4 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 
of the invested funds, and both have been held in the hope that Con- 
gress would later provide a site for a permanent building for the astro- 
physical observatory. The balance then available for the general 
purposes of the Institution on July 1, 1891, was $30,062.11, but this is 
in part held against various liabilities for scientific purposes. 
The Institution Las been charged by Congress with the disburse- 
ments during the year of the following appropriations: 
Hor internationalexchan ces... -). seas ees soon eee ee eee $17, 000 
Hor ethnolocicalsreseanches-. sa2sn 6-2 saan se ee 40, 000 
For National Museum: 
Preservation; of collections, <2 2.222625 seo eee = eee $140, 000 
Kurmiture and fixtures 20-4! ogc. fae. ores Sess ce =o es =e ee eee 25, 000 
1G lGhr ghana novell h ied ol mei Ee A Sey OES occ See om agee ab acesas Ad== Ssuctases ot 12, 000 
POSES ea secretes ctor nee tere a = na eee att etch te ae nee 500 
Jeb dN eso aRancicesolcose sbo5 eosoe soeobe poau oc aor sosee ousa ass oSc osc 10, 000 
Perkin’s collection prehistoric copper implements. ---.-.-..-.----------- 7, 000 
Eorsmithsonian Institution Buildimo repaints) 22-22-22 one ee ee ee 25, 000 
To these should be added the unexpended balance of the special 
appropriation of $92,000 made April 30, 1890, for the National Zoologi- 
cal Park. 
The vouchers for the disbursement of these appropriations have been 
examined by the executive committee, and the various items of expend- 
iture dre set forth in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House of 
Representatives in accordance with a provision of the sundry civil act 
of October 2, 1888, while the expenditures from the Smithsonian fund 
have likewise been examined and approved by the executive committee 
and are shown in their report. 
I may here call attention to a change in the phraseology of the sun- 
dry civil act making appropriation for ethnological researches, whereby 
the appropriation is placed ‘under the direction of the Smithsonian 
Institution,” instead of in the charge of the “Secretary of the Smithson- 
ian Institution,” as heretofore. The vouchers from the Bureau of Eth- 
-nology are therefore now scrutinized by the executive committee, as are 
all other expenditures of the Institution. 
The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892, forwarded to 
the Secretary of the Treasury under date of October 20, 1890, were as 
follows: 
International exchanges 22245: se-c5. - 26 soc eee eee ao eee $32, 400 
North American ethnology ..-.--.-- Ue ccc ad Seo iwe oe e See tae ee 50, 000 
National Museum: 
Preservation of colléctions| 2:25 22 22-2 sees ee see oe Se eee ee 180, 000 
Heating and le bbe, 225.2 252 520 cea eee cee canes: eee 15, 000 
Murniture. and: fixtures: .--.2 isscataceene ues ss eee teat ee =)=2 Se eee 30, 000 
Printing and binding so. 22s sees eso ene Sheen S tele ae ee 19, 000 
BOsba we st Sase ce ee o2% Sas See ae SO IO ae ne re 1, 000 
Customs diutieston| class; Tinseteiss. 2 scores a ae ee ao eee 3, 000 
Replacine: old boilers; ete: =. - 4. cj 52b=2\ ees aes ee ee | ee ee 3, 000 
Replacing wooden floor with granolithic or artificial stone. ....-..----- 5, 000 
National Zoological Parkes. 54) feos Sh ees bees eee ee eee 101, 350 
Astrophysical ObServatory. se~ des oop alae eee e ease oie eee elfen 10, 000 
