XXX REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Hoariug and lighting, IH'i? : 



Balance of appropriation July 1, 1887 !iii:^.91. 73 



Expended during year ending June 30, 1888 373. 19 



Balance unexpended July 1, 1888 .$18. 54 



Balances reported last year on July 1, 1837, viz : 



Preservation of collections 1885 2. 00 



Expended during 1887-88 1. 50 



Balance July 1, 1888 .50 



Preservation of collections 1885-'86 1. 48 



Armory, 1885 8. 25 



Furniture and tixiures, 1885 .16 



Tbe above sums have, imder the action of Revised Statutes, sectiou 

 3090, beeu carried by the Treasury Departmeut to the credit of the sur- 

 phis fund July 1, 1888. 



RECAPITULATION, 



The total amount of the fuuds administered by the Institution during 

 the year ending 30th of June, 1888, appears, from the foregoing state- 

 ments and the account books, to have been as follows : 



Smithsonian Institution: 



From balance of last year $1, 423. 14 



From interest on the Smithsonian fund 42, 180. 00 



From sales of publications $481. 75 



From repayments for freight, etc 271. 11 



752. 8li 



$14,350.00 



Appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Insti- 

 tution, for the year 1888, and balances of appropriations unex- 

 pended in previous years : 



luteruatioual exchanges 12, 000. 00 



Ethnological researches 46,556.98 



Smithsonian building repairs 14,868.20 



Preservation of collections : 



1886 1.96 



1887 5,991.17 



1888 116,000.00 



121,993.13 



Preservation, armory 46. 14 



Furniture and fixtures 42, 854. 85 



Heating, lighting, etc 12, 391. 73 



250, 711. 03 



Total $295,067.03 



The committee has examined the vouchers for payments made from 

 the Smithsonian income during the year ending June 30, 1888, all of 

 which bear the approval of the Secretary of the Institution, and a cer- 

 tificate that the materials and services charged were applied to the pur- 

 poses of the Institution. 



