REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COM.MITTKE. XLIII 



Tlic coimiiittce has examined the vouchers lor ])aymeiit from tlie 

 Smitlisoniaii iiieome (liiriii«i tlie year eii(liii,u- June -lO, ISDU, each ol' 

 which hears the ai)])ro\al of the Se(!retary or, in his absence, of the 

 Acting Secretary, and a certificate that tlie materials and services 

 charged were a]>i»hed to the i)uri)oses of the Institution. 



Tlie committee has also examined the accounts of the several appro- 

 priations committed by Congress to the Institution, and finds that the 

 balances hereinbefore given corres])Oiid with the certificates of the dis- 

 bursing clerk of the Smithsoniau Institution, whose appointment as 

 such disbursing oftieer was accepted and his bonds approved by the 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 



The rpiarterly accounts-current, the vouchers, and Journals have 

 l)eeu examined and found correct. 



As stated in the last annual rep(nt of the committee, the balance of 

 the appropriation for last year for ethnological researches (Bureau of 

 Ethnology) was continued in the hands of the disbursing clerk of the 

 Bureau (Mr. J. 1). McChesney). This balance having since been tully 

 disbursed by him and the appropriation for ethnological researches for 

 the present year as well as the apjiropriation for the Astro-Physical 

 Observatory having been added to those already in the hands of the 

 disbursing clerk of the Institution (Mr. William W. Karr), all the ap- 

 propriations committed by Congress to the care of the Institution are 

 now disbursed by the disbursing clerk of the Smitlisouian Institution, 

 excepting the appropriation for "printing, National Museum," which 

 is executed under the direction of the Public Printer (Revised Statutes, 

 section 300 1 ). 



Sl((lc)ut'iit of rc(/iil(ir hiconic from ilic Smitlisouian fund iircilohlc for use iu the year 



endiuij .hnie 30, JS!>.1. 



BalaiK-e on hand June 30, 1892 .^17. 87;"). 3:5 



(Intluding the cash from executors of I »v. .1. II. Kidder sjif., 000. 00 



Including the cash from Dr. Alex, (haliani I'.elj) f), 000. 00 



10, 000. 00 



Interest due and receivable July 1, IsOi' 27,000.00 



Interest due and receivable .laiui.iry 1, 1803 27. 000. 00 



= 51,180.00 



Total availal)le for year endinj;- .Iniic 30, 180:> 102, Of):';. 33 



Respectfully suhmilte<l. 



.lAMES ('. WELLINU, 



ITenuy Coppee, 

 ,1. r.. Henderson, 



I-J.vcciiti re ( 'oin in ittie. 

 Washincjton. I). (-., Aoretiiljcr is, JS!):J. 



