4 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



to the secretary to promote certain physical researches. This latter 

 sum was, with the donor's consent, deposited by the secretary to the 

 credit of the current funds of the Institution. 



This balance also includes the interest accumulated on the Hodgkins 

 donation, which is held against certain contingent obligations, besides 

 relatively considerable sums held to meet obligations which may be 

 expected to mature as the result of different scientific investigations or 

 publications in progress. 



The Institution has been charged with the disbursement, during the 

 fiscal year 1894-95, of the following appropriations : 



For international exchanges $17, 000 



For North American Ethnology 40, 000 



For United States National Museum : 



Preservation of collections 143, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 10, 000 



Heating and lighting 13, 000 



Postage 500 



Repairs to building 4, 000 



Rent of workshops and transfer of property 1, 000 



Rent of workshops 600 



For National Zoological Park 50, 000 



For Astro-physical Observatory 9, 000 



All the vouchers and checks for the disbursements have been examined 

 by the executive committee, and the expenditures will be found reported 

 in accordance 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 Eepresentatives. 



The vouchers for all 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, 1896, for carrying 

 on the Government interests under the charge of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, and forwarded as usual to the Secretary of the Treasury, were 

 as follows : 



International exchanges $23, 000 



North American Ethnology 50, 000 



National Museum : 



Preservation of collections 180, 000 



Furniture and fixtures 30, 000 



Heating and lighting 15, 000 



Postage i 500 



Galleries 8,000 



Repairs to building 8, 000 



National Zoological Park 75, 000 



Astro-physical Observatory 10, 000 



Fire protection, Smithsonian Institution and National Museum 800 



