REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF 

 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



For the Year Ending June ;3(', iiH)2. 



Ti> tin Jjnard "f I'tH/rtit.s of fltr Smithsonian Inst ft ut ton : 



Your Executive Conuuittee respectfully .submits the following 

 report in relation to the funds of the Institution, the appropriations 

 by Congress, and th(^ receipts and expenditures for the Smithsonian 

 Institution, the U. S. National Museum, the International Exchanges, 

 the Bureau of Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, and the 

 Astrophysical Observatory for the year ending June 30, 1902, and 

 ))alances of former years: 



SAirni S( )NIA \ IN STITUTION. 



Condition oftlir Fund JnJy L HXhi. 



The amount of the becjucst of James Smithson deposit«'>l in the 

 Treasury of the United States, according to act of Congress of 

 August 10, 181(1, was $515,10;). To this was added by authority of 

 Congress, 1 ebruary S, 1807, tht> residuary legacy of Smithson, savings 

 from income, and other sources, to the amount of |il31,831. 



To this also have been added a bequest from James ILunilton, of 

 Pennsylvania, of §1,000; a bccpiest of Dr. Simeon Habel, of New 

 York, of §500; the proceeds of the sale of Virginia ])onds, §51,500; 

 a gift from Thomas (t. Ilodgkins, of New York, of §200,000 and 

 §8,000, being a portion of the rcj^iduary legacy of Thomas (i. Hodg- 

 kins, and §1,000, the accunudated interest ■m\ tiie Hamilton be([uest, 

 making in all, as the pei'manent fund, §!M2,000. 



The Institution also holds the additional sum of §12,000, received 

 upon the death of Thomas (i. Ilodgkins, in registered AVest Shore 

 Railroad 1 per cent Ixinds, which were, by order of this committee, 

 under date of Alay 18, 1S!»1, placed in the hands of the Secretary of 

 the Institution, to be indd by him subject to tiic conditions of said 

 order. 



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