4 REPORT OF THE SECRETAEY. 



amounted to $68,805.57, for the details of which reference is made to 

 the report of the executive committee. On June 30, 1896, the balance 

 in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Secretary for 

 the expenses of the Institution was $57,065.78, which includes the sum 

 of $10,000 referred to in previous reports, $5,000 received from the 

 estate of Dr. J. H. Kidder, and a like sum from Dr. Alexander Graham 

 Bell, the latter a gift made personally to the Secretary to promote cer- 

 tain physical researches. This latter sum was, with the donor's con- 

 sent, 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 1895-96, of the following appropriations: 



For International Exchanges $17, 000 



For North American Ethnology 40, 000 



For fire protection, Smithsonian Institution and National Museum 800 



For United States National Museum : 



Preservation of collections 143, 225 



Furniture and fixtures 12, 500 



Heating and lighting 13, 000 



Postage - 500 



Repairs to building 4, 000 



Rent of workshops 900 



For National Zoological Park 55, 000 



For entrance and driveway, Zoological Park, District Columbia 5,000 



For Astrophysical Observatory 9, 000 



All the vouchers and checks for the disbursements have been exam- 

 ined 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 Augusts, 1892, in a letter addressed to the Speaker 

 of the House of Bepresentatives. 



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, 1897, for carrying- 

 on the Government interests under the cbarge of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, 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 



