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the new Secretary. Dr. Leonard Carmichael, Secretary, presented 

 his published annual report on the activities of the Institution. The 

 Chairman of the Executive and Permanent Committees of the Board, 

 Dr. Eobert V. Fleming, gave the financial report for the fiscal year 

 ended June 30, 1963. 



On the evening preceding the amiual meeting a formal dinner was 

 held in the Hall of Graphic Arts of the Museum of History and Tech- 

 nology to celebrate the dedication of this new museum. The members 

 of the Board and their wives as well as others directly concerned with 

 the planning and construction of the new building were guests. 



The spring meeting of the Board of Regents was held on May 18 

 in the Museum of History and Technology. The Chairman of the 

 Executive Committee presented a financial report. 



FINANCES 



A statement of finances, dealing particularly with Smithsonian 

 private funds, will be found in the report of the Executive Committee 

 of the Board of Regents, page 274. 



Funds appropriated to the Institution for its regular operations 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1964, totaled $13,191,000 and were 

 obligated as follows : 



Astrophysical Observatory $994, 845 



Bureau of American Ethnology 124,228 



Canal Zone Biological Area 138,890 



International Exchange Service 110,000 



National Air Museum 300,075 



National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board 29, 115 



National Collection of Fine Arts 143, 252 



National Portrait Gallery 16,678 



United States National Museum 5,587,001 



Office of the Secretary 257,596 



Buildings Management Department 3,968,759 



Administrative Services 1, 464, 006 



Unobligated 56,555 



$13, 191. 000 



Besides this direct appropriation, the Institution received funds 

 by transfer from other Government agencies as follows : from the Dis- 

 trict of Columbia for the National Zoological Park, $1,597,356 ; from 

 the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, for the River 

 Basin Surveys, $254,500. 



VISITORS 



Visitors to the six Smithsonian buildings on the Mall again this 

 year surpassed all records, with a total of 10,813,195, which was 503,359 

 more than for the preceding year. June 1964, with 1,592,540, was 



