44 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1947 



The writer, who for some years had been Acting Director, was ap- 

 pointed Director of the National Collection of Fine Arts on July 28, 

 1946. 



Respectfully submitted. 



R. P. ToLMAN, Director. 



Dr. a. Wbtmore, 



Secretai^, Smithsonian Institution. 



