REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 131 



The following appropriations were intrusted by Congress to the 

 care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year 1923 : 



Bureau : . Appropriation 



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 



Eespectfully submitted. 



Geo. Gray, 

 Henry White, 

 Frederic A. Delano, 

 Executive Committee. 



