6 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



National Museum — Continued. 



Bebb Herbarium ' $5, 000 



Printing 17,000 



National Zoological Park 75, 000 



Astrophysical Observatory 10, 000 



The appropriations made by Congress for the fiscal year 1899 were 

 as follows : 



International Exchanges, Smithsonian Institution, 1899 $2l, 000 



American Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, 1899 50, 000 



Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian Institution, 1899 10, 000 



National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 1899 : 



Furniture and fixtures 35, 000 



Heating and lighting 14, 000 



Preservation of collections „ 165, 000 



Postage 500 



Galleries 10,000 



Books 2,000 



Rent of workshops 4, 500 



Building repairs '. 4, 000 



Purchase of library of the late G. Brown Goode 5, 000 



National Zoological Park, 1899 65,000 



HAMILTON FUND. 



The original amount of $1,000, the bequest of Mr. James Hamilton, 

 of Pennsylvania, received by the Institution in 1874, was increased in 

 1895 to $2,000 by the addition of accumulated interest under authority 

 given by the Eegents in their meeting of January 23, 1895, the sum of 

 $150 expended from the income of fund in 1876 for explorations having 

 been refunded. The present income, together with interest accumulated 

 since 1895, seems to warrant some definite application of the interest 

 on the bequest, and I am now considering a plan of lectureships in 

 accordance with the testator's purpose. 



AVERT FUND. 



Concerning the Avery fund I have to report that by a decision of the 

 Supreme Court of the United States the Institution has obtained a 

 clear title to the property on Capitol Hill claimed by the heirs of Mrs. 

 Avery. The executrix of the estate has settled her accounts, and a 

 small balance in cash has been paid to the Institution. Certain stocks 

 and bonds are held by a trust company, the income to be paid over to 

 Miss Avery during her lifetime, and upon her death the principal is to 

 be paid to the Institution. The Institution also holds some small pieces 

 of real estate which it is not deemed wise to dispose of at present. The 

 Commissioners of the District of Columbia have freed this property 

 from all claim for taxes. 



It may be recalled that the testator, while leaving his property abso- 

 lutely at the disposal of the Eegents, expressed a wish that it might be 



1 Item withdrawn, as the collection had been sold. 



