﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  

   Statement 
  of 
  endowment 
  funds 
  

  

  General 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  

  

  Specific 
  pur- 
  

   poses 
  other 
  

   than 
  Freer 
  

  

  endowment 
  

  

  Freer 
  endow- 
  

   ment 
  

  

  Endowment, 
  June 
  30, 
  1928 
  

  

  Increase 
  from 
  income, 
  gifts, 
  etc.. 
  

   Increase 
  from 
  gain 
  from 
  sales, 
  etc 
  

   Increase 
  from 
  stock 
  dividends 
  

  

  Endowment, 
  June 
  30, 
  1929. 
  

  

  $995, 
  632. 
  81 
  

  

  21, 
  347. 
  69 
  

  

  4, 
  443. 
  21 
  

  

  962.04 
  

  

  $598, 
  668. 
  69 
  

   8, 
  742. 
  89 
  

   16, 
  366. 
  66 
  

   2, 
  225. 
  46 
  

  

  $4, 
  268, 
  244. 
  26 
  

  

  6, 
  671. 
  62 
  

  

  951, 
  893. 
  14 
  

  

  10, 
  245. 
  00 
  

  

  1, 
  022, 
  385. 
  75 
  

  

  626, 
  003. 
  70 
  

  

  5, 
  236, 
  054. 
  02 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  appropriations 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  

   Government 
  bureaus 
  under 
  the 
  administrative 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1929 
  : 
  

  

  Salaries 
  and 
  expenses 
  $32,500.00 
  

  

  International 
  Exchanges 
  48, 
  208. 
  00 
  

  

  American 
  Ethnology 
  60, 
  300. 
  00 
  

  

  Cooperative 
  ethnological 
  researches 
  20,000.00 
  

  

  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  7, 
  460. 
  00 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  33, 
  200. 
  00 
  

  

  National 
  Museum 
  : 
  

  

  Furniture 
  and 
  fixtures 
  $29,560.00 
  

  

  Heating 
  and 
  lighting 
  84,040.00 
  

  

  Preservation 
  of 
  collections 
  502, 
  546. 
  00 
  

  

  Building 
  repairs 
  17,730.00 
  

  

  Safeguarding 
  dome 
  of 
  rotunda. 
  Natural 
  History 
  

  

  Building 
  "* 
  80, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Books 
  2, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Postage 
  450. 
  00 
  

  

  716, 
  326. 
  00 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  31,168.00 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  182,050.00 
  

  

  Nation;^l 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  building 
  for 
  birds 
  30,000.00 
  

  

  Printing 
  and 
  binding 
  95, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Total 
  1, 
  256, 
  212. 
  00 
  

  

  MATTERS 
  OF 
  GENERAL 
  INTEREST 
  

   FINANCIAL 
  

  

  Several 
  new 
  features 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  treasurer, 
  Mr. 
  

   N. 
  W. 
  Dorsey, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Regents 
  in 
  their 
  financial 
  reports. 
  Returns 
  from 
  royalties 
  on 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series 
  appear 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  Reported 
  

   for 
  six 
  months, 
  only, 
  these 
  amount 
  to 
  nearly 
  $15,000. 
  The 
  Regents 
  

   have 
  directed 
  that 
  one-fourth 
  of 
  all 
  sums 
  to 
  be 
  received 
  from 
  such 
  

   royalties 
  shall 
  be 
  treated 
  as 
  income, 
  the 
  remainder 
  as 
  endowment. 
  

  

  " 
  Work 
  done 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  Supervising 
  Architect 
  and 
  funds 
  disbursed 
  by 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Treasury. 
  

  

  