164 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 31 



Table showing growth of endowment funds of the Smithsonian Institution 



Year 



1846-1891 



1892 



1893-1894 

 1895-1903 

 1904-1913 



1914 



1915 



1916 



1917 



1918 



1919 



1920 



1921 



1922 



1923 



1924 



1925 



1926 



1927 



1928 



1929 



1930 



1931 



Endowment for 

 general work of 

 the Institution, 

 being original 

 Smithson be- 

 quest, gifts from 

 other sources, and 

 invested savings 

 of income 



$702, 

 802, 

 852, 

 877, 

 885, 

 885, 

 886, 

 887, 

 887, 



2 883, 

 884, 

 884, 



886, 

 886, 



929, 

 1, 022, 

 1, 033, 

 1, 045, 



000. 00 

 000. 00 

 000. 00 

 000. 00 

 807. 58 

 807. 58 

 084. 02 

 607. 08 

 830. 00 

 867. 00 

 305. 00 

 747. 00 

 933. 74 

 107. 14 

 246. 14 

 373. 31 

 769. 73 

 830. 13 

 877. 79 

 068. 21 

 385. 75 

 789. 85 

 965. 33 



Endowment for 

 specific research- 

 es, etc., including 

 invested savings 

 of income 



$101 

 101 

 102 

 111 

 116 

 143 

 160 

 164 

 176 

 190 

 198 

 272 

 291 

 306 

 319 

 338 

 342 

 498 

 665 

 626 

 636 

 701 



000. 

 000. 

 000. 

 692. 

 692. 

 515. 

 527. 

 304. 

 157. 

 489. 

 149. 

 538. 

 858. 

 524. 

 973. 

 136. 

 876. 

 401. 

 233. 

 003. 

 792. 

 916. 



Freer gift for con- 

 struction of Freer 

 Gallery of Art 

 Building 



$1, 000, 000. 00 



» 367, 072. 04 



Freer bequest for 

 operation of Freer 

 Gallery of Art, 

 including salaries, 

 care, etc. 



$1, 253, 

 1, 842, 



* 3, 296, 

 3, 401, 

 3, 459, 



3, 714, 



4, 171, 



4, 268, 



5, 236, 

 5, 300, 

 5, 367, 



004. 75 

 144. 75 

 574. 75 

 355. 42 

 705. 34 

 361. 23 

 880. 61 

 244.26 

 054. 02 

 929. 50 

 711. 51 



' Original endowment plus income from savings during these years. 



' Loss on account of bonds reduced on books from par to market value. 



' Cash from sale of 2,000 shares of Parke, Davis & Co. stock, including dividends, and interest on gift 

 of $1,000,000. 



« In this year Parke, Davis & Co. declared 100 per cent stock dividend. 



' Increase largely from funds transferred from specific endowment column and income released for general 

 work of the Institution. 



