REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 

 THE BOARD OP REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION 



FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1947 



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 by Congress for the Government 

 bureaus in the administrative charge of the Institution. 



SMITHSONIAN ENDOWMENT FUND 



The original bequest of James Smithson was £104,960 8s. 6d. — 

 $508,318.46. Refunds of money expended in prosecution of the claim, 

 freights, insurance, etc., together with pajaiient into the fund of the 

 sum of £5,015, which had been withheld during the lifetime of Madame 

 de laBatut, brought the fund to the amount of $550,000. 



Since the original bequest, the Institution has received gifts from 

 various sources, the income from which may be used for the general 

 work of the Institution. These, including the original bequest, plus 

 savings, are listed below, together with the income for the present year. 



ENDOWMENT FUNDS 



(Income for unrestricted use of tbe Institution) 



Partly deposited in United States Treasury at 6 percent and partly invested in 



stocks, bonds, etc. 



Investment 



income pres- 

 ent year 



Parent fund (original Smithson bequest, plus accumulated savings) 



Subseqr.ent bequests, gifts, etc., partly deposited in the U. S. Treasury and 

 partly invested in the consolidated fund: 



Avery, Robert S. and Lydia, bequest fund 



Endowment fund ._ -- 



Habel, Dr. S.. bequest fund - 



Hachenberg, George P. and Caroline, bequest fund 



Hamilton, James, bequest fund -^- - 



Henry, Caroline, bequest fund 



Hodgkins, Thomas O. (general), gift --- 



Porter, Henry Kirke, memorial fund 



Rhees, William Jones, bequest fund - 



Sanford, George H., memorial fund 



Witherspoon, Thomas A., memorial fund - 



Special fund, stock in reorganized closed banks - -- 



Total 



Grand total - 



$72S, 876. 85 



54,019.08 



316, 080. 70 



.500. 00 



4, 074. 69 



2, 908. 99 



1, 225. 34 

 146, 377. 67 

 290, 162. 47 



1,069.31 



2, 001. 92 

 130, 748. 49 



2, 280. 00 



950, 448. 66 



$43, 705. 93 



2, 409. 11 



12,120.32 



30.00 



156.60 



165. 71 



47.07 



8, 127. 52 



10. 860. 78 



53. 79 



100. 63 



5, 025. 26 



144. 00 



39, 240. 79 



1,679.325.51 



82, 946. 72 



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