REPORT OP THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OP 

 THE BOARD OP REGENTS OP THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION 



FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1942 



To the Board of 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 b}^ Congress for the Government 

 bureaus in the administrative charge of the Institution. 



SMITHSONIAN ENDOWMENT FUND 



The original bequest of James Smithson was £104,960 Ss. 6cl.— $508,318.46. 

 Refunds of money expended in prosecution 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. 



Since tlie original bequest the Institution has received gifts from various 

 sources chiefly in the years prior to 1S93, 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., and they now stand on the books of the Institution as follows: 



Avery, Robert S. and Lydia T., bequest fund $51, 044. 98 



Endowment fund, from gifts, income, etc 2G3, 748. 57 



Habel, Dr. S., bequest fund 500.00 



Hachenberg, George P. and Caroline, bequest fund 4, 001. 06 



Hamilton, James, bequest fund 2, 901. 61 



Henry, Caroline, bequest fund 1,203.20 



Hodgkins, Thomas G., fund 146, 067. 43 



Parent fund 728,854. 50 



Rhees, William Jones, bequest fund 1, OBO. 64 



Sanford, George H., memorial fund 1, 9S5. 61 



Witherspoon, Thomas A., memorial fund 128,385. 77 



Special fund 1,400. 00 



Total endowment for general work of tlie Institution 1, 331, 153. 37 



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 : 



Abbott, William L., fund, bequest to the Institution $103, 157. S8 



Arthur, James, fund, income for investigations and study of the 



sun and lecture on the sun , , 39, 787. 45 



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