4 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1925 



However, it is believed that as a result of the conceited effort of the 

 administration the outlook for the future is brighter regarding the 

 possibility of increased resources for research and publication. 



FINANCES 



The permanent investments of the Institution consist of the fol- 

 lowing : 

 Deposited iu the Treasury of the United States $1,000,000.00 



CONSOLIDATED FUND 



Miscellaneous securities' etc., either purchased or acquired by 



gift; cost or value at date acquired 213,386.50 



Charles D. and Mary Vaux Walcott research fund, stock (gift) ; 



value 11. 520. 00 



The sums invested for each specific fund or securities, etc., ac- 

 quired by gift are described as follows : 



Fund 



United 



States 



Treasury 



Consoli- 

 dated 

 fund 



Walcott 



research 



fund 



Total 



Avery fund-- - -- 



Virginia Purdy Bacon fund 



Lucy H. Baird fund.. 



Chamberlain fund 



Habel fund 



Hamilton fund 



Carohne Henry fund --- 



Hodgkins fimd, general - --- 



Hodgkins fund, specific 



Bruce Hughes fund - 



Morris Loeb fund - 



Lucy T. and George W. Poore fund.- 



Addison T. Reid fund 



Rheesfimd 



George H. Sanford fund - 



Smithson fund -.- 



Charles D. and Mary Vaux Walcott research fund. 



$14, 000. 00 



500.00 

 2, 500. 00 



$32, 669. 55 



62, 272. 93 



1, 528. 09 



35, 000. 00 



116,000.00 

 100, 000. 00 



500.00 



1, 223. 33 



37, 275. 00 



26, 670. 00 



11,000.00 



590.00 



1, 100. 00 



727, 640. 00 



13, 839. 90 

 5, 814. 00 

 14, 183. 14 

 6, 639. 16 

 357. 34 

 615. 32 

 1, 468. 74 



$11, 520. 00 



Total-- 1,000,000.00 



213, 386. 50 



11, 520. 00 



$46, 669. 55 



62, 272. 93 



1, 528. 09 



35, 000. 00 



500.00 



3, 000. 00 



1,223.33 



153, 275. 00 



100, 000. 00 



13, 839. 90 



5, 814. 00 



40, 853. 14 



17, 639. 16 



947. 34 



1,715.32 



729, 108. 74 



11,520.00 



1, 224, 906. 60 



The Institution gratefully acknowledges gifts from the following 

 donors : 



Dr. William L. Abbott, for botanical expedition to Haiti. 



The Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, for expedition to southern Asia, 

 Java, Australia, and Africa (Hrdlieka). 



National Academy of Sciences, for researches in paleontology. 



Research Corporation, for research work. 



Dr. Charles W. Richmond and Dr. William Schaus, for collecting expedition 

 in China. 



Mr. John A. Roebling, for solar researches, etc. 



Mr. B. H. Swales, for purchase of specimens. 



The Institution has also received contributions from the following 

 friends for the funds as listed below : 



General endowment fund : Miss Anne C. Hanson, Mr. R. B. Miller, Mr. R. S. 

 Poor, Prof, M. V. Walker, and Mr. Hans Wilkens. 



Endowment campaign expense fund: Mr. Milton E. Ailes, Mr. Charles F. 

 Choate, jr., Mr. Charles C. Glover, jr., Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin, and the Hon. 

 William Howard Taft. 



