REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 561 



Exchanges. 



Literary and scientific exchanges through agencies in 



London, Paris, Leipsic, Amsterdam, Stockholm, &c... $5,870 32 



Museum. 



Salaries, preservation of collections, &c, paid from the 

 Smithsonian income in addition to the sums drawn from 

 the appropriations by Congress 5, 034 07 



Total expenditure from the Smithson fund in 1872, 

 as given above 45, 420 11 



During the past year the Institution has advanced money for the 

 payment of freight on specimens, the purchase of apparatus for Govern- 

 ment expeditions, &c, the repayments of which, together with the amount 

 received for sales of publications and old material, have been deducted 

 from the several items of the foregoing expenditures, as follows: 



From museum, for repayments for freight $010 03 



From exchanges, for repayments for freight 402 81 



From apparatus, for instruments for expeditions 1, 300 23 



From lectures, for advance for scientific course 382 20 



From Smithsonian Contributions and Miscellaneous Collec- 

 tions, for copies sold 307 36 



From building and incidentals, for sale of old material 44 08 



Total repayments and miscellaneous credits in 1872. . 3, 113 3i 

 The estimates for the year 1873 are as follows : 



ESTIMATES. 



Receipts. 



From interest on the permanent fund, in gold, to be re- 

 ceived June 30, 1873 $10, 500 00 



To be received December 31, 1873 10, 500 00 



Probable premium on gold at 1 per cent 3, 900 00 



From interest on Virginia stock 1> 7 uO 00 



Total receipts *h C00 00 



Appropriations. 



For building $ ;3 > 00 ° 00 



For general expenses 13, 000 00 



For publications and researches 20, 000 00 



For exchanges 7, (10(> 0() 



For contingencies - - • • 5 > C(1 ° "^ 



36 44,600 00 



