REPORT OF THE SKOJiETAKY. 5 



tioii of tli(^ iiivostcd funds, and hotli have Ixhmi held in the hope that 

 Con<i,ress wouhl hiter provide a site for a permanent buihlin.n' for the 

 Astro-Physical Observatory. The bahuice avaihible for the general 

 inirposes of the Institution on July I, 1<S9l\ was •S'>7,S7.3..'v), but tlus is 

 in large part held against various liabilities, fen- scientific pur[>oses. 



The Instituticni has been charged by Congress witli the disburse- 

 ment during the year of the following appropriations: 



Forlut.M'u.itioiiiil Exchuu.ues $17,000 



For Etlinolopjioal Rosi-archcs 50,000 



For National Mnsoum : 



Preservation of collections 115, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 25,000 



Heatino- and li«liting- iri,000 



Postage ^ '. 500 



Flooring for Museum building 5,000 



Dut ies on artich^s i niported 1,000 



Piircbase of Capron Collection of .Tapauese Works of Art 10,000 



Printing 16,000 



For National Zoological Park : 



Improvements 15,000 



Buildings 18,000 



Maintenance 17,500 



For Astro-Physical Observatory 10,000 



To these should be added the small unexpended balance of the special 

 api)ropriatioii of .i5i>2,000 made April 30, 1890, for the i^ational Zoolog- 

 ical Parlj. 



The vouchers for the disbursement of these ai)propriations have been 

 examined by the Executive Committee, and the various items of expen- 

 diture are set forth in a letter addressed to the .Speaker of the House 

 of Ile])resentatives, in accorda!H*-e with a provision of the Sundry Civil 

 Act of October 2, 1888; while the expenditures from the Smithsonian 

 fund have likewise been examined and ai)proved by the Executive 

 Committee, and are shown in their report. 



J may call attention to the fact that the Secretary has been <lesirous 

 to see a change in the phraseology of the Sundry Civil Act making ap- 

 propriation for ethnological researches, which would relieve him from 

 the ])ersojial responsil)ility imposed by the language of former bills. 

 Such a change has now been made, whereby the appropriation is placed 

 "under the direction of the SmitJisonian Institution," instead <>f in the 

 charge of the '^ Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution," as heretofore, 

 Th(^ vouchers from the Bureaii of l^thnology are therefore now scruti- 

 nized by the Executive Committee, as are all other expenditures of the 

 Institution. 



The estimates for the fiscal year (mding .June .'iO, 180;5, forwarded to 

 the Secretary of the Treasury, under date of Octol)er 7, 1801, were as 

 follows : 



Hnilding, Smithsonian Institution .$5. 000 



International Exclianges 17, 000 



North American Ethnology 50, 000 



