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was held in May, with 41 works by American composers included in 

 the programs. 



The Photographic Laboratory of the Gallery produced 11,000 

 prints, 1,029 black-and-white slides, 903 color slides, and 2,418 

 negatives in the fiscal year 1950, in addition to infrared and ultra- 

 violet photographs. X-rays, and color separations. 



A total of 2,890 press releases, 171 permits to copy paintings in the 

 Gallery, and 182 special permits to photograph in the Gallery were 

 issued during the fiscal year 1950. 



OTHER GIFTS 



Gifts of books on works of art and related material were made to 

 the Gallery by Paul Mellon and others. Gifts of money during the 

 fiscal year 1950 were made by The A. W. Mellon Educational and 

 Charitable Trust, Lessing J. Rosenwald, and Mrs. C. B. Myhre. An 

 additional cash bequest was received from the Estate of the late 

 William Nelson Cromwell. 



AUDIT OF PRIVATE FUI^DS OF THE GALLERY 



An audit of the private funds of the Gallery has been made for the 

 fiscal year ended June 30, 1950, by Price, Waterhouse & Co., pablic 

 accountants, and the certificate of that company on its examination 

 of the accounting records maintained for such funds will be forwarded 

 to the Gallery. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Huntington Cairns, Secretary. 

 The Secretary, 



Smithsonian Institution. 



