120 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1916. 



Deposit of part of principal of Addison T. Reid fund. 1916 $4, 698. 59 



Deposit of principal of George H. Sanford fund, 1916 1, 020. 00 



Deposit of savings from income, 1916 2, 681. 41 



Total amount of fund in United States Treasury 996, 000. 00 



OTHER KESOURCES. 



Registered and guaranteed 4 per cent bonds of the West Shore 



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



Coupon 5 per cent bonds of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co., due 

 July 1, 1918 (cost) 5,040.63 



Coupon 6 per cent bonds of the Argentine Nation, due Dec. 15, 



1917 (cost) 5, 093. 75 



1,048,134.38 

 Also three small pieces of real estate located in the District of Columbia and 

 bequeathed by the late Robert Stanton Avery, of Washington, D. 0. 



That part of the fund deposited in the Treasury of the United 

 States, now amounting to $996,000, bears interest at 6 per cent per 

 annum, under the provisions of the act of Congress of August 10, 

 1846, organizing the Institution, and the act approved March 12, 1894. 



The real estate bequeathed to the Institution by the late Eobert 

 Stanton Avery is exempt from taxation and yields only a nominal 

 revenue from rentals. 



Statement of receipts and disMirsements from July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916. 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on deposit and in safe July 1, 1915 $42, 165.86 



Interest on fund deposited in United States Treasury 

 due July 1, 1915, and Jan. 1, 1916 $59, 071. 23 



Interest on West Shore Railroad bonds, due July 1, 1915, 



and Jan. 1, 1916 1, 680. 00 



Repayments, rentals, publications, etc 9, 265. 45 



Contributions from various sources for specific pur- 

 poses 22,954.99 



Frances Lea Chamberlain fund 10,000.00 



Addison T. Reid fund 4, 698. 59 



107, 670. 26 



149, 836. 12 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Buildings, care and repairs 5, 718. 46 



Furniture and fixtures 1, 451. 61 



General expenses : 



Salaries 18, 783. 21 



Meetings 163. 25 



Stationery 830. 39 



Postage, telegraph, and telephone 599. 12 



Freight 86.82 



Incidentals, fuel, and lights 1,165.92 



Garage 1, 950. 16 



23,578.87 



