242 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1959 
National Science Foundation, grant for the support of research entitled “Data 
Reduction-Earth Albedo Observations During the International Geophysical 
Year Meteorology Program.” 
National Science Foundation, grant for the support of research on the metabolic 
aspects of the digestion of wax. 
National Science Foundation, grant for the support of research entitled “Semi- 
nole Culture.” 
National Science Foundation, grant for the support of research entitled “Pre- 
historic Man in Shanidar Valley.” 
National Science Foundation, additional grant for the support of research en- 
titled ‘“‘Taxonomy of the Bamboos.”’ 
Office of Naval Research, additional grants to perform psychological research 
studies. 
Office of Naval Research, additional grant to perform aeronautical research 
studies. 
Office of Naval Research, additional grants to provide expert consultants to 
advise the Navy Research Advisory Committee. 
Office of Naval Research, additional grant to assist work in progress on the 
preparation of a synoptic catalog of the mosquitoes of the world. 
Office of Naval Research, grants to conduct studies of helminth parasites of 
Egypt and other Middle Hastern areas. 
Petrocelli, Mrs. Mary O., bequest to establish the “Joseph Petrocelli Memorial 
Fund.” 
Research Corporation, grant for the support of research entitled ‘Spectro- 
photometric Investigation of the Photomorphogenic Pigment System.” 
Rocea, B. T., gift for the unrestricted use of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Snyderman, I., gift to establish the ‘“Numismatic Fund.” 
St. Petersburg Shell Club, gift to defray expenses of Dr. Harald Rehder in 
connection with travel to St. Petersburg. 
United States Department of Agriculture, grant for the preparation of a 
catalog of mosquitoes. 
University of the State of New York, gift to defray travel expenses of Dr. 
Herbert Friedmann while attending the conference on Systematic Museums 
as Resources for Basic Research. 
Wenner-Gren Foundation, grant to aid participation in celebration of Hrdlitka 
90th Anniversary, Prague, 1959. 
For support of the Bio-Sciences Information Exchange: 
Atomie Energy Commission. 
Department of the Air Force. 
Department of the Army. 
Department of the Navy. 
National Science Foundation. 
Public Health Service. 
Veterans Administration. 
Included in the above list of gifts and contributions are reimburs- 
able contracts. 
The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the 
Institution. 
The following appropriations were made by Congress for the Gov- 
ernment bureaus under the administrative charge of the Smithsonian 
Institution for the fiscal year 1959: 
