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Expenditures of the Repository of the American Institute, from 

 March 31, 1843, to March 31, 1844. 



Salary of superintending agent, $1 ,250 00 



" "Clerks, 800 00 



" « Recording Secretary, 100 00 



Rent of premises, 300 00 



Fitting up new room for library, 245 00 



New bookcases for library, 249 25 



Plastering and whitewashing, 27 00 



Painting, 11 13 



Newspaper subscriptions and advertisements, 51 01 



Books for library, 148 28 



Binding books, 49 48 



Mounting maps, 11 63 



Repairs of office furniture and stoves, 20 89 



Printing circulars, tickets, and blanks, 38 75 



Blank books and stationery, 20 00 



Oil, candles, and camphine, 41 12 



Freight of minerals, 11 75 



Agent's expenses to Albany, 25 88 



Commission on collections, 6 70 



Casts of fruit in wax, 20 00 



Copying documents, IT 00 



Fuel, 46 75 



Cleaning and labor, 29 74 



Damages and costs of suit. Price vs. American Institute, 205 81 



Petty cash expenses,. 190 21 



$3,9]7 38 



