6 AKXUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAIST INSTITUTION, 1913. 



Bequest of Simeon Habel, 1880 500. 00 



Deposits from proceeds of sale of bonds, 1881 51. 500. 00 



Gift of Thomas G. Hodgkins. 1891 200, 000. 00 



Part of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins. 1894 8.000.00 



Deposit from savings of income, 1903 25.000.00 



Residuarj' legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins. 1907 7, 918. 69 



Deposit from savings of income. 1913 636.94 



Bequest of William Jones Rhees, 1913 251. 95 



Deposit of proceeds from sale of i-eal estate (gift of Robert Stanton 



Avery), 1913 9.692.42 



Total amount of fund in the Tnited States Treasury 955. 500. 00 



OTHER BESOXTRCES. 



Registered and guaranteed bonds of the West Shore Railroad Co., 



part of legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins (par value) 42. 000. 00 



Total permanent fund 997,500.00 



There Avere originally four pieces of real estate bequeathed to the 

 Institution by the late R. S. Avery, but during the year one of these 

 pieces and a part of another were sold and the proceeds added to the 

 permanent fund. The real estate owned by the Institution is free 

 from taxation and yields a nominal rental. 



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, 1804. The rate of interest on the West Shore Eailroad 

 bonds is 4 per cent per annum. 



The income of the Institution during the year, amounting to 

 $92,870.74, was derived as follows : Interest on the permanent foun- 

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

 purposes, $16,575.50 ; and from other miscellaneous sources, $17,920.12 ; 

 all of Avhich was deposited in the Treasurs^ of the United States to 

 the credit of the current account of the Institution. 



With the balance of $33,000.09 on July 1, 1912, the total resources 

 for the fiscal year amounted to $125,930.83. The disbursements 

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

 mittee, amounted to $92,289.43, leaving a balance of $33,641.40 on 

 deposit June 30, 1913, in the United States Treasury. 



The Institution Avas charged by Congress with the disbursement 

 of the following appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1913: 



International exchanges _- $.32,000 



American ethnology 42.000 



Astrophysical Observatory 13, 000 



National Museum : 



Furniture and fixtures .50.000 



Heating and lighting 50.000 



Preservation of collections 300.000 



Books 2, 000 



Postage .500 



Building repairs 10,000 



