4 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



of Mr. Thomas G. Hodgkins, in approved railroad bonds, and forming 

 a part of the fund established by him for investigations, etc., of the 

 properties of atmospheric air. 



This balance also inclndes the interest accnmmnlated on the Hodg- 

 kins donation, which is held against certain contingent obligations, 

 and interest on the Hamilton fnnd, besides relatively considerable snms 

 held to meet obligations which may be expected to mature as the result 

 of different scientific investigations or publications in progress. 



The Institution has been charged with the disbursement, during the 

 fiscal year 1803-94, of the following appropriations: 



For international exchanges $14, 500 



For North American Ethnology '10, 000 



For United States National Mnscum: 



Preservation of collections 132, 500 



Fnrnitnro and fixtures 10, 000 



Heating and lighting 11, 000 



Postage 500 



For National Zoological Park 50, 000 



For Astro-physical Observatory 9, 000 



All vouchers and checks for the disbursements have been examined 

 by the executive committee, and the expenditures will be found reported 

 in accordance with the i:»rovisions of thf sundry civil acts of October 

 2, 1888, and August 5, 1892, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the 

 House of Eepreseutatives. 



The vouchers for all the expenditures from the Smithsonian fund 

 proper have been likewise examined and their correctness certified to 

 by the executive committee, whose statement will be published, together 

 with the accounts of the funds appropriated by Congress, in that com- 

 mittee's report. 



The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1895, for carrying- 

 on the Government interests under the charge of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and forwarded as usual to the Secretary of the Treasury, 

 were as follows : 



International exchange $23, 000 



North American Ethnology 50, 000 



National Mnseum : 



Preservation of collections 180, 000 



Heating and lighting 15, 000 



Fnrnitnre and fixtures 20, 000 



Postage 500 



G all eries 8, 000 



Steam boilers 4, 000 



National Zoological Park 75, 000 



Astro-physical Observatory 10, 000 



BUILDINGS. 



The crowding of objects, belonging to the nation, in the halls of the 

 Institution and the Museum building, and in their workrooms, which 

 should be devoted to other purposes, has already been spoken of by me in 



