SECRETARY’S REPORT 207 
At the close of the fiscal year full-time Government employees on 
the staff of the National Gallery of Art numbered 299, as compared 
with 317 employees at the close of the previous year. The U.S. civil 
service regulations govern the appointment of employees paid from 
appropriated public funds. 
During the year the Civil Service Commission inspected the per- 
sonnel management operations of the National Gallery of Art. Sug- 
gestions made during that inspection are being incorporated into the 
personnel management program. 
APPROPRIATIONS 
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1959, Congress in the regular 
annual appropriation for the National Gallery of Art provided 
$1,674,000 to be used for salaries and expenses in the operation and 
upkeep of the Gallery, the protection and care of works of art acquired 
by the Board of Trustees, and all administrative expenses incident 
thereto, as authorized by joint resolution of Congress approved March 
24, 1937 (20 U.S.C. 71-75; 50 Stat. 51). Congress also included 
in a supplemental appropriation act $116,100 to cover pay increases 
not provided for in the regular appropriation. The total appropria- 
tion for the fiscal year was $1,790,100. The following expenditures 
and encumbrances were incurred: 
Personaliservicess2 ase Se ee eee $1, 452, 022 
Other than’) personalésenvicess-— 222 2 Se ee ee 338, 004 
Unobligatedsbalancel sass yo ee ee A ee eee 74 
Totals 232 ee oe See oe See ne ee ee 1, 790, 100 
ATTENDANCE 
There were 951,608 visitors to the Gallery during the fiscal year 
1959, an increase of 38,127 over the total attendance of 913,481 for 
the fiscal year 1958. The average daily number of visitors was 2,622. 
ACCESSIONS 
There were 370 accessions by the National Gallery of Art as gifts, 
loans, or deposits during the fiscal year. 
GIFTs 
During the year the following gifts or bequests were accepted by 
the Board of Trustees: 
