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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1931 



During the year, the Institution received as gifts a total of approxi- 

 mately $145,000, which included donations for specific uses not to 

 be invested, for increase of endowments for specific purposes, and a 

 small sum for the increase of the general endowment fund. 



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. In many instances 

 deposits are placed in bank for convenience of collection and later 

 are withdrawn in round amounts and deposited in the Treasury. 



The practice of investing temporarily idle funds in time deposits 

 has proven satisfactor3\ During the year the interest derived from 

 this source has resulted in a total of $5,026.75. 



The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. The following is a statement of the 

 congressional appropriations for the past 10 years for the support 

 of the several governmental branches under the administrative 

 control of the Institution and of appropriations for other special 

 purposes during that period. 



Table showing the appropriations made by Congress during the last 10 years, in- 

 trusted to the care of the Smithsonian Institution 



American 

 ethnology 



$46, 000. 00 

 44, 000. 00 

 44, 000. 00 

 57, 160. 00 

 57, 160. 00 

 57, 100. 00 

 58, 720. 00 

 65, 800. 00 

 68, 800. 00 

 70, 840. 00 



Coopera- 

 tive eth- 

 nological 

 researches 



$20, 000. 00 



Interna- 

 tional Cat- 

 alogue of 

 Scientific 

 Literature 



$7, 500. 00 

 7, 500. 00 

 7, 500. 00 

 8, 861. 66 

 8, 000. 00 

 7, 500. 00 

 7, 260. 00 

 7, 885. 00 

 7, 885. 00 

 8, 145. 00 



Increase of 



Astro- 

 physical I poninansa- 

 Observa- I '^°"!Pf°^^ 

 tory ! t'°° 



$15, 500. 00 

 15, 500. 00 

 15, 500. 00 

 21. 580. 00 



131,180.00 



31, ISO. 00 



32, 060. 00 

 36, 630. 00 



36, 720. 00 



37, 560. 00 



:$109, 044. 00 

 ! 112,704.00 



National 

 Museum 



$419, 138. 86 

 418, 120. 00 

 415, 000. 00 

 547, 292. 00 

 554, 392. 00 

 565, 820. 00 

 606, 960. 00 

 701, 524. 00 

 717, 014. 00 



•793,894.00 



Qellatly 

 art col- 

 lection 



;$21,000. 00 

 20,000.00 



Year 



1922. 

 1923. 

 1924. 

 1925. 

 1926. 

 1927. 

 1928. 

 1929. 

 1930. 

 1931. 



Safeguard- ! 



ingdomeof National 

 Natural Zoological 

 History • Park 

 Building 



•$80,000.00 



$125, 000. 00 

 125,000.00 

 125,000.00 

 , 151,487.00 

 ; 157,000.00 

 173,199.00 

 175,000.00 

 195.550.00 

 203,000.00 

 220,520.00 



Additional 

 for Zoologi- 

 cal Park 



3 $80. 000. 00 

 « 2, 500. 00 



< 25. 000. 00 

 « 30. 000. 00 

 '222.000.00 

 • 28. 000. 00 



National j Printing 



Gallery of j and bind- 



Art ing 



000.00 

 000.00 

 000. 00 

 158. 00 

 028. 00 

 381.00 

 356. 00 

 273.00 

 853.00 

 218.00 



$77, 400. 00 

 77, 400. 00 

 90, 000. 00 

 90, 000. 00 

 90, 000. 00 

 90, 000. 00 

 95, 000. 00 

 95. 000. 00 

 99, 000. 00 



Additional 

 assistant 

 secretary 



$6, 000. 00 

 6, 000. 00 

 6, 000. 00 



» 7, 500. 00 



Salaries 

 and ex- 

 penses 



$35, 804. 00 

 36. 004. 00 

 38. 804. 00 



Addition- 

 al fire 

 protec- 

 tion 



$8, 500. 00 



' Increase in appropriation due to Government assuming part of the expenses of the Chilean Station, 

 which up to this ti'iie had been supported by private funds of the Stiiithsouian Institution, 

 » Increases over former figures due to passage of Welch Act after printing of last report. 

 ' Additional land. 



• Building for birds. 



• After 1928 this item is included in appropriation for salaries and expenses. 



« Work done by Supervising Architect and funds dishursed by United Slates Treasury. 

 ' Building for reptiles, etc.. $220,000; gates for soiilh boundary of park, $2,000. 



• Includes plans for additions to Natural Ilistory Building, $10,000. 



• Additional for building for reptiles. 



