2 ANNUAL REPOET SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1915. 



cellor; Thomas E. Marshall, Vice President of the United States; 

 Henry Cabot Lodge, Member of the Senate; Henry French Hollis, 

 Member of the Senate; William J. Stone, Member of the Senate; 

 Scott Ferris, Member of the House of Representatives; Ernest W. 

 Roberts, Member of the House of Representatives; Maurice Con- 

 nolly, former Member of the House of Representatives; Andrew D. 

 White, citizen of New York; Alexander Graham Bell, citizen of 

 Washington, D. C. ; George Gray, citizen of Delaware; Charles F. 

 Choate, jr., citizen of Massachusetts; John B. Henderson, jr., citizen 

 of Washington, D. C. ; and Charles W. Fairbanks, citizen of Indiana. 

 The board held its annual meeting on December 10, 1914. The 

 Hon. George Gray was on that date elected chairman of the executive 

 committee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Bacon 

 on February 14, 1914. The proceedings of the above meeting, as also 

 the annual financial report of the executiye committee, have been 

 printed, as usual, for the use of the Regents, while such important 

 matters acted upon as are of public interest are reviewed under ap- 

 propriate heads in the present report of the Secretary. A detailed 

 statement of disbursements from Government appropriations, under 

 the direction of the Institution for the maintenance of the National 

 Museum, the National Zoological Park, and other branches, will be 

 submitted to Congress by the Secretary in the usual manner in com- 

 pliance with the law. 



FINANCES. 



The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which 

 it was derived are as follows: 



Deposited in the Treasury of the United States. 



Bequest of James Smithson, 1846 $515,169.00 



Residuary legacy of James Smithson, 1867 26, 210. 63 



Deposit of savings of income, 1867 108, 620. 37" 



Bequest of James Hamilton, 1875 $1,000 



Accumulated interest on Hamilton fund, 1895 1, 000 



2, 000. 00 



Bequest of Simeon Habel, ISSO 500. 00 



Deposits from proceeds of sale of bonds, 1881 51,500.00 



Gift of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1891 200, 000. 00 



Part of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1894 8, 000. 00 



Deposit from savings of income, 1903 25, 000. 00 



Itesiduary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1907 7, 918. 69 



Deposit from savings of income, 1913 636. 94 



Part of bequest of William Jones Rhees, 1913 251. 95 



Deposit of proceeds from sale of real estate (gift of Robert 



Stanton Avery), 1913 9,692.42 



Bequest of Addison T. Reid, 1914 4,795.91 



Deposit of savings from income Avery bequest, 1914 204. 09 



