REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 

 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION 



FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 193G 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Your executive coniinittee respectfully submits the following report 

 in relation to the funds of the Smithsonian Institution, together with 

 a statement of the appropriations by Congress for the Government 

 bureaus in the administrative charge of the Institution. 



SMITHSONIAN ENDOWMENT FUND 



The original bequest of James Smithson was £104,960 8s. 6d. — 

 $508,318.46. Refunds of money expended in prosecution of the 

 claim, freights, insurance, etc., together with payment into the 

 fund of the sum of £5,015, which had been withheld during the 

 lifetime of Madame de la Batut, brought the fund to the amount 

 of $550, 000. 00 



Since the original bequest the Institution has received gifts from 

 various sources, chiefly in the years prior to 1893, the income 

 from which may be used for the general work of the Institution. 



To these gifts has been added capital from savings on income, 

 gain from sale of securities, etc., bringing the total endowment 

 for general purposes to the amount of 1,117,419.22 



The Institution holds also a number of endowment gifts, the income 

 of each being restricted to specific use. These are invested and stand 

 on the books of the Institution as follows : 



Arthur, James, fund, income for investigations and study of sun and 

 lecture on the sun $40, 606. 64 



Bacon, Virginia Purdy, fmid, for a traveling scholarship to investi- 

 gate fauna of countries other than the United States 50, 869.12 



Baird, Lucy H., fund, for creating a memorial to Secretary Baird 9, 207. 86 



Barstow, Frederic D., fund, for purchase of animals for the Zoo- 

 logical Park 772. 34 



Canfield Collection fund, for increase and care of the Canfield collec- 

 tion of minerals 38, 833. 61 



Casey, Thomas L., fund, for maintenance of the Casey collection and 

 promotion of researches relating to Coleoptera 7, 846. 82 



Chamberlain, Francis Lea, fund, for increase and promotion of 



Isaac Lea collection of gems and mollusks 28, 592. 33 



Hillyer, Virgil, fund, for increase and care of Virgil Hillyer collec- 

 tion of lighting objects 6, 673. 02 



Hodgkius fund, specific, for increase and diffusion of more exact 

 knowledge in regard to nature and properties of atmospheric air — 100, 000. 00 



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