REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE 

 BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN IN- 

 STITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30. 1931 



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 8 shillings 

 6 pence — $508,318.46. Refunds of money expended in prose- 

 cution 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 the amount of 260, 607. 39 



Total capital gain from investment of savings from income 219, 762. 52 



Total capital gain from sale of securities, stock dividends, etc 15, 595. 42 



Total endowment for general purposes as 



per last report $1,033,789. 85 



Capital gain from gifts during the year ended June 



30, 1931 5.00 



Capital gain from stock dividends, sale of securi- 

 ties, etc 204. 07 



Capital gain from sale of Smithsonian Scientific 



Series 11,966. 41 



Present total endowment for general pur- 

 poses 1,045,965.33 1,045,965.33 



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 $52, 595. 02 



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

 gate fauna of countries other than the United States 65, 887. 12 



Baird, Lucy H., fund, for creating a memorial to Secretary Baird__ 2, 176. 54 



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



Zoological Park 1, 000. 28 



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