102 ANNUAL. REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1936 



Mrs. Virgil M. Hillyer, for tlie establisbmeut of a fund tlie income from 

 whicti is to be used in tbe care and increase of tbe Virgil Hillyer collection of 

 lighting objects. 



Research Corporation, for further contributions for researches in radiation. 



Mrs. Mary Vaux Walcott, for contribution for the purchase of certain speci- 

 mens and a collection of pamphlets on anthropology. 



All payments are made by check, signed by the Secretary of the In- 

 stitution on the Treasurer of the United States, and all revenues are 

 deposited to the credit of the same account. In many instances de- 

 posits are placed in bank for convenience of collection and later are 

 withdrawn in round amounts and deposited in the Treasury. 



The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the Insti- 

 tution. 



The following annual appropriations were made by Congress for 

 the Government bureaus under the administrative charge of the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year 1936 : 



Salaries and expenses $36, 326. 00 



International Exchanges 44, 262. 00 



American Ethnology 58, 730. 00 



Astrophysical Observatory 30, 846. 00 



National Museum : 



Maintenance and operation $125, 672. 00 



Preservation of collections 594, 578. 00 



720, 250. 00 



National Gallery of Art 34,275.00 



Printing and binding 37, 500. 00 



National Zoological Park 215, 000. 00 



1,177, 189. 00 



Provision was made for participation by the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion in the following expositions : 



California Pacific International Exposition (unexpended balance of 



allotment made last year, made available until January 1, 1937) — $916. 19 



Texas Centennial Exposition 10, 000. 00 



Great Lakes Exposition 700. 00 



An appropriation was also made providing $25,000 for the purchase 

 of the airplane Winnie Mae and equipment used by Wiley Post in his 

 world flight. 



The report of the audit of the Smithsonian private funds is 

 printed below : 



August 28, 1936. 

 BxECunvH Committee, Board of Regents, 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 

 SiES : Pursuant to agreement we have audited the accounts of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936, and certify the bal- 

 ance of cash on hand June 30, 1936, to be $224,352.43 (which includes $1,900 

 cash in safe). 



