XXII REPOET OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Stationery, wrapping paper, twine, and miscellaneous sup- 

 plies $268.50 



Total expenditure $14,978.20 



Balance unexpended July 1, 1889 21.80 



Balance remaining July 1, 1888 50. 17 



The cost of the international exchange system since July 1, 1886, 

 has been as follows : 



Fiscal year 1886-'87 $14,683.11 



Fiscal year 1887-'88 15,113.46 



Fiscal year 1888-'89 17,329.99 



Total cost $47,126.56 



For the payment of this expense the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion lias received the following sums : 



Fiscal J- ear 1886-'87 : 



From Congress 10,000.00 



From other sources 696.48 



Fiscal year 1887-'88 : 



From Congress 12,000.00 



From other sources 205.75 



Fiscal year 1888-'89 : 



From Congress 15,000.00 



From other sources 2, 189. 52 



Total receipts 40,091.75 



Showing a balance duo the Institution, July 1, 1889, of $7,034.81 



As this amount has been expended by the Smithsonian Institution 

 in carrying on the system of exchanges over and above the amounts 

 heretofore appropriated for its support by Congress, your committee 

 respectfully recommends that Congress be requested to make appro- 

 priation to re-imburse the Smithson fund. 



Your committee also refers to the last report of the Secretary, whicli 

 states that up to 1880, inclusive, the Institution had paid $92,386.29 

 for exchanges, of which it is estimated that more than two-thirds were 

 on Government account, for which the Government paid nothing 

 whatever. Since the year 1880 the service has cost $96,065.85, of 

 which the Government has paid $57,500, leaving nearly $40,000 of the 

 cost to be borne by the Smithsonian Institution, and this exclusive of 

 the rent of the rooms, which represents about $3,000 a year in addition. 



NORTH AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



Approi>riatiou by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, " for the purpose 

 of continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians under the direc- 

 tion of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compen- 

 sation of all necessary employ<!s'' (Sundry civil act, October 2, 1888; j)ublic 307, 

 p. 27.) $40,000.00 



The actual conduct of these investigations has been continued by 

 the Secretary in the hands of Maj. J. W. Powell, Director of the Geo- 

 logical Survey. 



