REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF 

 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



(For the year eiidiug 30th of Jane, 1890.) 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution : 



Your executive committee respectfully submits the following- report 

 in relation to the funds of the Institution, the appropriations by Con- 

 gress for the National Museum and other purposes, and the receipts 

 and exi)enditures for the Institution, the Museum, etc., for the year 

 ending 30th June, 1890 : 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1890. 



The amount of the bequest of James Smithson deposited in the Treas- 

 ury of the United States, according to the act of Congress of August 10, 

 184G, was $515,169, To this was added by authority of Congress (act of 

 February 8, 18C7) the residuary legacy of Smithson and savings from 

 annual income and other sources, $134,831. To this $1,000 have been 

 added by a bequest of James Hamilton, $500 by a bequest of Simeon 

 Habel, and $51,500 as the proceeds of the sale of Virginia bonds owned 

 by the Institution, making in all, as the permanent Smithson fund in 

 the United States Treasury, $703,000. 



Statement of the receipts and. expenditures from July 1, 1889, to June 30, 



1890. 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on baud July 1, 1889 $11,757.47 



Interest on fund July 1, 1889 , $21,090.00 



luterest on fund January 1, 1890 21,090.00 



42, 180. 00 



$5:5, 937. 47 



Cash from sales of publications 416. 01 



Cash from repayments of freight, etc 3, 489. .50 



3,90.^51 



Cash from esecntors of Dr. Jerome H. Kidder, for astro- 

 physical researcli 5, 000. OU 



Cash from Dr. Alex. Graham Bell, for astro-physical research. 5, 000. 00 



13,905.51 



Total receipts 67, 842. 98 



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