REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 5 



Held at the Smithsonian Institution. 



Registered and guaranteed bonds of the West Shore Railroad Com- 

 pany (par value), part of legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins $42,000.00 



Total permanent fund 986, 918. 69 



In addition to the above there are four pieces of real estate bequeathed to 

 the Institution by the late R. S. Avery, some of which yield a nominal rental 

 and all are free from taxation. 



That part of the fund deposited in the Treasury of the United 

 States bears interest at 6 per cent per annum, under the provisions 

 of the act organizing the Institution and an act of Congress approved 

 March 12, 1894. The rate of interest on the West Shore Kailroad 

 bonds is 4 per cent per annum. 



The income of the Institution during the year, amounting to 

 $84,769.82, was derived as follows: Interest on the permanent fund, 

 $58,375.12; contributions from various sources for specific purposes, 

 $20,250, and from other miscellaneous sources, $6,144.70 ; all of which 

 was deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of 

 the current account of the Institution. 



With the balance of $18,766.41 on July 1, 1908, the total resources 

 for the fiscal year amounted to $103,536.23. The disbursements, 

 which are given in detail in the annual report of the executive com- 

 mittee, amounted to $71,359.53, leaving a balance of $32,176.70 on 

 deposit June 30, 1909, in the United States Treasury. 



The Institution was charged by Congress with the disbursement 

 of the following appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1909 : 



International Exchanges $32, 000 



American Ethnology 42,000 



Astrophysical Observatory '. 13, 000 



National Museum : 



Furniture and fixtures 50,000 



Heating and lighting ' ' 22, 000 



Preservation of collections 190,000 



Books 2,000 



Postage . 500 



Rent of workshops 4, 580 



Building repairs 15, 000 



National Zoological Park 95,000 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 5, 000 



Transfer of Greenough statue of Washington 5, 000 



Temporary occupancy of government buildings for tuberculosis con- 

 gress — 40, 000 



Total 516, 0S0 



