6 ANNUAL, REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1&23 



account of Freer bequest amounted to $304,436.26; aggregating a 

 total of $441,676.90. 



The disbursements, described more fully in the annual report of 

 the executive committee, were classed as follows : General objects of 

 the Institution, $64,138.85; for specific purposes (except the Freer 

 bequest), $44,291.25; temporary advances for field expenses, etc., in 

 excess of repayments, $12,769.17; expenditures pertaining to the 

 Charles L. Freer bequest, $251,446; cash deposited on time, $57,500; 

 and cash balance on hand. June 30, 1923, $11,531.63. 



The following appropriations were intrusted by Congress to the 

 care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year 1923 : 



International Exchanges $45, 000 



American Ethnology 44, 000 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 7, 500 



Astrophysical Observatory 15, 500 



National Museum : 



Furniture and fixtures $20, 000 



Heating and lighting 73, 000 



Preservation of collections 312, 620 



Building repairs , 10, 000 



Books ._ .. ..__ 2,000 



Postage 500 



418, 120 



National Gallery of Art 15, 000 



National Zoological Park 125, 000 



Increase of compensation 109, 044 



Printing and binding 77, 400 



Total 856, 564 



RESEARCHES AND EXPLORATIONS 



In the Institution's work in the " increase and diffusion of knowl- 

 edge," scientific exploration and research expeditions in the field play 

 an important part. There has been even more than the usual activity 

 in this phase of the work during the past year, the Institution and 

 its branches having initiated or taken part in 22 separate expeditions 

 in widely scattered parts of the earth, representing many branches 

 of science. The very limited funds of the Institution available for 

 this important work make it necessary each year to forego oppor- 

 tunities to send out or join forces with other scientific organizations 

 in expeditions which would result in valuable information and ma- 

 terial for study and exhibition to the public in the National Museum. 

 I will mention here only a few of the expeditions in the field during 

 the past year, in order to show the nature and scope of the work, 

 referring to the appended reports on the National Museum, Bureau 

 of American Ethnology, and other branches of the Institution for 

 accounts of the explorations undertaken by them. 



