SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 138 



by the above act, he had increased the amount of the Smith- 

 sonian fund in the Treasury of the United States on the 

 19th of February, 1867, to $550,000, in the following man- 

 ner : 



The interest at 7 T 3 ^ per cent., due for two years, to February 



15, 1867, on the $54,150 U. S. bonds, was collected, viz : I $7,905 90 



$25,400 of the Bonds were taken by the Treasury Depart- 

 ment at 6 per cent, premium, yielding Bonds $25,400 



Premium 1,524 



26,924 00 



Interest from 15th February to 19tli, four days 20 32 



Amount realized 34,850 22 



Amount placed in the United States Treasury, to be added 

 to the original trust fund, $515,169, (making it $550,000)- 34,831 00 



Leaving a balance in cash of $19 22 



This balance was deposited with Riggs & Co. to the credit 

 of the Smithsonian account. 



