REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



Statement of etuloiomcnt funds 



General pur- 

 poses 



Specific pur- 

 poses other 

 than Freer 



endowment 



.m 



Freer endow- 

 ment 



Endowment fund June 30, 1930 



Increase from income, gifts, etc 



Increase from gain from sales of securities, stock dividends, 

 etc 



Endowment June 30, 1931 



$1, 033, 789. 85 

 11,971.41 



204. 07 



$G36, 792. 55 

 65, 009. 27 



114.37 



$5, 300, 929. 50 

 5, 697. 95 



61,084.06 



1, 045, 965. 33 



701, 916. 19 



5, 367, 711. 51 



The following appropriations were made by Congress for the 

 Government bureaus under the administrative charge of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution for the fiscal year 1931 : 



Salaries and expenses $38,304 



Gellatly art collection 20,000 



International Exchanges 52, 810 



American Ethnology 70, 840 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 8, 145 



Astrophysical Observatory 37, 560 



National Museum : 



Furniture and fixtures $33, 740 



Heating and lighting 93, 120 



Preservation of collections 596,644 



Building repairs 56, 940 



Books 3, 000 



Postage 450 



Plans for addition.s to Natural History Building 10, 000 



793, 894 



National Gallery of Art 45,218 



National Zoological Park 220, 520 



National Zoological Park, building for reptiles 28,000 



Printing and binding 99,000 



Total 1, 414, 791 



MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST 

 PKESEXTATION OF LANGLEY MEDAL TO MANLY AND BYUD 



As mentioned in my last report, the fifth and sixth awards of the 

 Langley Gold Medal for Aerodromics were made late in 1929 to 

 Charles Matthews Manly (posthumously) and to Admiral Richard 

 Evelyn Byrd, respectively. On December 11, 1930, at the annual 

 meeting of the Board of Regents of the Institution, the posthumous 

 presentation of the medal to Mr. Manly was made through the person 

 of his eldest son. In presenting the medal, the chancellor of the 

 board, Hon, Charles Evans Hughes, spoke of the previous awards 

 and then said : 



It was awarded posthumously to Charles Matthevrs Manly at the board's 

 meeting of December 12, 1929. This exceptional action was taken in recognition 



