REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF 

 REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



For the Year Ending June 30, 1908. 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution : 



Your executive committee respectfull}^ submits the following report 

 in relation to the funds, receipts, and disbursements of the Institu- 

 tion, and a statement of the appropriations by Congress for the 

 National Museum, the International Exchanges, the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, the Astrophysical 

 Observatory, the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, and 

 the ruin of Casa Grande for the year ending June 30, 1908, together 

 with balances of previous appropriations. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Condition of the fund July i, 1908. 



The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which 

 it has been derived are as follows : 



DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Bequest of Smithson, 1846 $515, 169. 00 



Residuary legacy of Smithson, 1867 26, 210. 63 



Deposit from savings of income, 1867 108, 620. 37 



Bequest of James Hamilton, 1875 §1, 000. 00 



Accumulated interest on Hamilton fund, 1895 1, 000. 00 



2, 000. 00 



Bequest of Simeon Habel, 1880 500. 00 



Deposits from proceeds of sale of bonds, 1881 51, 500. 00 



Gift of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1891 200, 000. 00 



Part of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1894 8, 000. 00 



Deposit from savings of income, 1903 25, 000. 00 



Residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins 7, 918. 69 



Total amount of fund in the United States Treasury 944, 918, 69 



OTHER RESOURCES. 



Registered and guaranteed bonds of the West Shore Railroad Company, 

 part of legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins (par value) 42, 000. 00 



Total permanent fund 986, 918. 69 



Also four small pieces of real estate bequeathed by Robert Stanton 

 Avery, of Washington, D. C. 



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