REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 5 
Held at the Smithsonian Institution. 
Registered and guaranteed bonds of the West Shore Railroad Com- 
pany (par value), part of legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins_______ $42, 000. 00 
Rotalepermanent, cungs =o - Seas = ee Skee eee ee 986, 918. 69 
In addition to the above there are four pieces of real estate bequeathed to 
the Institution by the late R. S. Avery, some of which yield a nominal rental 
and all are free from taxation. 
That part of the fund deposited in the Treasury of the United 
States bears interest at 6 per cent per annum, under the provisions 
of the act organizing the Institution and an act of Congress approved 
March 12, 1894. The rate of interest on the West Shore Railroad 
bonds is 4 per cent per annum. 
The income of the Institution during the year, amounting to 
$84,769.82, was derived as follows: Interest on the permanent fund, 
$58,375.12; contributions from various sources for specific purposes, 
$20,250, and from other miscellaneous sources, $6,144.70; all of which 
was deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of 
the current account of the Institution. 
With the balance of $18,766.41 on July 1, 1908, the total resources 
for the fiscal year amounted to $103,536.23. The disbursements, 
which are given in detail in the annual report of the executive com- 
mittee, amounted to $71,359.53, leaving a balance of $32,176.70 on 
deposit June 30, 1909, in the United States Treasury. 
The Institution was charged by Congress with the disbursement 
of the following appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1909: 
MATA TN AT OLY eA Mea S CL EVI CS ee ea eee oe ee Lp ee wee LP Te ee $32, 000 
PATHVCIL Campy CTO LO Siyp eke eee eo eR TE ae ee ee 42, 000 
AS LLODMYSI Cals ObServatOry=—os= = sa ee oe ee ee ee 13, 000 
National Museum: 
MUCH iURe Ran Gah tunes === = slat se ea a oe ee ee ee 50, 000 
Leave iin Sepa Get on Ginn oe see aE a ae ers as ee 22, 000 
ErescnyatlonnoLicollectionS2 === == =e seksi eee See 190, 000 
OOS Be eae 6 Rice eS SE SN eR ye Pe A A a ae 2, 000 
POS EAS ep tetees aes eae eer eee Pipe le Se Se 500 
RET GO lee WiO TEST) © [0S eer a ae ce ee ee eal et ee ee ee ee 4, 580 
USOT Lapses SEE oz ef A a re a a 15, 000 
Nationals ZA00lOg ical Parks: Ss eee) eee ee ee 95, 000 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature______________________ 5, 000 
Rranster or Greenough statue of Washing tone 22222222.) ee 5, 000 
Temporary occupancy of government buildings for tuberculosis con- 
SECS Se wee ee ee Se a ee te ee a ee 40, 000 
