XXXII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Furniture and fixtures : 



Balance, 1888 |1, 716.96 



Forl888-'89 40,000.00 



141,716,96 



Heating, lighting, etc.: 



Balance, 1888 755.89 



Forl888-'89 13,000.00 



1.3, 755. 89 



Total $255,995,19 



Grand total.. $306,744.95 



Tbe committee has examined the vouchers for payments made from 

 the Smithsonian income during the year ending 30th June, 1889, all of 

 which bear the approval of the Secretary of the Institution, or, in his 

 absence, of the assistant secretary as acting Secretary, and a certifi- 

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

 poses of the Institution. 



The committee has also examined the accounts of the "international 

 exchanges," and of the "National Museum," and finds that the bal- 

 ances above given correspond with the certificates of the disbursing 

 clerk of the Smithsonian Institution, whose appointment as such dis- 

 bursing ofiBcer was accepted, and his bonds approved, by the Secretary 

 of the Treasury. 



The quarterly accounts-current, the vouchers and journals, have been 

 examined and found correct. 



The abstracts of expenditures and balance sheets under the appro- 

 priation for "North American ethnology" have been exhibited to us; 

 the vouchers for the expenditures, after approval by the Director of 

 the Bureau of Ethnology, are paid by the disbursing clerk of said Bu- 

 reau, and after approval by the Secretary of the Smithsonian Iiistitu 

 tion are transmitted to the accounting officers of the Treasury Depart 

 ment for settlement. The disbursing ofiBcer of the Bureau is accepted 

 as such and his bonds ai)proved by the Secretary of the Treasury. 

 The balance available tu meet outstanding liabilities on 1st July, 1889, 

 as reported by the disbursing clerk of the Bureau, is $13,491.22. 



Statement of regular incoine from the Smithsonian fund, to he available for use in the 



year ending June 30, 1890. 



Balance on hand Jane 30, 1889 $11,757.47 



Interest dne and receivable Jnly 1,1889 21,090.00 



Interest due and receivable January 1, 1890 21,090. 00 



Total available for year ending June 30, 1890 $53,937.47 



Eespectfully submitted. 



James C. Welling. 



Henry Coppee. 



M, C. Meigs, 

 Washington, October 15, 1889. 



