REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 5 



Under this section, 5591 of the Eevised Statutes, modified as above 

 noted, the above fund of $912,000 is deposited in the Treasury of the 

 United States, bearing interest at 6 per cent per annum, the interest 

 alone being - used in carrying out the aims of the Institution. 



During the fiscal year 1897-98 Congress charged the Institution with 

 the disbursement of the following appropriations : 



International Exchanges $19, 000 



North American Ethnology 45, 000 



United States National Museum : 



Preservation of collections 160, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 30, 000 



Heating and lighting 15, 097 



Postage 500 



Repairs to buildings 4, 000 



Rent of workshops 2, 000 



Galleries 8, 000 



Rebuilding sheds 2, 500 



Printing 12,000 



National Zoological Park 55, 000 



Astrophysical Observatory 10, 000 



The executive committee has examined all the vouchers for disburse- 

 ments made during the fiscal year, and a detailed statement of the 

 receipts and expenditures will be found reported to Congress, in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of the sundry civil acts of October 2, 1888, 

 and August 5, 1892, in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the House 

 of Representatives. 



The vouchers for all of the expenditures from the Smithsonian fund 

 proper have been likewise examined and their correctness certified to by 

 the executive committee, whose statement will be published, together 

 with the ^accounts of the funds appropriated by Congress, in that com- 

 mittee's report. 



The estimates for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, for carrying 

 on the Government interests under the charge of the Smithsonian 

 Institution and forwarded as usual to the Secretary of the Treasury 

 were as follows : 



International Exchanges $24, 000 



American Ethnology 50, 000 



National Museum : 



Preservation of collections 180, 000 



Furniture and fixtures » 35, 000 



Heating and lighting 15, 000 



Postage , 500 



Galleries 10,000 



Repairs to buildings •_ 8, 000 



Rent of workshops i, 500 



Books _. 2,000 



Illustrations for publications 5, 000 



Building for workshops and storage 50, 000 



Library of late G. Brown Goode 5, 000 



