X XXVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
National Zoélogical Park: 
Hromupalance or lss0=90 nly SOO Se eee ee $91, 081. 50 
Krom appropriation tor 1890— Ole sae eee 50, 500. 00 
MOtal S25 fe. Sake Se are SER See erase ee ene ost oer ay 
Smithsonian Institution—Building repairs: 
LromPappropriatvonetonels50—20 lease ee eee 25, 000. 00 
Totaltn se ante ee eee siege = Se ese Ser pe ee ee 25, 000. CO 
Daughters of the late Joseph Henry, secretary of the Smithsonian In- 
stitution: 
Eromiappropriation Marcha stoic a= = asec se een 10, 000. 00 
Purchase of the Capron collection of Japanese works of art: 
Hronvappropravionevlanchia. L691 sem ssa6 === == ee ee ee 10, 000. 60 
SUMMARY. 
Smithsonian instijmbloncs st. sane eee ocean ee ee eee eee $79, 135. 02 
TUX CHAMOIS: 2.) a9: ice ace ee epencinn se eraa a epeitsja ots al ge epee ea eee eee 17, 085. 79 
Hthnolo pys2c cet. 2 easter see ea a te Se oy Re 52, 083. 08 
Preservation OL COMeehlOnseose ss aes ote tee ae eee ee eee 1438, 863. 94 
Murnibure and: fixtures tess oe. Sse Sees en ee ee eee 26, 192. 41 
eatin pramdhioh tin Os. ste st Ga es eee sea ea en eee ee 14, 331. 14 
ROSTAM EL. S522 oo Seep! atte Lee eae et 2 See eee cee Es epee eS ae ate eee 1, 000. 06 
PRIMM Ge. ote soe sco st Serb ss OS nic eo era er ee oe ees 10, 064. 55 
Renlainsic olllectioms she set 8 ais alsa ene iercl hae spelen a ee Des Se eens eee 7, 000. 00 
Hoslosicalap ania th.. Saus com ee: Eee, ok ee ei os aie re ee 141, 581. 50 
Srey oe ovarehar |houllsbynyer ey NANoUS) Sooo ao esac oneg aos ceases bono cosa geSooc c+ 25, 000. 00 
Daughtersioi Josephublenry =. =. 2. 22ce Ss) -sese ss os eee tee ele ee ee OOO 
Capronccolle ction sete ack ses ra oe eee eee ee eee 10, 000. 00 
537, 235. 43 
The committee has examined the vouchers for payments made from 
the Smithsonian income during the year ending June 30, 1891, all of 
which bear the approval of the Secretary of the Institution, or, in his ab- 
sence, of the Assistant Secretary as Acting Secretary, and a certificate 
that the materials and services charged were applied to the purposes 
of the institution. 
The committee has also examined the accounss of the “ International 
Exchanges,” and of the “ National Museum,” and of the “ National 
Zodlogical Park,” and finds that the balane»s above given correspond 
with the certificates of the disbursing clerk of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, whose appointment as such disbursing officer was accepted and 
his bonds approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
The quarterly accounts-current, the vouchers, and journals have been 
examined and found correct. 
At the last session of Congress a change was made in the phraseology 
of the appropriation made for ethnological researches (or the Bureau 
of Ethnology). Heretofore the appropriation was placed under the 
direction of the “Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution,” and the 
Executive Committee decided that it was not their provinee to examine 
the vouchers, although the abstracts of expenditures and balance-sheets 
were exhibited to them quarterly. The expenditures were made by the 
