﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  EXECUTIVE 
  COMMITTEE 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   BOARD 
  OF 
  REGENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTI- 
  

   TUTION 
  FOR 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  ENDED 
  JUNE 
  30. 
  1929 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsoni(mi 
  Institution: 
  

  

  Your 
  executive 
  committee 
  respectfully 
  submits 
  the 
  following 
  re- 
  

   port 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  with 
  a 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  appropriations 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  the 
  

   Government 
  bureaus 
  in 
  the 
  administrative 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  SMITHSONIAN 
  ENDOWMENT 
  FUND 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  bequest 
  of 
  James 
  Smithson 
  was 
  £104,960 
  8 
  shillings 
  

   6 
  pence 
  — 
  $508,318.46. 
  Refunds 
  of 
  money 
  expended 
  in 
  prosecu- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  claim, 
  freights, 
  insurance, 
  etc., 
  together 
  with 
  pay- 
  

   ment 
  into 
  the 
  fund 
  of 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  £5,015 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  with- 
  

   held 
  during 
  the 
  lifetime 
  of 
  Madame 
  de 
  la 
  Batut, 
  brought 
  the 
  

   fund 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  $550, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  original 
  bequest 
  the 
  Institution 
  has 
  received 
  gifts 
  

   from 
  various 
  sources, 
  the 
  income 
  from 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  

   the 
  general 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  259, 
  184. 
  39 
  

  

  Total 
  original 
  endowments 
  for 
  general 
  purposes 
  809, 
  184. 
  39 
  

  

  Capital 
  gains 
  from 
  investment 
  of 
  savings 
  from 
  income 
  207, 
  796. 
  11 
  

  

  Capital 
  gains 
  from 
  sales, 
  stock 
  dividends, 
  etc 
  5, 
  405. 
  25 
  

  

  Present 
  total 
  of 
  endowment 
  for 
  general 
  purposes 
  1, 
  022, 
  385. 
  75 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  holds 
  also 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  endowment 
  gifts 
  the 
  income 
  

   of 
  each 
  being 
  restricted 
  to 
  specific 
  use. 
  These 
  are 
  invested 
  and 
  

   stand 
  on 
  the 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Bacon, 
  Virginia 
  Purdy. 
  fund, 
  for 
  a 
  traveling 
  scholarship 
  to 
  in- 
  

   vestigate 
  fauna 
  of 
  countries 
  other 
  than 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  $50, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Baird, 
  Lucy 
  H., 
  fund, 
  for 
  creating 
  a 
  memorial 
  to 
  Secretary 
  Baird_ 
  1, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Canfield 
  collection 
  fund, 
  for 
  increase 
  and 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  Canfield 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  minerals 
  46,232.86 
  

  

  Casey, 
  Thomas 
  L., 
  fund, 
  for 
  maintenance 
  of 
  Casey 
  collection 
  and 
  

   promotion 
  of 
  researches 
  relating 
  to 
  Coleoptera 
  3, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Chamberlain, 
  Frances 
  Lea, 
  fund, 
  for 
  increase 
  and 
  promotion 
  of 
  

   Isaac 
  Lea 
  collections 
  of 
  gems 
  and 
  mollusks 
  35, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Hodgkins 
  fund, 
  specific, 
  for 
  increase 
  and 
  diffusion 
  of 
  more 
  exact 
  

   knowledge 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  nature 
  and 
  properties 
  of 
  atmospheric 
  air_ 
  100, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Hughes, 
  Bruce, 
  fund, 
  to 
  found 
  Hughes 
  alcove 
  9,021.93 
  

  

  145 
  

  

  