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In addition to its table subscription, the Smithsonian Institution 

 contributed $5,500 from its private funds, which is included in the 

 $10,781.87 in trust funds, mentioned above. Other expenditures 

 amounting to $1,341.38, made from Washington, bring the total 

 Smithsonian contribution from private funds to $7,141.38. 



The Smithsonian Institution further allotted $18,000 from Govern- 

 ment-appropriated funds, of which the sum of $13,100 was expended 

 for the new permanent building. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



We wish to express our appreciation for the whole-hearted coopera- 

 tion of the various units of the Panama Canal and the Panama Rail- 

 road Co., to become united at the start of the new fiscal year as the 

 Panama Canal Company, a corporation. We look forward to the 

 same cordial relations with the new organization. We also wish to 

 acknowledge especially the assistance of the Governor of the Panama 

 Canal, Brig. Gen. F. K. Newcomer and his staff; Alton White and 

 his Dredging Division ; the various units of the Commissary Division ; 

 the Panama Railroad officials and employees; the Municipal Engi- 

 neer; and Maj. George Herman, Chief of the Police Division and the 

 able men under him. The police have cooperated regularly in the 

 suppression of poaching, which is always a problem, though this 

 trespass on the island is not so great as might be expected. 



Respectfully submitted. 



James Zetek, Resident Manager. 



Dr. A. Wetmore, 



Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



