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National Science Foundation, additional grant for research on "Taxonomy of 



the Bamboos." 

 National Science Foundation, grant for publication of manuscript entitled "New 



Horizons in Astronomy." 

 Nelson & Goldman Orchard Co., additional gift for the support of biological 



studies. 

 Office of Naval Research, gift for research on mammalian hosts and their 



parasites. 

 Office of Naval Research, additional gift to perform psychological research 



studies. 

 Office of Naval Research, gift to assist work in progress on the preparation of 



a synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world. 

 Helen A. Olmsted, bequest, to be added to the Smithsonian Institution endow- 

 ment fund. 

 Research Corp., gift to be used in partially defraying the cost of publishing a 



current edition of the Smithsonian Geographical Tables. 

 Research Corp., grant for the support of a project entitled "Application of X-ray 



Techniques to the Study of the Osteology and Relationships of Fishes in Sys- 

 tematic Ichthyology." 

 The Chicago Zoological Society, San Diego Zoo, and New York Zoological Society, 



gifts for the Penguin Fund. 

 Gene M. Stirling, additional gift for the study of the archeology and ethnology 



of Florida. 

 The Link Foundation, gift for guided-tour materials and service. 

 The Museum of Natural History of Houston, gift for improvement of the U. S. 



National Herbarium collection. 

 The Rockefeller Foundation, grant for continued research by J. J. Murayama on 



scolytid and scarabaeid beetles. 

 United States Air Force, grant for study of atmospheric entry and impact of 



high-velocity meteorites. 

 United States Air Force, grant for research directed toward the study of the rate 



of accretion of interplanetary matter by the earth. 

 United States Information Agency, additional grant for exhibition "American 



Primitive Paintings." 

 Wenner-Gren Foundation and American Philosophical Society, grants to aid 



archeological research in Shanidar cave, northern Iraq. 

 Miss Madeline Wilkinson, gift for cleaning and repairing historic dresses or 



linens. 

 For support of the Bio-Sciences Information Exchange : 

 Atomic Energy Commission 

 Department of the Air Force 

 Department of the Army 

 Department of the Navy 

 National Science Foundation 

 Public Health Service 

 Veterans Administration 



Included in the above list of gifts and contributions are reimbursable 

 contracts. 



The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the 

 Institution. 



