REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF 

 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAiN INSTITUTION. 



(For tlio year eiidiuj^ ;5()tli of Juue, 1890.) 



To the Board of Re/jents of the Smithsonian Institution : 



Your executive committee respectfully submits the foUowiug report 

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

 gress for the l!^ational Museum and other purposes, and the receipts 

 and expenditures for the Institution, the Museum, etc., for the year 

 ending oOth June, 1890 : 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Condition of the fund Jidy 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, 

 1840, was $515,169. To this was added by authority of Congress (act of 

 February 8, I8G7) 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 crpeiiditnres from Jnhj 1, 1889, io June 30, 



1890. 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on bandJuly 1, 1889 $ll,7r)7.47 



Interest on fund July 1, 1889 $21,090.00 



Interest on fund January 1, 1890 21, 090. 00 



42, ISO. 00 



|5:j, 9:57. 47 



Cash from sales of publications 416. 01 



Cash from repayments of freight, etc 3, 489. .')0 



15, 90.^51 



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

 physical research 5, 000. 00 



Cash from Dr. Alex. Grahaui Hell, for astro-physical research. f), 000. 00 



1:5, 905. 51 



Total receipts 07, 842. 98 



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