2 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1917. 



the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no t-^-o of them 

 from the same State." 



In the personnel of the board the only change was the appoint- 

 ment on January 15, 1917, of Hon. Henry Wliite, of Maryland, to 

 succeed Dr. Andrew D. White, of New York, who because of the in- 

 firmities of age felt compelled to resign after serving as Regent for 

 nearly 29 years. The roll of Eegents on June 30, 1917, was as fol- 

 lows : Edward D. White, Chief Justice of the United States, Chan- 

 cellor; Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States; 

 Henry Cabot Lodge, Member of the Senate; William J. Stone, 

 Member of the Senate; Henry French HoUis, Member of the Sen- . 

 ate; Scott Ferris, Member of the House of Representatives; Ernest 

 W. Roberts, former Member of the House of Representatives ; James 

 T. Lloyd, former Member of the House of Representatives; Alex- 

 ander Graham Bell, citizen of Washington, D. C; George Gray, 

 citizen of Delaware; Charles F. Choate, jr., citizen of Massachusetts; 

 John B. Henderson, jr., citizen of Washington, D. C. ; Charles W. 

 Fairbanks, citizen of Indiana, and Henry A^^ite, citizen of Mary- 

 land. 



The board held its annual meeting on December 14, 1916. The 

 proceedings of that meeting, as also the annual financial report of 

 the executive committee, have been printed, as usual, for the use of 

 the Regents, while such important matters acted upon as are of public 

 interest are reviewed under appropriate heads in the present report 

 of the secretary. A detailed statement of disbursements from Gov- 

 ernment appropriations, under the direction of the Institution for 

 the maintenance of the National Museum, the National Zoological 

 Park, and other branches, will be submitted to Congress by the secre- 

 tary in the usual manner, in compliance with the law. 



FINANCES. 



By the deposit of $4,000 derived from revenues during the year, 

 the permanent fund of the Institution deposited in the Treasury 

 of the United States now amounts to $1,000,000, the limit authorized 

 by Congress, and is divided as follows: 



Smithson fund $727, 640. 00 



Habel fund . 500. 00 



Hamilton fund 2, 500. 00 



Hodgkins fund 216. 000. 00 



Rhees fund 590. 00 



Avery fund 14, 000. 00 



Addison T. Reid fund 11,000.00 



Lucy T. and George W. Poore fund 26, 670. 00 



George K. Sanford fund 1,100.00 



Total fund in the Treasury of the United States 1,000,000.00 



