156 



ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1952 



Table 2. — Comparison of 1950 and 1951 rainfall, Barro Colorado Island, C. Z. 



(inches) 



The maximum yearly rainfall of record on the island was 143.42 

 inches, and the minimum was 76.57 inches. For short periods the 

 following were the maximums: 5 minutes, 0.85 inch; 10 minutes, 1.40 

 inches; 1 hour, 4.11 inches; 2 hours, 4.81 inches; 24 hours, 10.48 inches. 



FISCAL REPORT 



During the fiscal year 1952, $11,558.12 in trust funds was available. 

 This sum included a balance of $226 from 1951 and $3,000 contributed 

 by the Smithsonian Institution from its private funds. Of this 

 amount $11,294.09 was spent, leaving a balance of $264.03. 



The following items are paid out of trust funds: Food, wages, 

 freight and express, office expenses, and miscellaneous expenses such 

 as parts for the automobile, kitchen equipment, and general upkeep. 

 This year food represented 41.8 percent of the total expended, and 

 wages, 53.8 percent. 



The Smithsonian Institution allotted $16,646.96 from Government- 

 appropriated funds, of which $16,600.38 was expended. Of this 

 amount $7,580 was for two new 15-KVA Diesel-driven generators, and 

 $4,217.78 for contracts to complete the lower floor of the new building 

 erected this year. Approximately $1,850 from allotted funds was used 

 for the purchase and transportation from Frijoles to the island of 

 gravel, sand, cement, and reinforcing steel for the completion of this 

 lower floor. 



