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report," $6,183.GG, to correspond with the certificates of the disbui-siug 

 officer of the Treasury Department. 



The quarterly accounts-current, bank-book, check-book, and journals 

 have likewise been examined and found to be correct. 



The balance to the credit of the Institution proper, on the 1st of Jan- 

 uary, 1881, in the hands of the Treasurer of the United States, available 

 for the current operations of the Institution, is $20,934.52. 

 Eespectfully submitted. 



PETER PARKER, 

 W. T. SHERMAN, 

 JOHN MACLEAN, 

 Executive Committee, Smithsonian Institution. 

 Washington, January 18, 1881. 



