126 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1924 



Expenditures : 



General objects of the Institution $64, 960. 06 



Specific purposes, except Freer bequest 58, 501. 72 



Advances for field expenses, etc 4, 130. 12 



Freer bequest 291, 768. 05 



Cash balance June 30, 1924 13,565.16 



Total w 432, 925. 08 



All payments are made by check, signed by the Secretary of the 

 Institution, on the Treasurer of the United States, and all revenues 

 are deposited to the credit of the same account, except in some in- 

 stances small deposits are placed in bank for convenience of collec- 

 tion and later are withdrawn in round amounts and deposited in the 

 Treasury. 



The practice of investing temporarily idle funds in time deposits 

 has proven satisfactory. During the year the interest derived from 

 this source, together with other similar items, has resulted in a 

 total of $1,014.59. 



The following appropriations were intrusted by Congress to the 

 care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year 1924 : 



Bureau : Appropriation 



International Exchanges $43, 000 



American Ethnology 44, 000 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 7, 500 



Astrophysical Observatory 15, 500 



National Museum — 



Furniture and fixtures $20, 000 



Heating and lighting 70, 000 



Preservation of collections 312, 500 



Building repairs 10, 000 



Books 2, 000 



Postage 500 



415, 000 



National Gallery of Art 16, 000 



National Zoological Park 125, 000 



Increase of compensation 112, 704 



Printing and binding 77, 400 



Total 856,104 



Respectfully submitted. 



Geo. Gray, 



Henry White, 



Frederic A. Delano, 



Executive Committee. 



