560 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The balance at the beginning of the year, $17,811.36, as given in the 

 foregoing statement as a part of the Smithson fund, has not been invested 

 because it is required to pay bills as they become due, previous to receiv- 

 ing the semi-annual income at the end of June, 1873, or, in other words, 

 to support the Institution during the accumulation of the first half 

 year's semi-annual interest. 



STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS FROM THE SMITHSON FUND FOR 1872. 



Interest on $650,000, at 6 per cent, in gold $39, 000 00 



Premium on gold June and December, (13| and llf) . 4, 911 55 



Interest on Virginia stock, less commissions 3, 004 90 



Total receipts 46, 916 45 



Total expenditures from the Smithson income during 1872, 



as shown by the detailed statement given below .... 45, 420 11 



Balance unexpended 1, 496 34 



The above balance is added to the uninvested savings from previous 

 years, viz, $16,315.02, making the $17,811.36 found in the preceding 

 general statement of the condition of the funds. 



EXPENDITURES FROM THE SMITHSON FUND FOR 1872. 



Building. 



Reconstruction and repairs $6, 672 35 



Furniture and fixtures 1, 625 87 



General expenses. 



Meetings of the board 



Lighting the building, exclusive of Museum . 

 Heating the building, exclusive of Museum. 



Postage, exclusive of Museum 



Stationery, exclusive of Museum 



Incidentals, exclusive of Museum 



Salaries, clerk-hire, and labor 11, 153 83 



Publications and researches 



Smithsonian Contributions, quarto 



Miscellaneous Collections, octavo 



Annual reports, octavo 



Meteorology 



Apparatus 



Laboratory 



Lectures , 



$8, 298 22 



13, 668 97 



12,548 53 



