Incidentals, general 755 94 



Extra clerk hire 645 97 



Salaries — Secretary 3,500 00 



Chief clerk, hook-keeper, messenger, and laborers. 2,750 00 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions 5,520 59 



Smithsonian Beports 770 22 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1,131 48 



Other publications 45 89 



Meteorology 4,431 07 



Magnetic observatory 308 00 



Besearches and investigations 753 00 



Lectures 892 74 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND GALLERY OF ART. 



Cost of books and binding 2,382 19 



Pay of assistants in library 1,100 00 



Transportation and exchange for library 496 62 



Incidentals for library 41 86 



Museum, salary 2,000 00 



Transportation for museum 872 76 



Incidentals for museum 62 92 



Explorations for museum 476 45 



Collections for museum HI 23 



■Gallery of art 237 18 



$2,424 76 



13,079 34 



13,852 99 



7,781 21 



$37,138 30 



The accounts for the year 1860 were made up to the 11th of January, 1861, instead 

 ■of the first of the same month as heretofore. This difference in time was occasioned 

 by the delay in obtaining the appropriation and interest due at the beginning of the 



The balance in the hands of the treasurer at the commencement of the year 1860 

 was $19,634.11; of this, $4,600 were expended in the purchase of $5,000 Tennessee 

 State bonds, leaving $15,034.11. ^oo ™ m, 



The income during the year from the original and extra fund was $o8,626.14. ihe 

 ■expenditures during 1860 were $37,138.30; leaving $1,487.84 to be added to_ the 

 balance in the hands of the treasurer on the first of the year, making $16,521.95 im- 

 mediately available for paying in cash the expenses of the operations of the Institu- 

 tion as rapidly as the bills come due. , 



The foregoing statement is an actual exhibit of the Smithsonian funds, irrespective 

 of credits and disbursements which have been made in behalf of other parties. For 

 example : the Institution has frequently advanced money to pay for the transporta- 

 tion of packages for other establishments, such as the Coast Survey, Patent Office, 



