REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 



OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



FOR THE YEAR ENDED 



JUNE 30, 1932 



To the Board oj Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Your executive committee 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 8 shillings, 

 6 pence — $508,318.46. Refunds of money expended in pros- 

 ecution 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, 039, 351. 68 



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 $50, 699. 31 



Bacon, Virginia Purdy, fund, for a traveling scholarship to investigate 



fauna of countries other than the United States 63, 512. 52 



Baird, Lucy H., fund, for creating a memorial to Secretary Baird 9, 959. 05 



Barstow, Frederic D., fund, for purchase of animals for the Zoological 



Park 964.27 



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

 tion of minerals 48, 488. 51 



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



promotion of researches relating to Coleoptera 9, 797. 14 



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



Lea collection of gems and moUusks 35, 698. 68 



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



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



Hughes, Bruce, fund, to found Hughes alcove 19, 205. 63 



Myer, Catherine Walden, fund, for purchase of first-class works of art 



for the use of and benefit of the National Gallery of Art 22, 907. 94 



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