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Table 2. — Comparison of 1951 and 1952 rainfull, Barro Colorado Island, C. Z. 



(inches) 



The maximum yearly rainfall of record on tlie island was 143.42 

 inches, and the minimmn 76.57 inches. The maximums of record for 

 short periods were as follows: 5 minutes, 1.30 inches ( a new record) ; 

 10 minutes, 1.65 inches (a new record) ; 1 hour, 4.11 inches; 2 hours, 

 4.81 inches ; 24 hours, 10.48 inches. 



During 1952 the maximums were : 5 minutes, 1.30 inches ; 10 minutes, 

 1.65 inches; 15 minutes, 1.71 inches; 30 minutes, 2.15 inches; 1 hour, 

 2.86 inches ; 2 hours, 3.43 inches ; 24 hours, 4.48 inches. 



FISCAL REPORT 



Trust funds during the 1953 fiscal year amounted to $11,255.03, as 

 follows : Balance from fiscal year 1952, $264.03 ; fees from scientists, 

 $2,501.16; fees from visitors, $2,177; table subscriptions, $1,900; 

 Smithsonian Institution private funds, $2,800; donations, $1,130; 

 miscellaneous, $482.84. 



Items paid from trust funds are : "Wages of warden-caretaker and 

 laborers, food, office expenses, and miscellaneous items for upkeep and 

 repairs. Wages amounted to 58.2 percent of the expenditures, and 

 food and kitchen needs 35.8 percent, a total of 94 percent. At the 

 close of the 1953 fiscal year there remained a balance of $437.74 in the 

 trust funds. 



The Smithsonian Institution allotted $7,033.29 from Government- 

 appropriated funds. Approximately 60 percent of this was expended 

 for supplies from Panama Canal Storehouses, the major items being 

 $614.63 for lumber; $198.98 for gravel; $490.88 for cement; $192.94 

 for water lines and toilets; $390.77 for reinforcing steel, pipe, etc., for 

 the water reservoir; $550.90 for the overhead installation of the 

 Diesel generators ; $493.66 for Diesel fuel ; $72.08 for lubricating oil ; 



