538 KEPOET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Statement in detail of the expenditures during the year 1866. 



BUILDING. 



Reconstruction of parts injured or destroyed by fire, $33, 29f 81 



Repairs and incidentals to old parts 2, 181 54 



Furniture and fixtures 955 31 



$36, 428 66 



GENERAL EXPENSES. 



Meetings of the board : travelling expenses and hack 



hire 127 00 



Lighting and heating 1, 555 54 



Postage 452 84 



Stationery 485 14 



Incidentals: hardware, tools, materials for cleaning, &c. 1,213 12 

 Salaries : Secretary, chief clerk, bookkeeper, clerks, 



janitor, messenger, and laborers 7, 743 GO 



11,577 24 



PUBLICATIONS, RESEARCHES, ETC. 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 3,776 17 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 5, 702 67 



Smithsonian Annual Report 1, 377 80 



General printing 243 27 



Meteorology 1, 017 90 



Apparatus for experiments and researches 496 85 



Laboratory, chemicals, &c 122 98 



Exploration 372 31 



13,109 95 



LIBRARY, MUSEUM, AND LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC EXCHANGE. 



Cost of books 873 24 



Assistants in library, (January to July) 600 00 



Literary and scientific exchanges 2, 009 33 



Assistants in museum, and incidentals for collections, 1, 568 04 

 Freights on specimens, books, &c, for museum and 



library 1, 695 16 



6, 745 77 



Total expenditures during the year 1866 $67, 861 62 



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

 spective of credits and payments which have been made in behalf of other 

 parties. For example, the Institution during tbe past year has paid several bills 

 for work done on account of the government, the amount of which has been re- 

 funded and credited to the appropriations from which the expenditure was made. 



The Commissioner of Agriculture has continued to pay one-half of the salary 

 of the meteorological clerk, who has been engaged during the year in preparing 



