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rehearing. The Institution was represented in this action by the 

 Department of Justice through Marvin C. Taylor, special attorney. 

 On the evening of January 12, 1950, an informal dinner meeting of 

 the Board was held in the Main Hall of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 with the Chancellor, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, presiding. This 

 occasion gave opportunity for members of the Smithsonian staff to 

 make a fuller presentation of the scientific work of the Institution 

 than was practicable at the regular meeting the next day. 



FINANCES 



A statement on finances, dealing particularly with Smithsonian 

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

 of the Board of Regents, page 156. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



Funds appropriated to the Institution for the fiscal year ended 

 June 30, 1950, totaled $2,346,000, allotted as follows: 



Management $52, 574 



United States National Museum 715, 484 



Bureau of American Ethnology 61, 897 



Astrophysical Observatory 109, 666 



National Collection of Fine Arts 38, 857 



National Air Museum 200, 864 



Canal Zone Biological Area 5, 000 



International Exchange Service 69, 180 



Maintenance and operation of buildings 786, 714 



General services 304, 655 



Estimated savings 1, 109 



Total 2,346,000 



In addition $1,114,700 was appropriated to the National Gallery 

 of Art, a bureau of the Institution but administered by a separate 

 board of trustees; and $544,700 was provided in the District of 

 Columbia appropriation act for the operation of the National Zoo- 

 logical Park. 



Besides these direct appropriations, the Institution received funds 

 by transfer from other Federal agencies, as follows : 



From the State Department, from the appropriation Cooperation 

 with the American Republics, 1950, a total of $82,510 for the opera- 

 tion of the Institute of Social Anthropology, including the issuance 

 of publications resulting from its work. 



From the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, 

 $215,886 for archeological projects in connection with River Basin 

 Surveys. 



