168 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 194 7 



Mary E. Maxwell, for care, presentation and additions to Maxwell collection of 



jewelry, etc. 

 Miss Annie-May Hegeman, for Henry Kirke Porter Memorial Fund. 



All payments are made by check, signed by the Secretary of the 

 Institution on the Treasurer of the United States, and all revenues are 

 deposited to the credit of the same account. In many instances de- 

 posits are placed in bank for convenience of collection and later with- 

 drawn and deposited in the United States Treasury. 



The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the In- 

 stitution. 



The following appropriations were made by Congress for the Gov- 

 ernment bureaus under the administrative charge of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for the fiscal year 1947 : 



Salaries and expenses $1, 632, 912. 00 



National Zoological Park 432, 500. 00 



In addition, funds were transferred from other Departments of the 

 Government for expenditure under direction of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution : 



Cooperation with the American Republics (transfer from State 

 Department) $139, 589. 00 



Working fund, transferred from National Park Service, Interior 

 Department, for archeological investigations in Missouri River 

 Basin 71, 500. 00 



The report of the audit of the Smithsonian private funds is given 

 below : 



September 17, 1947. 

 Executive Committed:, Boakd of Regents, 



Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 



Sirs : Pursuant to agreement we have audited the accounts of the Smithsonian 

 Institution for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1947, and certify the balances of cash 

 on hand, including petty cash fund, June 30, 1947, to be $904,356.19. 



We have verified the records of receipts and disbursements maintained by 

 the Institution and the agreement of the book balances with the bank balances. 



We have examined all the securities in the custody of the Institution and in 

 the custody of the banks and found them to agree with the book records. 



We have compared the stated income of such securities with the receipts of 

 record and found them in agreement therewith. 



We have examined all vouchers covering disbursements for account of the In- 

 stitution during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1947, together with the authority 

 therefor, and have compared them with the Institution's record of expenditures 

 and found them to agree. 



We have examined and verified the accounts of the Institution with each trust 

 fund. 



We found the books of account and records well and accurately kept and the 

 securities conveniently filed and securely cared for. 



