﻿KEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  EXECUTIVE 
  COMMITTEE 
  OF 
  

   THE 
  BOARD 
  OF 
  REGENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  SMITH- 
  

   SONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

  

  FOR 
  THE 
  YEAE 
  ENDED 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1943 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution: 
  

  

  Your 
  executive 
  committee 
  respectfully 
  submits 
  the 
  following 
  report 
  

   in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  together 
  with 
  

   a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  appropriations 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  Government 
  

   bureaus 
  in 
  the 
  administrative 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  ENDOWMENT 
  FUND 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  bequest 
  of 
  James 
  Smithson 
  was 
  £104,960 
  8s. 
  6d 
  — 
  $508,318.46. 
  Re- 
  

   funds 
  of 
  money 
  expended 
  in 
  prosecution 
  of 
  the 
  claim, 
  freights, 
  insurance, 
  etc., 
  

   together 
  with 
  payment 
  into 
  the 
  fund 
  of 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  £5,015, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  withheld 
  

   during 
  the 
  lifetime 
  of 
  Madame 
  de 
  la 
  Batut, 
  brought 
  the 
  fund 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  

   $550,000. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  original 
  bequest 
  the 
  Institution 
  has 
  received 
  gifts 
  from 
  various 
  sources 
  

   chiefly 
  in 
  the 
  years 
  prior 
  to 
  1893, 
  the 
  income 
  from 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  

   general 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  These 
  are 
  invested 
  and 
  stand 
  on 
  the 
  books 
  of 
  

   the 
  Institution 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Avery, 
  Robert 
  S. 
  and 
  Lydia 
  T., 
  bequest 
  fund 
  $50, 
  498. 
  44 
  

  

  Endowment 
  fund, 
  from 
  gifts, 
  income, 
  etc 
  272, 
  549. 
  65 
  

  

  Habel, 
  Dr. 
  S., 
  bequest 
  fund 
  500. 
  00 
  

  

  Hachenberg, 
  George 
  P. 
  and 
  Caroline, 
  bequest 
  fund 
  3, 
  942. 
  03 
  

  

  Hamilton, 
  James, 
  bequest 
  fund 
  2, 
  895. 
  70 
  

  

  Henry, 
  Caroline, 
  bequest 
  fund 
  1, 
  185. 
  46 
  

  

  Hodgkins, 
  Thomas 
  G., 
  fund 
  145, 
  623. 
  83 
  

  

  Parent 
  fund 
  728, 
  836. 
  59 
  

  

  Rhees, 
  William 
  Jones, 
  bequest 
  fund 
  1, 
  053. 
  71 
  

  

  Sanford, 
  George 
  H., 
  memorial 
  fund 
  1, 
  972. 
  56 
  

  

  Witherspoon, 
  Thomas 
  A., 
  memorial 
  fund 
  126, 
  491. 
  58 
  

  

  Special 
  fund 
  1, 
  400. 
  00 
  

  

  Total 
  endowment 
  for 
  general 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  1, 
  336, 
  949. 
  55 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  holds 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  endowment 
  gifts, 
  the 
  income 
  

   of 
  each 
  being 
  restricted 
  to 
  specific 
  use. 
  These 
  are 
  invested 
  and 
  stand 
  

   on 
  the 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Abbott, 
  William 
  L., 
  fund, 
  bequest 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  $104, 
  010. 
  11 
  

  

  Arthur, 
  James, 
  fund, 
  income 
  for 
  investigations 
  and 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  

  

  and 
  lecture 
  on 
  the 
  sun 
  39, 
  200. 
  44 
  

  

  89 
  

  

  