XLIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



Printing $12,008.33 



Furniture and fixtures 31, 801. 27 



Heating and lighting 14, 742.53 



Rent of workshop 2,000.08 



Postage 500. 00 



Building repairs 4, 116. 63 



Galleries 12,024.35 



Rebuilding sheds 2, 500. 00 



Astrophysieal Observatory 12, 482. 94 



National Zoological Park 56,590.26 



$506, 134. 58 



The committee has examined the vouchers for payment from the 

 Smithsonian income during the year ending June 30, 1898, each of 

 which bears the approval of the Secretary or, in his absence, of the 

 Acting Secretary, and a certificate that the materials and services 

 charged were applied to the purposes of the Institution. 



The committee has also examined the accounts of the several appro- 

 priations committed by Congress to the Institution, and finds that the 

 balances hereinbefore given correspond with the certificates of the dis- 

 bursing clerk of the Smithsonian Institution, whose appointment as 

 such disbursing officer has been accepted and his bond approved by 

 the Secretary of the Treasury. 



The quarterly accounts current, the vouchers, and journals have been 

 examined and found correct. 



Statement of regular income from the Smithsonian fund available for use in the year end- 

 ing June SO, 1899. 



Balance on hand June 30, 1898 $65, 803. 02 



(Including cash from executors of J. H. Kidder) $5, 000. 00 



(Including cash from Dr. Alexander Graham Bell) 5, 000. 00 



10, 000. 00 



Interest due and receivable July 1, 1898 27, 360. 00 



Interest due and receivable January 1, 1899 27, 360.00 



Interest, West Shore Railroad bonds, due July 1, 1898 840. 00 



Interest, West Shore Railroad bonds, due January 1, 1899 840. 00 



56,400.00 



Total available for year ending June 30, 1899 122, 203. 02 



Respectfully submitted. 



J. B. Henderson, 

 Wm. L. Wilson, 

 Alexander Graham Bell, 



Executive Committee. 



Washington, D. O., January 11, 1899. 



