520 REPORTS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



&c, forwarded through the Smithsonian agents; and in all such cases the money, 

 when refunded, has been credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure 

 was originally made. Again : the use of the lecture-room has in many instances 

 been granted for charitable purposes, without any other charge than for the gas con- 

 sumed ; and the money received for this has been credited on the books of the Insti- 

 tution to the account of " lighting and heating." 



The agricultural department of the Patent Office has for several years past ex- 

 pended a small portion of its appropriation for the collection of meteorological 

 statistics in connection with this Institution. During the past year the assistance 

 from this source has been unexpectedly very much reduced ; and hence, the expendi- 

 ture on meteorology from the Smithsonian fund has considerably exceeded the 

 estimate. 



The annual appropriation of $4,000 from Congress, for keeping the collections of 

 the exploring and surveying expeditions of the United States, has been expended 

 under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in assisting to pay the extra ex- 

 penses of assistants, and the cost of arranging and preserving the specimens. The 

 aid thus rendered has served to diminish the cost to the Smithsonian fund of the 

 maintenance and exhibition of the museum, although it has by no means been suf- 

 ficient to defray all the expenses of these objects, as will be seen by reference to the 

 items given under the head of the museum, in the detailed statement. 



The specimens intrusted to the care of the Institution are in good condition, and 

 the duplicates are in process of being assorted preparatory to a general distribution 

 for scientific and educational purposes. 



The committee respectfully submit the following estimates for the year 1861. 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance in the hands of the treasurer, January 11, 1861 $16,521 95 



Interest on original fund 30,910 14 



Interest on the extra fund 7,716 00' 



Total 155,148 09 



Estimate of Expenditures for 1861. 



BUILDING, FURNITURE, AND FIXTURES. 



Incidentals 



Furniture and fixtures 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of the Board 



Lighting and heating 



Postage 



Transportation, (general) 



Exchanges 



Stationery 



General printing 



Apparatus , 



Laboratory 



Incidentals, (general) 



Extra clerk-hire 



Salaries — Secretary 



Chief clerk, book-keeper, messenger, laborers, &c. 



13,000 0O 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, AND LECTURES. 



Smithsonian Contributions 6,000 00 



Smithsonian lleports 500 00 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 1,000 00 



Other publications 250 00 



Meteorology 4,000 00 



Magnetic observatory 250 00 



Researches 400 00 



Lectures 800 00 



13,200 0O 



