6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 



Chamberlain hequest. — In 1886 the National Museum received by 

 bequest of Dr. Isaac Lea, of Philadelphia, an unrivaled collection 

 of fresh-water mussels; and in 1894 a collection of gems and precious 

 stones, also made by Dr. Lea, was bequeathed to the Museum by his 

 daughter, Frances Lea Chamberlain, wife of Eev. Dr. Leander T. 

 Chamberlain. Mrs. Chamberlain had taken a deep interest in her 

 father's collections and had added materially thereto. Upon her 

 death in 1894, Dr. Chamberlain assumed the trust and until his 

 death in May, 1913, made large additions, particularly to the collec- 

 tion of gems and precious stones and in consequence of his gifts 

 and collaboration was appointed honorary associate in mineralogy 

 in the Museum. 



In his will, Dr. Chamberlain bequeathed $25,000 to the Smithson- 

 ian Institution to be known as the " Frances Lea Chamberlain 

 fund," the income of which shall be used for " promoting the in- 

 crease and the scientific value and usefulness of the Isaac Lea collec- 

 tion of gems and gem material," and the additional sum of $10,000 

 as a fund, the income of which shall be used for promoting the sci- 

 entific value and usefulness of the Isaac Lea collection of mollusks. 



Sf vague hequest. — Mr. Joseph White Sprague, of Louisville, Ky., 

 died in Italy in June, 1900. His will provides that 85 per cent of the 

 total income of the estate is to be distributed among certain devisees 

 until their death, and then to several of their relatives for 20 years 

 after the death of the last devisee, when the trust expires by limita- 

 tion, and is to be paid to the Smithsonian Institution and to be known 

 as " The Sprague Fund." Its purpose is to best promote the advance- 

 ment of the physical sciences, and only one-half of each annual 

 income is to be used, the other half to be added to the principal of 

 the estate. In 1901, the estate was estimated to be worth $200,000. 



Fitzgerald hequest. — The will of Mr. Eiter Fitzgerald, of Phila- 

 delphia, who died in 1911, makes certain definite bequests and leaves 

 all the rest, residue and remainder of the estate, to his executors in 

 trust, the net income to be paid quarterly to his niece, and should she 

 die without leaving a child or children, the principal of the estate 

 and interest accrued thereon is to be given "to the United States 

 National Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C." 

 This part of the estate is appraised at between $12,000 and $13,000. 



FINANCES. 



The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which 

 it was derived are as follows : 



Deposited in the Treasury of the United States. 



Bequest of James Smithson, 1846 $515, 169. 00 



Residuary legacy of James Smithson, 1867 26,210.63 



Deposit of savings of iucome, 1867 108,620,37 



