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ANNUAL REPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1916. 



The vouchers representing payments from the Smithsonian income during 

 the year, each of which bears the approval of the secretary, or in his absence, 

 of the acting secretary, and a certificate that the materials and services charged 

 were applied to the purposes of the Institution, have been examined in con- 

 nection with the books of the Institution and agree with them. 



Capital Audit Co., 

 By William L. Yaeger, President. 



All moneys received by the Smithsonian Institution from in- 

 terest, sales, and refunding of moneys temporarily advanced are de- 

 posited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the 

 Institution, and all payments are made by checks signed by the 

 secretary. 



The expenditures made by the disbursing agent of the Institution 

 and audited by the Auditor for the State and Other Departments are 

 reported in detail to Congress and will be found in the printed docu- 

 ment. 



Your committee also presents the following summary of appro- 

 priations for the fiscal year 1916 intrusted by Congress to the care 

 of the Smithsonian Institution, balances of previous appropriations 

 at the beginning of the fiscal year, and amounts unexpended on 

 June 30, 1916: 



International Exchanges, 1914 



International Exchanges, 1915 



International Exchanges, 1916 



American Ethnology, 1914 



American Ethnologj', 1915 



American Ethnologj', 1916 



International Catalogue, 1914 



International Catalogue, 1915 



International Catalogue, 1916 



Astrophysical Observatory, 1914 



Astrophysical Observatory ,1915 



Astrophysical Observatory, 1916 



Bookstacks, Government "bureau libraries, 1914 



Bookstacks, Government bureau libraries, 1915 



Bookstacks, Government bureau libraries, 1915-16, 



Tower telescope on Mount Wilson, 1915 



Repairs to Smithsonian Building, 1915 



National Museum: 



Eumiture and fixtures, 1914 



Eurniture and fixtures, 1915 



Furniture and fixtures, 1916 



Heating and lighting, 1914 



Heating and lighting, 1915 



Heating and lighting, 1916 



Preservation of collections, 1914 



Preservation of collections, 1915 



Preservation of collections, 1916 



Books, 1914 



Books, 1915 



Books, 1916 



Postage, 1916 



Building repairs, 1914 



Building repairs, 1915 



Building repairs, 1916 



National Zoological Park, 1914 



National Zoological Park, 1915 



National Zoological Park, 1916 



Bridge over Rock Creek, National Zoological Park 



1 Carried to credit of surplus fund. 



2 Immediately available, 



