Report of the Executive Committee of the 

 Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution 



For the Year Ended June 30, 1957 

 To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Your executive committee respectively 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. Eefunds of money expended in prosecution of the claim, 

 freight, insurance, and other incidental expenses, together with pay- 

 ment into the fund of the sum of £5,015, which had been withheld dur- 

 ing 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, the income from which may be used for the general 

 work of the Institution. These, plus accretions, are listed below, 

 together with a statement showing the income for the present year. 



ENDOWMENT FUNDS 



(Income for the unrestricted use of the Institution) 



Partly deposited in the United States Treasury at 6 percent and partly invested 

 in stocks, bonds, and other holdings 



Fund 



Investment 

 1957 



Income 1957 



Parent Fund (original Smithson bequest, plus accumulated savings) 



Subsequent bequests, gifts, and other funds, partly deposited in the U. S 

 Treasury and partly invested in the consolidated fund: 



Abbott, W. L., Special 



Avery, Robert S. and Lydia 



Endowment 



Habel, Dr. S 



Hachenberg, George P. and Caroline 



Hamilton, Tames 



Henry, Caroline.. 



Hodgkins, Thomas G 



Olmsted, Helen A 



Porter, Henry Kirke 



Rhees, William Jones 



Sanford, George H 



Witherspoon, Thomas A 



Total.— 



Grand Total 



$729, 218. 73 



$43, 740. 94 



1, 977, 818. 58 



110, 046. 39 



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