REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF 

 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR 

 ENDING JUNE 30, 1912. 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Your executive committee respectfully submits the following re- 

 port in relation to the funds, receipts, and disbursements of the 

 Institution, and a statement of the appropriations by Congress for 

 the National Museum, the International Exchanges, the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, the Astrophysi- 

 cal Observatory, and the International Catalogue of Scientific Lit- 

 erature for the year ending June 30, 1912, together with balances of 

 previous appropriations. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Condition of the fund July 7, 1012. 



The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which 

 it has been derived are as follows: 



DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Bequest of Smlthson. 1846 $515,109.00 



Residuary legacy of Smithson, 1867 26,210.63 



Deposit from savings of income, 1867 108,620.37 



Bequest of James Hamilton, 1875 $1,0()0. GO 



Accumulated interest on Ilaniiltou fund, 1895 3,000.00 



2, 000. 00 



Bequest of Simeon Habel, 1880 500.00 



Deposits from proceeds of sale of bonds, 1881 51, 500. 00 



Gift of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1891 200. 000. 00 



Part of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1894 8, 000. 00 



Deposit from savings of income, 1903 25,000.00 



Residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins 7, 918. 69 



Total amount of fund in the United States Treasury 944, 918. 69 



OTHER RESOURCES. 



Registered and guaranteed b(mds of llie West Shore Railroad Co., 



part of legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins (par value) 42,000.00 



Total permanent fund 986. 918. 69 



Also four small pieces of real estate bequeathed by Robert Stanton Avery, of 

 Washington, D. G. 



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