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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  EXECUTIVE 
  COMMITTEE. 
  

  

  The 
  secretary 
  presented, 
  in 
  printed 
  form, 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   executive 
  committee, 
  giving 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  financial 
  condition 
  of 
  

   the 
  institution 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1921. 
  

  

  On 
  motion, 
  the 
  report 
  was 
  accepted. 
  

  

  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  PERMANENT 
  COMMITTEE. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  Judge 
  Gray 
  the 
  secretary 
  submitted 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  report 
  : 
  

  

  Hodgkins 
  fund. 
  — 
  Researches 
  in 
  solar 
  radiation 
  are 
  being 
  continued 
  at 
  the 
  

   station 
  on 
  the 
  Montezuma 
  Mountain, 
  in 
  Chile, 
  at 
  an 
  altitude 
  of 
  between 
  9,000 
  

   and 
  10,000 
  feet. 
  As 
  stated 
  in 
  previous 
  reports, 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  the 
  maintenance 
  

   of 
  this 
  station 
  is 
  borne 
  chiefly 
  from 
  an 
  allotment 
  of 
  $5,000 
  annually 
  from 
  

   the 
  Hodgkins 
  special 
  fund. 
  The 
  work 
  is 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  

   G. 
  Abbot, 
  assistant 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  institution 
  and 
  director 
  of 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  

   Observatory. 
  

  

  Roebling 
  contributions. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Roebling, 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  has 
  gen- 
  

   erously 
  contributed 
  to 
  date 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $29,150 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  certain 
  

   phases 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  solar 
  research 
  stations 
  in 
  Chile 
  and 
  Arizona. 
  Sufficient 
  

   funds 
  have 
  been 
  thus 
  provided 
  for 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  good 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  

   In 
  the 
  work. 
  

  

  Freer 
  estate. 
  — 
  

  

  Building 
  fund 
  : 
  

  

  Receipts 
  $1, 
  337, 
  984. 
  68 
  

  

  Expenditures 
  1, 
  289, 
  772. 
  37 
  

  

  Balance 
  on 
  hand 
  48,212.31 
  

  

  Other 
  provisions: 
  Mr. 
  Freer's 
  bequest 
  to 
  the 
  institution 
  provides 
  certain 
  

   shares 
  of 
  stock 
  for 
  specified 
  funds 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  $353,004.75. 
  Of 
  the 
  residuary 
  

   estate 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  $900,000, 
  the 
  income 
  of 
  which 
  will 
  not 
  be 
  

   available 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  collections 
  for 
  several 
  years. 
  

  

  Avery 
  bequest. 
  — 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  of 
  this 
  bequest 
  is 
  now 
  $33,424.80. 
  One 
  

   piece 
  of 
  improved 
  real 
  estate, 
  situated 
  on 
  East 
  Capitol 
  Street, 
  remains 
  unsold. 
  

  

  Poore 
  bequest. 
  — 
  Several 
  pieces 
  of 
  land 
  remain, 
  but 
  will 
  be 
  sold 
  as 
  favorable 
  

   offers 
  are 
  received. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  the 
  testator, 
  George 
  W. 
  

   Poore, 
  this 
  fund 
  must 
  accumulate 
  until 
  it 
  reaches 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  $250,000. 
  It 
  now 
  

   amounts 
  to 
  $34,230. 
  

  

  Virginia 
  Purdy 
  Bacon 
  bequest. 
  — 
  This 
  bequest, 
  which 
  will 
  probably 
  total 
  

   $50,000, 
  was 
  given 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  Walter 
  Rathbone 
  Bacon 
  (traveling) 
  scholar- 
  

   ship 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  countries 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

   Forty-five 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  has 
  been 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  institution 
  in 
  the 
  

   form 
  of 
  bonds 
  and 
  preferred 
  stock 
  of 
  excellent 
  value 
  and 
  stability. 
  

  

  Bruce 
  Hughes 
  bequest. 
  — 
  This 
  fund, 
  which 
  was 
  given 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  estab- 
  

   lishing 
  the 
  Hughes 
  alcove, 
  now 
  totals 
  $11,170.99. 
  

  

  Frances 
  Lea 
  Chamberlain 
  funds. 
  — 
  Two 
  bequests 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Leander 
  T. 
  

   Chamberlain 
  as 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  his 
  wife, 
  Frances 
  Lea. 
  One 
  of 
  these, 
  of 
  $10,000, 
  

   was 
  received 
  in 
  1915, 
  and 
  the 
  other, 
  of 
  $25,000, 
  in 
  June, 
  1921. 
  The 
  income 
  from 
  

   these 
  funds 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  in 
  the 
  improvement 
  and 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  Isaac 
  Lea 
  

   collections 
  of 
  " 
  Mollusks 
  " 
  and 
  of 
  " 
  Gems 
  and 
  gem 
  material 
  " 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  