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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1951 



Table 2. — Comparison of 1949 and 1950 rainfall, Barro Colorado Island, C. Z. 



(inches) 



FISCAL REPORT 



During the fiscal year 1951, $10,781.87 in trust funds was available. 

 Of this amount $10,555.97 was spent, leaving a balance of $225.90. 

 In addition to this, $583.30 is still on deposit, representing local 

 collections. 



The following items are paid out of trust funds: Food, freight, 

 and express, salaries and wages, office expenses, parts and repairs to 

 automobile, parts and repairs to floating equipment and to generators, 

 and sundry bills for general upkeep. Food represented 32.5 percent 

 of the total expended, and salaries and wages 57.4 percent. 



During the year $868.50 was collected as fees from scientists, 

 $126.50 more than the previous year. 



Despite the rising costs of food, wages, and other items, which were 

 higher than the previous year, the laboratory has not yet increased 

 its per-diem charge to scientists for meals and lodging and has con- 

 tinued to give a 25-percent discount to those who come from institu- 

 tions that sustain table subscriptions. 



The following institutions continued their support to the laboratory 

 through the payment of table subscriptions : 



Eastman Kodak Co $1,000.00 



New York Zoological Society 300. 00 



American Museum of Natural History 300. 00 



Smithsonian Institution 300. 00 



It is most gratifying to again record donations from Dr. Eugene 

 Eisenmann of New York. 



