XXXII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



General expenses: 



Books $5. 00 



Freight 3, 548. 68 



Packing boxes *MS. 80 



Postage and telegraph 202. 00 



Stationery and supplies 324. 32 



Traveling expenses 37. 80 



$5,111.60 



Total disbursements $21 , 461. 17 



Balance July 1, 1900 2,538.83 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, 1899. 



Balance July 1, 1899, as per last report $1, 829. 33 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Salaries or compensation: 



1 agent, 6 months, at $50 $300. 00 



1 agent, 6 months, at $91.66| 550. 00 



1 agent, 6 months, at $13.66f 82. 00 



$932. 00 



General expenses: 



Books 20.00 



Freight 779. 16 



Stationery and supplies 71. 68 



Traveling expenses 24. 90 



895. 74 



Total disbursements $1, 827. 74 



Balance July 1, 1900 1.59 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, 189S. 



Balance July 1, 1899, as ])er last rei)ort $6. 11 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



General expenses: 



Books 5. 00 



Balance 1. 11 



Balance carried, under the provisions of the Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the 

 Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1900. 



AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, 1900. 

 RECEIPTS. 



Appropriat- n by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, "for 

 continu '^hnological researches among the American Indians, under 

 the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or com- 

 pensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary 

 books and periodicals, fifty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceed- 

 ing one thousand dollars may be used for rent of building." (Sundry 

 civil act, March 3, 1899) $50,000.00 



The actual conduct of these investigations has been continued l)y the 

 Secretary in the hands of Maj. J. W. Powell, director of the Bureau ot 

 American Ethnology. 



