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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1927 
  

  

  herbarium 
  and 
  botanical 
  library, 
  and 
  the 
  Canu 
  collection 
  of 
  French 
  

   Cenozoic 
  and 
  Mesozoic 
  fossils, 
  exceeding 
  100,000 
  specimens. 
  The 
  

   Canfield 
  collection 
  of 
  minerals 
  came 
  as 
  a 
  bequest 
  from 
  Dr. 
  Frederick 
  

   A. 
  Canfield, 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  It 
  contains 
  some 
  9,000 
  minerals, 
  many 
  of 
  

   them 
  unique 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  exceptional 
  quality, 
  and 
  to 
  insure 
  its 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  development 
  Doctor 
  Canfield 
  also 
  bequeathed 
  to 
  the 
  Institu- 
  

   tion 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $50,000, 
  the 
  income 
  from 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  that 
  

   purpose. 
  The 
  Roebling 
  mineralogical 
  collection 
  was 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Roebling, 
  of 
  Bernardsville, 
  N. 
  J., 
  in 
  

   memory 
  of 
  his 
  father, 
  Col. 
  Washington 
  A, 
  Roebling, 
  who 
  died 
  in 
  

   July, 
  1926, 
  willing 
  the 
  mineral 
  collection 
  to 
  his 
  son. 
  The 
  Roebling 
  

   collection 
  contains 
  over 
  16,000 
  specimens, 
  including 
  practically 
  every 
  

   known 
  mineral 
  species. 
  Mr. 
  Roebling 
  also 
  accompanied 
  his 
  gift 
  with 
  

   an 
  endowment 
  fund 
  of 
  $150,000 
  for 
  its 
  development. 
  The 
  John 
  Don- 
  

   nell 
  Smith 
  herbarium 
  and 
  botanical 
  library 
  form 
  the 
  most 
  munifi- 
  

   cent 
  gift 
  of 
  botanical 
  material 
  ever 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Herba- 
  

   rium. 
  The 
  Smith 
  herbarium, 
  containing 
  well 
  over 
  100,000 
  specimens, 
  

   all 
  well 
  preserved 
  and 
  excellently 
  mounted, 
  is 
  particularly 
  rich 
  in 
  Cen- 
  

   tral 
  American 
  material, 
  with 
  numerous 
  type 
  specimens 
  of 
  species 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  Captain 
  Smith 
  in 
  his 
  own 
  extensive 
  botanical 
  researches 
  

   on 
  the 
  flora 
  of 
  that 
  region. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Catherine 
  Walden 
  Myer, 
  

   and 
  by 
  an 
  agreement 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  legatees 
  named 
  in 
  the 
  will, 
  the 
  

   Institution 
  has 
  received 
  in 
  cash 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $3,649.91 
  and 
  notes 
  

   secured 
  by 
  certain 
  property 
  in 
  Washington 
  amounting 
  to 
  $14,618. 
  

   The 
  will 
  stipulated 
  that 
  the 
  income 
  from 
  this 
  bequest 
  should 
  be 
  

   used 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  for 
  use 
  and 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  

   National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  

  

  FINANCES 
  

  

  The 
  permanent 
  investments 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  consist 
  of 
  the 
  fol- 
  

   lowing 
  : 
  

  

  Total 
  eudowment 
  for 
  general 
  or 
  specific 
  purposes 
  (exclusive 
  of 
  

  

  Freer 
  funds) 
  $1,385,279.75 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  total 
  there 
  is 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Treasury 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

  

  States 
  as 
  provided 
  by 
  law 
  1, 
  000, 
  000. 
  00 
  

  

  Deposited 
  in 
  the 
  consolidated 
  fund 
  : 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  securities, 
  etc., 
  either 
  purchased 
  or 
  acquired 
  by 
  

  

  gift; 
  cost 
  or 
  value 
  at 
  date 
  acquired 
  373,759.75 
  

  

  Charles 
  D. 
  and 
  Mary 
  Vaux 
  Walcott 
  research 
  fund, 
  stock 
  

  

  (gift) 
  ; 
  value 
  11,520.00 
  

  

  The 
  sums 
  invested 
  for 
  each 
  specific 
  fund 
  or 
  securities, 
  etc., 
  

   acquired 
  by 
  gift 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  