6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
Chamberlain bequest—In 1886 the National Museum received by 
bequest of Dr. Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia, an unrivaled collection 
of fresh-water mussels; and in 1894 a collection of gems and precious 
stones, also made by Dr. Lea, was bequeathed to the Museum by his 
daughter, Frances Lea Chamberlain, wife of Rey. Dr. Leander T. 
Chamberlain. Mrs. Chamberlain had taken a deep interest in her 
father’s collections and had added materially thereto. Upon her 
death in 1894, Dr. Chamberlain assumed the trust and until his 
death in May, 1913, made large additions, particularly to the collec- 
tion of gems and precious stones and in consequence of his gifts 
and collaboration was appointed honorary associate in mineralogy 
in the Museum. 
Tn his will, Dr. Chamberlain bequeathed $25,000 to the Smithson- 
ian Institution to be known as the “Frances Lea Chamberlain 
fund,” the income of which shall be used for “ promoting the in- 
crease and the scientific value and usefulness of the Isaac Lea collec- 
tion of gems and gem material,” and the additional sum of $10,000 
as a fund, the income of which shall be used for promoting the sci- 
entific value and usefulness of the Isaac Lea collection of mollusks. 
Sprague bequest.—Mr. Joseph White Sprague, of Louisville, Ky., 
died in Italy in June, 1900. His will provides that 85 per cent of the 
total income of the estate is to be distributed among certain devisees 
until their death, and then to several of their relatives for 20 years 
after the death of the last devisee, when the trust expires by limita- 
tion, and is to be paid to the Smithsonian Institution and to be known 
as “The Sprague Fund.” Its purpose is to best promote the advance- 
ment of the physical sciences, and only one-half of each annual 
income is to be used, the other half to be added to the principal of 
the estate. In 1901, the estate was estimated to be worth $200,000. 
Fitzgerald bequest.—The will of Mr. Riter Fitzgerald, of Phila- 
delphia, who died in 1911, makes certain definite bequests and leaves 
all the rest, residue and remainder of the estate, to his executors in 
trust, the net income to be paid quarterly to his niece, and should she 
die without leaving a child or children, the principal of the estate 
and interest accrued thereon is to be given “to the United States 
National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C.” 
This part of the estate is appraised at between $12,000 and $13,000. 
FINANCES. 
The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which 
it was derived are as follows: 
Deposited in the Treasury of the United States. 
Bequest.or James! Smithson, S465 ses ee ee eee $515, 169. 00 
Residuary legacy of James Smithson, 1867_-__-__-____________ as 26, 210. 63 
Deposits ofesayvinesvot income; dSG (222 = eee ee See ee eee 108, 620. 37 
