REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 171 



XOUTH AMEKICAX ETIIXOLOGY. 



" For coutinuiiig ethnological researches among the North 

 American Indians, under the direction of the secretary of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, $25,000, of which$5,000 are to 

 be expended in continuing archreological investigations • 

 relating to mound-builders and prehistoric mounds." (Act 

 March 3, 1881) $25, 000 00 



Expended as per vouchers audited IG, 450 10 



Balance available January 1, 1882 8, 510 90 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



" For the expense of exchanging literary and scientific pro- 

 ductions with all nations by the Smithsonian Institution." 

 Act March 3, 1881) $3, 000 00 



Expended as per vouchers audited 1, 500 00 



Balance available January 1, 1882 1, 500 00 



POLARIS REPORT. 



Balance available January 1, 1881 $6, 183 GG 



Expended 2, 585 91 



Balance available January 1, 1882 3, 597 75 



CONCLUSION. 



The Executive Committee has examined 730 vouchers for payments 

 made from the Smithson income during the year 1881, and 1,976 

 vouchers for payments made from appropriations by Congress for the 

 National Museum, making a total of 2,70G vouchers. All these bear 

 the approval of the Secretary of the Institution and a certificate that 

 the materials and services charged were applied to the purposes of the 

 Institution or of the Museum. 



The Committee has examined the account books of the National Mu- 

 seum, and find the balances unexpended as before stated, viz : Preser- 

 vation of collections, $32,882.19 ,• armory building, $1,058.13; furniture 

 and fixtures, $25,G19.0G; international exchanges, $1,500, to correspond 

 with the certificates of the disbursing clerk of the Department of the 

 Interior; and the balances for fire-proof building. National Museum, 

 $5.317.05 ; Polaris report, $3,597.75, to correspond with the certificates 

 of the disbursing clerk of the Treasury Department. 



The quarterly accounts-current, bank-book, check-book, and journals 

 have likewise been examined and found to be correct. 



