SECRETARY'S REPORT 7 



APPROPRIATIONS 



Funds appropriated to the Institution for the fiscal year ended June 

 30, 1953, total $2,419,500, obligated as follows: 



Management $5'^' 289 



United States National Museum 765, 514 



Bureau of American Ethnology 59, 454 



Astrophysical Observatory 119, 840 



National Collection of Fine Arts 43,619 



National Air Museum 145, 242 



Canal Zone Biological Area 7, 000 



International Exchange Service 65, 664 



Maintenance and operation of buildings 864,945 



Other general services 290,528 



Unobligated 405 



Total 2, 419, 500 



In addition $1,428,050 (of which $13,825.80 was unobligated) was 

 appropriated to the National Gallery of Art, and $615,000 was pro- 

 vided in the District of Columbia appropriation act for the operation 

 of the National Zoological Park. 



Besides these direct appropriations, the Institution received funds 

 by transfer or grant from other Federal agencies, as follows : 



From the Institute of Inter- American Affairs, $24,287.37 for the 

 operation of the Institute of Social Anthropology through December 

 31, 1953. 



From the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, $122,- 

 700 for archeological projects in connection with the Kiver Basin 

 Surveys. 



From the National Science Foundation, $6,000 to supplement Smith- 

 sonian funds for the transportation of exchange publications through 

 the International Exchange Service. 



VISITORS 



Visitors to the Smithsonian group of buildings during the year 

 1952-53 again topped all previous records, totaling 3,429,429, or 3,392 

 more than the previous year. April 1953 was the month of largest 

 attendance, with 535,832; August 1952 was second, with 475,102. 

 Largest attendance for one day was 44,533 for May 9, 1953. Table 1 

 gives a summary of the attendance records for the five buildings. 

 These figures, when added to the 3,231,450 estimated visitors at the 

 National Zoological Park and 1,647,470 at the National Gallery of 

 Art, make a total number of visitors at the Smithsonian Institution 

 of 8,308,349. 



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