XVIII 



EEPOKT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



For the purpose of continuing ethnological researches 

 among the American Indians, under the direction of the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, including sala- 

 ries and compensation of all necessary employes 



$40, 000 00 



Exhibit of condition of appropriations by Congress for National Museum, 4'0., January 1, 



1885. 



Object. 



Balance 

 January 1, 



1884. 



Appropriated 



for nscal 



year 1884-'85, 



act July 7, 



1884. 



Total avail- 

 able from 

 January 1, 

 1884, to June 

 30, 1885. 



Expended 



in the year 



1884. 



Balance 



January 1, 



1885, avail- 



able till June 



30, 1885. 



Preservation of collections, 

 National Museum . . . , 



Armory Building, National 

 Museum 



Furniture and fixtures, Xa- 

 tii lual Museum 



International Exchanges 



Eeconstiuction eastern por- 

 tion Smithsonian building. .. 



Paving sidewalk, National 

 Museum 



North American Ethnology. . . 



$46, 658 51 



1, 525 50 



36, 020 49 

 3, 500 00 



12, 677 14 



19, 945 40 



$107, 000 00 



2. 500 00 



40, 000 00 

 10, 000 00 



15,000 00 



1, 000 00 

 40, 000 00 



$153, 658 51 $100, 259 24 



4, 025 50 



76, 020 49 

 13, 500 00 



27, 677 14 



1, 000 00 

 59, 945 40 



2, 525 00 



63,384 13 

 7, 705 50 



26, 378 92 

 '46,"4i9'78' 



$53, 399 27 



1, 500 50 



12,636 36 

 5, 794 50 



1, 298 22 



1, 000 00 

 19, 525 62 



The balance (January 1, 1884), $802.17, of the approi^riation for pre- 

 paring the scientific report of the Polaris expedition, has been expended 

 during the year, according to the certificate of Major Hobbs, October 

 6, 1884, disbursing clerk of the Treasury Department. 



The appropriation by Congress of $900 to reimburse the Institution 

 for its expenditures in connection with the Henry statue, was received 

 from tbe Treasury Department in October, 1884, and is included in the 

 statement of receipts for the year. 



The committee has examiued the vouchers for payments made from 

 the Smithson income during the year 1884, all of which bear the ap- 

 proval of the Secretary of the Institution, and a certificate that the 

 materials and services charged were applied to the purposes of the 

 Institution. 



The committee has also examined the accounts of the National 

 Museum and find that the balances above given correspond with the 

 certificates of the disbursing ofl&cers of the Interior and Treasury De- 

 partments. 



The quarterly and annual accounts-current, the check-books and 

 journals have been examined and found correct. 



Erespectfully submitted. 



John Maclean, 

 W. T. Sherman, 

 James C. Welling, 



Executive Committee. 

 Washington, January, 1885. 



Dr. Maclean's examination of the expenditures and vouchers was 

 limited to those of the Smithsonian Institution proper. 



