534 EEPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Stationery 



General printing, (circulars, labels, &c.) 



Apparatus 



Laboratory, (cbemicals, fixtures, glass, &c) 



Incidentals, general, (hardware, tools, materials for 

 cleaning, packing twine, general repairs, &c.) . . . 



Extra .clerk-hire, (copying) 



Salaries, (Secretary, chief clerk, book-keeper, mes- 

 senger, watchmen, and laborers) 



Publications : 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 



Smithsonian reports 



Other publications 



Meteorology „ 



Library and museum : 

 Cost of books 



Assistants in library 



Transportation for library, (freights) 



Museum, salary of assistant secretary, and assist- 

 ants in museum 



Incidentals for museum, (alcohol, mounting speci- 

 mens, &c.) 



Transportation for museum, (freights) 



Gallery of art, (engravings, frames, &c.) 



The foregoing statement shows the expenditure during the year, and the bal- 

 ance in the hands of the treasurer. The receipts, however, did not actually 

 come into the hands of the treasurer in full from the government until the 11th 

 of January, 1866, although credited for 1S65. 



In accordance with the decision of the Solicitor of the Treasury, the interest 

 on the Smithsonian fund, due 1st of January and 1st of July, 1865, and the 1st 

 of January, 1866, was paid by the Secretary of the Treasury in coin, which, 

 being sold at the current prices, yielded the following sums, viz : 



1865. 



April 28. Sale of $15,455 07, at 48f , yielded $7, 534 34 



Less brokerage and United States tax 61 64 



$7, 472 70 



Aug. 8. Sale of $15,455 07, at 43£, yielded 6, 722 96 



Less brokerage and United States tax. .. 60 82 



6,662 14 



1866. 



Jan. 31. Sale of $15,455 07, at 40£, yielded 6, 259 30 



Less brokerage and United States tax ... 60 35 



6, 198 95 



20,333 79 



