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JAMAICA.

Up Paak Camp, meteorological observations, January-March, 1856.

ST. CROIX.

Notice of earthquake, March 19, 1868, E. H. Perkins.

ST. MARTIN.

Notice of earthquakes, January, 1869.

MISCELLANEOUS AND UNKNOWN LOCALITIES.

Abstract of logs and observations taken at sea.

Account of meteorological observations in New Granada, Central America, Mexico, and Alabama, A. Cornette.

Curvas correspondientes, de Abril de 1866.

Map of Polar Sea, illustrative of acquired facts, M. S. Fields.
Maximum, minimum, and mean temperature, 1871.

Meteorological observations, 1829.

Meteorological observations, 1870, G. C. Doane.

Meteorological observations, April, 1855-March, 1857.
Meteorological observations at sea, 1807-1812.

Meteorological observations, June, 1847-April, 1849. Meteorological observations, registered on board yacht Fox, June, 1857-September, 1859, F. L. McClintock.

Meteorological observations, October, 1867.

Meteorological record, July-September, 1822.

Meteorological record, December.

Meteorological report of United States frigate United States, AprilJuly, 1844.

Meteorological report of United States revenue steamer Wyanda, May-October, 1868.

Periodical phenomena, 1866.

REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

The executive committee of the Board of Regents respectfully submit the following report in relation to the funds of the Institution, the receipts and expenditures for the year 1874, and the estimates for the year 1875:

Statement of the fund at the beginning of the year 1875. The amount originally received as the bequest of James Smithson, of England, deposited in the Treasury of the United States, in accordance with the act of Congress of August 10, 1846................

The residuary legacy of Smithson, received in 1865, depos ited in the Treasury of the United States, in accordance with the act of Congress of February 8, 1867 . . . . . .

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Total bequest of Smithson
Amount deposited in the Treasury of the United States, as
authorized by act of Congress of February 8, 1867, de-
rived from savings of income and increase in value of
investments ....

Amount received as the bequest of James Hamilton, of
Carlisle, Pa.... .

Total permanent Smithson fund in the Treasury of the United States, bearing interest at 6 per cent., payable semi-annually in gold.....

In addition to the above there remains of the extra fund
from savings, &c., in Virginia bonds and certificates,
viz: Consolidated bonds, $58,700; deferred certificates,
$29,375.07; fractional certificate, $50.13: total, 888,125.20;
now valued at .....

Cash balance in the United States Treasury at the begin-
ing of the year 1875, for current expenses
Amount due from First National Bank, Washington,
$4,112.43, (present value unknown)

Total Smithson funds 15th January, 1875 ....

$515, 169 00

26, 210 63

541,379 63

108, 620 37

1,000 00

651, 000 00

35, 000 00

15,909 99

$701,909 99

The coupons on the Virginia bonds held by the Institution were sold on the 19th May, 1874, by Riggs & Co., with the following result:

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This amount was deposited with the Treasurer of the United States on account of the current expenses of the Institution for the year. The value of the Virginia bonds held by the Institution has increased during the year about $2,000.

Coupons due July 1, 1874, and January 1, 1875, are still uncollected, and will form part of the income for the year 1875.

It was stated in the last report that at the time of the suspension of the First National Bank of Washington, (19th September, 1873,) where the current funds of the Smithsonian had been deposited, there were $8, 224.87 to the credit of the Institution; and that on the 11th of November, 1873, a dividend of 30 per cent., or $2,467.46, had been received, leaving a balance of $5,757.41 due. A second dividend on this deposit was made on the 7th of April, of 1874, of $1,644.97, still leaving $4,112.43 due the Institution, which it is hoped will be received at least in part during the coming year.

Statement of the receipts and expenditures in 1874:

RECEIPTS.

Interest on $650,000 from the United States, 6 per cent.,
gold ....
Interest on $1,000 from the Hamilton bequest, from 24th
February, 1874, to 31st December, 1874

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Premium on gold 30th June, 1874, 110; and 31st Decem-
ber, 1874, 112, (less commission)

Interest on Virginia stock, coupons sold, (9th May, 1874).
Twenty per cent. dividend from First National Bank, (7th

April, 1874) ....

Total receipts

$39,000 00

50 88

4,308 35

2,695 83

1, 644 97

47, 700 03

EXPENDITURE.

Total expenditure from the Smithson income in 1874......

Balance unexpended of the annual income which is included in the cash balance in the Treasury, ($15,909.99) . . . .

44, 016 72

3,683 31

Statement of expenditure in detail from the Smithson income, 1874.

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As usual, the Institution has during the past year made temporary advances for the payment of freight on Government collections, purchase of instruments for exploring parties, &c., the repayments of which, together with the amount received from sales of publications, have been deducted from the several items of the foregoing expendi tures, as follows:

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The following are the estimates of receipts and appropriations of the Smithson fund for the year 1875:

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The annual appropriation of Congress for the preservation of the Government collections intrusted to the care of the Institution has been continued during the past year, and an additional sum of $10,000 has been granted for the fitting up and completing the cases in the new halls required for these collections.

The latter appropriation has been expended in the construction of walnut table-cases with glass tops and sides, for the exhibition of the smalier ethnological specimens in the upper hall, and for large cases for mammals and fishes in the lower hall. The latter cases have also been so constructed as to serve as bases or platforms for restorations of the megatherium, hadrosaurus, glyptodon, &c., thus utilizing a large space, and forming a very striking and imposing feature of the collections. The following is a tabular statement of the condition of the Museum funds:

For preservation of the Government collections.
Balance unexpended of appropriation for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1874. (Statutes at
Large, vol. 17, p. 518) See Report for 1873,
page 145.

Amount expended to December 31, 1874. (See
Museum Journal A, p. 73.)

Balance..

$7,500 00

7,500 00

Nothing.

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