XXX REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Heating aud. lighting, 1887 : 



Balance of appropriation July 1, 1887 $391. 73 



Expended during year ending June 30, 1888 373. 19 



Balance unexpended July 1, 1888 |18. 54 



Balances reported last year on July 1, 1887, viz : 



Preservation of collections 1885 2. 00 



Expended during 1887-88 1.50 



Balance July 1, 1888 .50 



Preservation of collections 1885-'86 1.48 



Armory, 1885 8.25 



Furnilure and fixtures, 1885 .16 



The above sums have, uudei- the action of Revised Statutes, section 

 3090, been carried by the Treasury Department to the credit of the sur- 

 plus fund July 1, 1888. 



RECAPITULATION. 



The total amount of the funds administered by the Institution dnriug 

 the year ending 30th of June, 1888, appears, from the foregoing state- 

 ments and the account books, to have been as follows: 



Smithsonian Institution: 



From balance of last year $1, 423. 14 



From interest on the Smithsonian fund 42, 180. GO 



From sales of publications $481. 75 



From repayments for freight, etc 27 1 . 1 ] 



752. 86 



$14,356.00 



Appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Insti- 

 tution, for the year 1888, and balances of appropriations unex- 

 pended in previous years : • 



International exchanges 12,000.00 



Ethnological researches 46, 556. 98 



Smithsonian building repairs 14, 868. 20 



Preservation of collections: 



1886 1.96 



1887 5,991.17 



1888 116,000.00 



121,993.13 



Preservation, armory.. 46. 14 



Furniture and fixtures 42, 854. 85 



Heating, lighting, etc 12, 391. 73 



250,711.03 



Total $295,067.03 



The committee lias examined the vouchers for payments made from 

 the Smithsonian income during the year ending Juue 30, 1888, all of 

 which bear the approval of the Secretary of the Institution, and a cer- 

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

 poses of the Institution. 



