6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1947 



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 Kepublics, 1947, a total of $139,589 for the follow- 

 ing purposes : Operation of the Institute of Social Anthropology, in- 

 cluding the issuance of publications resulting from its work ; publica- 

 tion of a Spanish edition of Compendium and Description of the West 

 Indies, by Antonio Vazquez de Espinosa; and assistance in the pub- 

 lication of the Handbook of South American Indians. 



From the Navy Department, $12,920 for scientific work in the Bikini 

 area in connection with Operation Crossroads. 



From the National Park Service, Interior Department, $91,500 for 

 archeological projects in connection with River Basin Surveys. Of 

 this total, $64,500 was originally transferred to the Park Service by 

 the Bureau of Reclamation, and $37,000 by the Corps of Engineers, 

 U. S. Army. 



SMITHSONIAN CENTENNIAL 



In my last annual report I reviewed rather fully the features that 

 marked the Institution's one-hundredth anniversary on August 10, 

 1946. These included a commemorative Smithsonian postage stamp ; 

 an illustrated publication entitled "The First Hundred Years of the 

 Smithsonian Institution"; a convocation and reception at the Insti- 

 tution on October 23, 1946, to mark the occasion in a more formal 

 manner ; a public statement released to the press by President Harry 

 S. Truman, who is ex-officio Presiding Officer of the Institution ; and 

 a Smithsonian Centennial issue of the journals. Science and The Scien- 

 tific Monthly. In addition, many leading magazines and newspapers 

 carried full accounts of the Institution's history and achievements, and 

 this type of public notice of the Centennial continued well into the 

 fiscal year 1947. 



It has been particularly gratifying to the officials of the Institution 

 to receive on the occasion of the Centennial so many letters of con- 

 gratulation from distinguished scientists and educators in this country 

 and abroad. It is satisfying to feel that there is a general recognition 

 of the Institution's earnest efforts to carry out its founder's stipula- 

 tion for "the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men," and 

 such recognition tends to stimulate greater zeal in furthering James 

 Smithson's purpose. 



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 162. 



