574 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Statement of expenditure in detail from the Smithson income, 1874. 



Building. 



Repairs of the building $3, 507 66 



Furniture and fixtures 717 73 



$4,225 3£ 

 General expenses. 



Meetings of the board 



Lightiug the building 



Heating the building 



Postage 



Stationery 



Incidentals 



Salaries and clerk hire 12, 730 00 



Purcbase of books 457 43 



15,719 80 



Publications and researches. 



Smithsonian Contributions 7, 022 98 



Miscellaneous collections 7, 363 67 



Reports 664 92 



Other publications 93 40 



Meteorology and researches 881 97 



Apparatus 1, 142 60 



Laboratory 9 10 



Lectures 600 00 



17, 778 64 



Exchanges. 



Literary and scientific exchanges, &c 5, 589 89 



Museum. 



Incidentals in addition to Government appropriation 703 00 



$44, 016 72 

 As usual, the Institution has during the past year made temporary 

 advances for the payment of freight on Government collections, pur- 

 cbase of instruments for exploring parties, &c, the repayments of 

 which, together with the amount received from sales of publications^ 

 have been deducted from the several items of the foregoing expendi- 

 tures, as follows : 



Repayments. 



From exchanges, repayments for freight, &c $1, 205 14 



From postage, repayments 



From researches, repayments 



From Smithsonian Contributions, sales 



From miscellaneous collections, sales 



From salaries, repayment of advance 



From incidentals, sales of old material . 



$1, 6G6 89 



