REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



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United States fourth Liberty loan $50 



United States Victory loan 6,550 



United States war-savings stamps, series of 1918 100 



Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Co. 5 per cent preferred stock, 



gift shares— 125 



American Smelting & Refining Co. 7 per cent preferred stock, gift do 60 



Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. 4 per cent preferred stock, gift do 125 



The $3,500 par value of the 5 per cent gold notes of the Brooklyn 

 Rapid Transit Co. are held in the hands of receivers pending re- 

 organization. No plan, however, has yet been adopted. 



The sum invested for each specific fund and the manner in which 

 held is described as follows: 



Fund. 



United 



States 



Treasury. 



Consolidated 

 fund. 



Total. 



Smithson fund | $727, 640. 00 



Habel fund 



Hodgkins general fund 



Hodgkins specific fund 



Rhees fund 



Avery fund 



Addison T. Reid fund 



Lucy T. and George W. Poorefund. 



George K. Sanford fund 



Chamberlain fund 



Bruce Hughes fund , 



Lucy H. Bairdfund...'. 



Virginia Purdy Bacon fund 



Hamilton fund 



500. 00 

 116,000.00 

 100,000.00 

 590. 00 

 14,000.00 

 11,000.00 

 26,670.00 

 1,100.00 



Total. 



2, 500. 00 



$1, 468. 74 



37,275.00 



156.00 



18,439.80 



2, 860. 00 



6,660.00 



294.00 



35, 000. 00 



8,741.93 



1,166.58 



45,000.00 



500. 00 



$729,108. 74 



500.00 



153,275.00 



100,000.00 



746.00 



32,439.80 



13,860.00 



33,330.00 



1,394.00 



35,000.00 



8,741.93 



1,166.58 



45,000.00 



3,000.00 



1,000,000.00 157,562.05 



1,157,562.05 



To Mr. B. H. Swales, honorary custodian, section of birds' eggs, the 

 Institution is indebted for an additional gift of $100 for the pur- 

 chase of specimens, making a total contribution of $700 since Janu- 

 ary, 1919. 



Some of the unimproved land near Lowell, Mass., has been sold, 

 and the sum of $226.42 was realized therefrom and invested for 

 account of the Lucy T. and George W. Poore fund. 



Dr. William L. Abbott has contributed $2,000 during the year to 

 the maintenance of a field party, the purpose of which is to procure 

 archeological and natural history specimens in Australia. This 

 expedition followed those to Borneo and Celebes and has now con- 

 tinued for two and a half years. 



The Institution has received for specific activities further valu- 

 able contributions from Mr. John A. Roebling, amounting to $15,200. 



In partial settlement of the Charles L. Freer bequest the Insti- 

 tution received, in October, 1920, 3,919 shares of the stock of Parke, 



