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From these appropriations the following expenditures and encum- 
brances were incurred: 
Personal TServiGesssss 7 Less ae aay, Nera hed Rp es NEE) eC TS $661, 187. 45 
Brintingandybin ding sats beni ye oo ee Te El 4, 936. 79 
Suppliessiequipment eteke 22 — se es ae ee ee 117, 256. 77 
Wnenenmbereds balance sss seer ee ee ee 325. 99 
SO te eae ae _ Serene: wre NE NE SER RL 783, 707. 00 
In addition to the above-mentioned appropriations, the Gallery re- 
ceived the sum of $35,000 from the Department of State to cover 
expenses during the fiscal year of the Inter-American Office of the 
Gallery for the promotion of art activities between the United States 
and the Latin American republics. 
The Gallery also received from the War Department an allotment 
of $24,000 to be used for the preservation and care of works of art 
owned by foreign governments which have been placed in temporary 
custody of the National Gallery of Art. 
ATTENDANCE 
During the fiscal year 1946, 1,947,668 visitors came to the Gallery 
building, an average daily attendance of 5,365 people, as compared with 
5,711 during 1945, thus showing an annual attendance slightly less 
than in the previous year. ‘The greatest number of visitors in any one 
day since the opening of the Gallery was 27,823 on Sunday, October 
21, 1945. 
The Sunday evening openings, featuring free concerts in the Gal- 
lery’s East Garden Court, have continued to be exceedingly popular 
throughout the year. 
On May 15, 1946, the Servicemen’s Room (Founder’s Room), was 
changed so that it might be used by the general public as a lounge, and 
it is now in constant use by visitors to the Gallery for writing, reading, 
and relaxation. 
The lifting of travel restrictions since the end of the war has brought 
a sudden influx of groups of elementary and high school children to 
view the collections of the Gallery; and during March, April, May, 
and June of this year 181 groups of young students from the eastern, 
southern, and midwestern States attended special tours through the 
Gallery. 
PUBLICATIONS 
The fiscal year which ended June 30, 1946, saw a considerable ex- 
pansion in the publishing program of the National Gallery of Art. 
The second edition of “Masterpieces of Painting from the National 
Gallery of Art,” by Huntington Cairns and John Walker, was placed 
