REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 

 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION 



FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1934 



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 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. 00 



Since the original bequest the Institution has received gifts from 

 various sources, chiefly in the years prior to 1893, 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., bringing the total endowment 

 for general purposes to the amount of 1, 119, 829. 09 



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: 



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



and lecture on the sun $45, 225. 25 



Bacon, Virginia Purdy, fund, for a traveling scholarship to in- 

 vestigate fauna of countries other than the United States 56, 654. 99 



Baird, Lucy H., fund, for creating a memorial to Secretary Baird.. 9, 618. 00 



Barstow, Frederic D., fund, for purchase of animals for the 



Zoological Park 860. 18 



Canfield Collection fund, for increase and care of the Canfield 



collection of minerals 43, 253. 33 



Casey, Thomas L., fund, for maintenance of the Casey collection 



and promotion of researches relating to Coleoptera 8, 739. 32 



Chamberlain, Francis Lea, fund, for increase and promotion of 



Isaac Lea collection of gems and mollusks 31, 844. 43 



Hodgkins fund, specific, for increase and diffusion of more exact 



knowledge in regard to nature and properties of atmospheric air_ 100, 000. 00 



Hughes, Bruce, fund, to found Hughes alcove 17, 132. 00 



Myer, Catherine Walden, fund, for purchase of first-class works 



of art for the use of and benefit of the National Gallery of Art 21, 435. 86 



Pell, Cornelia Livingston, fund, for maintenance of Alfred Duane 



Pell collection 2, 730. 24 



Poore, Lucy T. and George W., fund, for general use of the Insti- 

 tution when principal amounts to the sum of $250,000 64, 817. 17 



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