124 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1937 



The Institution gratefully acknowledges gifts or bequests from 

 the following: 



Dr. William L. Abhott, portion of bequest left to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Friends of Dr. Albert S. Hitchcock, for establishment and care of a library 

 in his name. 



Edith C. Long, bequest for care of collection of laces, etc., presented to the 

 Institution. 



Mr. John A. Ruebling, further contributions for researches in radiation. 



Mrs. Mary Vaux Walcott, for certain i)ul)lications and purchase of specimens. 



Research Corporation, further contributions for researches in radiation. 



The Garden Clul) of America, the Amateur Gardener's Club of Baltimore, 

 the Herb Society of America, and others, for the publishing of the Badianus 

 Manuscript. 



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 

 deposits are placed in bank for convenience of collection and later are 

 withdrawn in round amounts and deposited in the Treasury. 



The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the 

 Institution. 



The following annual appropriations were made by Congress 

 for the Government bureaus under the administrative charge of the 

 Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year 1937 : 



Salaries and expenses $36,330 



International Exchanges 44, 2G0 



American Ethnology 58,730 



Astrophysical Observatory 30, 850 



National Museum : 



Maintenance and operation $134,390 



Preservation of collections 604, 580 



738, 970 



National Gallery of Art' 34,275 



Printing and binding 55,500 



National Zoological Park 225,000 



Total 1, 223, 915 



* Nnmo changed to National Collection of Fine Arts by I'ubllc Res. 14, 75th Cong., Ist 

 sess., approved Mar. 24, 1937. 



The expositions at Cleveland, Ohio, and Dallas, Tex., were con- 

 tinued from last year and the following allotments made for par- 

 ticipation therein by the Smithsonian Institution : 



Great Lakes Exposition, 1937 and 1938 $350 



Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition 5, 000 



An allotment of $500 was also made to enable the Smithsonian 

 Institution to place an exhibit in the International Exposition held 

 in Paris, France. 



