REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF 

 THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITH- 

 SONIAN INSTITUTION 



FOE THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1937 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Your executive committee respectfully submits the following re- 

 port in relation to the funds of the Smithsonian Institution, to- 

 gether with a statement of the appropriations by Congress for the 

 Government bureaus in the administrative charge of the Institution. 



SMrTHSONIAN ENDOWMENT FUND 



The original bequest of James Smithson was £104,960 8s 6d — 

 $508,318.46. Refunds 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. 00 



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. 



To these gifts has been added capital from savings on income, 

 gain from sale of securities, etc., bringing the total endowment 

 for general purposes to the amount of 1, 132, 868. 57 



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 : 



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



sun and lecture on the sun $39, 993. 48 



Bacon, Virginia Purdy, fund, for a traveling scholarship to 

 investigate fauna of countries other than the United States 50, 101. 00 



Baird, Lucy H., fund, for creating a memorial to Secretary Baird- 13, 489. 00 



Barstow, Frederic D., fund, for purchase of animals for the 

 Zoological Park 760. 67 



Canfield Collection fund, for increase and care of the Canfleld 

 collection of minerals 38, 2A1. 22 



Casey, Thomas L., fund, for maintenance of the Casey collec- 

 tion and promotion of researches relating to Coleoptera 7, 728. 33 



Chamberlain, Francis Lea, fund, for increase and promotion of 

 Isaac Lea collection of gems and mollusks 28,160.59 



Hillyer, Virgil, fund, for increase and care of Virgil Hilly er 

 collection of lighting objects 6, 572, 25 



Hodgkins fund, specific, for increase and diffusion of more exact 

 knowledge in regard to nature and properties of atmospheric 

 air 100, 000. 00 



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