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Grant for the support of research entitled "Taxonomy of Bamboos." 



Grant for the support of research entitled "Systematics and Distribution of 



North American Calauoid and Harpacticoid Copepoda." 

 Grant for the support of research entitled "Scientific Community in England, 



1820-1860." 

 Grant for the support of research entitled "Photoresponses and Optical Prop- 

 erties of Phycomyces Sporangiophores." 

 Grant for the support of research entitled "Ecology and Behavior of Suncus 



murimis." 

 Grant for the support of research entitled "Paramo Flora of Northeastern 



Peru." 

 Grant for the support of research entitled "Taxonomy of the Genus Swartzia." 

 Grant for the support of research entitled "Foreign Cambrian Trilobites with 



American Affinities." 

 Grant for support of research entitled "Systematic Significance of Echinoid 



Spines." 

 Ofllce of Naval Research : 

 Additional grant for support of research entitled "Information on Shark Dis- 

 tribution and the Distribution of Shark Attack all over the World." 

 Additional grant for studies concerning the development of a proposal for 



an institute for laboratory of human performance standards. 

 Additional grant for research in connection with studies on the mai*ine fauna 



of the South Pacific Ocean. 

 Additional grant to perform psychological research studies. 

 Additional grant to perform aeronautical research studies. 

 Grant for research on biological community interrelationships and to record 



observations of behavior on film. 

 Additional grant to provide expert consultants to advise the Navy Advisory 



Committee. 

 Grant for support of research studies on the Microlepidoptera of the Island of 



the mosquitoes of the world. 

 Grant for support of research studies on the Microlepidoptera of the Island of 



Rapa. 

 Grant for support of research entitled "A Study of Anatomy and Taxonomy of 



Hawaiian Woods." 

 B. T. Rocca, gift for the purchase of a geological specimen. 



American Association of Museums through Rockefeller Brothers Fund, a grant 

 to cover insurance on the Egyptian Collection to be exhibited by Smithsonian 

 Institution Traveling Exhibition Service. 

 For the support of the Science Information Exchange : 

 Atomic Energy Commission 

 Department of Defense 

 Department of the Navy 

 Federal Aviation Agency 



National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

 National Institutes of Health 

 National Science Foundation 

 Veterans' Administration 

 St. Petersburg Shell Club, fund for inspection of an exhibit of shells. 

 Philip M. Stern, a gift for animal shipment. 



Chauncey Stillmau, a gift for the restoration of a landau presented to the Smith- 

 sonian Institution by Mr. Stillman. 



