XXTV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE (^OMMTTTEE. 



deposit of the .semiannual interest funds, the fact that there had been 

 peculations from the Institution was not discovered imtil June, 19t)o, 

 when the Institution was informed that its account wnsoverdraw^n. As 

 the end of the fiscal .year was drawing near, it was found necessary to 

 borrow the sum of $10,000 to meet current obligations. The loan 

 was paid on July 5, 1905, or as soon as collections would permit. 

 Owing to the condition in which the books and accounts were left by 

 the late accountant, it is inipossilde to state in their respective classes 

 the amounts of the miscellaneous receipts. The total of such receipts 

 deposited in the Treasury during the year was in the aggregate 

 $(1,861.^2, as given in the foregoing statement. 



Your committee also presents the following statements in regard to 

 appropriations and expenditures for objects intrusted by Congress to 

 the care of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Detailed statement of disbursements from appropnations rommiited by Congress to the care 

 of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, and from balances 



of former years. 



1NTP:RNATI0NAL P:XCHANGES, smiths OXIAN institution, 1905. 

 RECEIPTS. 



Appropriated by Congress for the fiscal 3'ear ending June 30, 1905, "for 

 expenses of the system of international exchanges between the Cnited 

 States and foreign countries under the direction of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em- 

 ployees and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals" (sundry 

 civil act April 28, 1904) |27, 000. 00 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



" Salaries or compensation: 



1 acting curator, at $225 per month $2, 250. 00 



1 chief clerk, at $183.33 per month 2, 108. 29 



1 clerk, at $150 per month 1,800.00 



1 clerk, at $125 per month 1,500.00 



1 clerk, at $116.66 per month 1 , 283. 26 



1 clerk, at $80 per month 960. 00 



1 clerk, at $55 per month 660. 00 



1 stenographer, at $110 per month 1, 320. 00 



1 workman, at $60 per month 660. 00 



1 packer, at $55 per month (i05. 00 



1 messenger, at $40 per month 320. 00 



1 messenger, at $40 per month 92. 00 



1 messenger boy, at $30 per month 325. 00 



1 messenger boy, at $25 per month 170. 42 



1 messenger boy, at $20 per month . .-. 70. 67 



1 agent, at $75 per month 450. 00 



1 agent, at $66.66f per month 400. 00 



1 agent, at $15 per month 90.00 



Total salaries (ii- coiiipciisation $!,"> 064.64 



