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ANNUAL EEPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1915. 



the acting secretary, and a certificate tliat tlie materials and services charged 

 were applied to the purposes of the Institution, have been examined in connec- 

 tion with the books of the Institution and agree with them. 



Capital Audit Co., 

 By William L. Yaegeb, President. 



All moneys receiA^ed by the Smithsonian Institution from interest, 

 sales, refunding of moneys temporarily advanced, or otherAvise are 

 deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the 

 Institution, and all payments are made by checks signed by the 

 secretary. 



The expenditures made by the disbursing agent of the Institution 

 and audited by the xiuditor for the State and Other Departments are 

 reported in detail to Congress and will be found in the printed 

 document. 



Your committee also presents the following summary of appro- 

 priations for the fiscal year 1915 intrusted by Congress to the care of 

 the Smithsonian Institution, balances of previous appropriations at 

 the beginning of the fiscal year, and amounts unexpended on June 

 30, 1915 : 



AppropriatioBs committed by Congress to the care of the institution 



International Exchanges, 1913 



International Exchanges, 1914 



International Exchanges, 1915 



American Ethnology, 1913 



American Ethnology, 19M 



American Ethnology, 1915 



Astrophysical Observatory, 1913 



Astrophysical Observatory, 1914 



Astrophysical Observatory, 1915 



Bookstacks, Government bureau libraries, 1914 



Bookstacks, Government bureau libraries, 1915 



Tower telescope on Mount Wilson, 1915 



Repairs to Smithsonian Building, 1915 



International Catalogue, 1913 



International Catalogue, 1914 



International Catalogue, 1915 



National Museum — 



Furnitm-e and fixtures, 1913 



Furniture and fixtures, 1914 



Furniture and fixtures, 1915 



Heating and lighting, 1913 



Heating and lighting, 1914... 



Heating and lighting, 1915 



Preservation of collections, 1913 



Preservation of collections, 1914 



Preservation of collections, 1915 



Books, 1913 



Books, 1914 



Books, 1915 



Postage, 1915 



Building repairs, 1913 



Building repairs, 1914 



Building repairs, 1915 



National Zoological Park, 1913 



National Zoological Park, 1914 



National Zoological Park, 1915 



Bridge over Rock Creek, National Zoological Park 



Available 



after July 



1, 1914. 



SO. 02 



1,622.22 



32,000.00 



1,250.74 



2, 676. 68 



42,000.00 



142.42 



779. 87 



13,000.00 



13,559.77 



10, 000. 00 



2, 000. 00 



16, 000. 00 



291. 73 



720. 09 



7, 500. 00 



42.58 



10,369.30 



25, 000. 00 



151.81 



5,902.35 



46,000.00 



3,659.15 



7,652.72 



300,000.00 



10.67 



1,091.35 



2, 000. 00 



500. 00 



1.14 



1,298.78 



10,000.00 



9.18 



6,210.30 



100,000.00 



3,018.67 



Balance 



Jime 30, 



1915. 



1 $0. 02 



.01 



3, 453. 79 



I 400. 74 



185. .30 



3,854.52 



1 41.04 



62.36 



1,263.57 



33.61 



35.36 



1,284.17 



452. 13 



1 291. 73 



21.50 



864. 45 



1 42. 58 



66.85 



1,048.83 



1151.81 



242. 62 



4,473.33 



11,485.78 



744. 09 



8, 774. 88 



13.67 



25.83 



1,389.73 



1 1.14 



5.03 



487. 15 



1.18 



3. 94 



6,26l'.07 



1,830.90 



1 Carried to credit of surplus fund. 



