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count of the Smithsonian-Bredin Belgian Congo Expedition, and 

 George B. Griffenhagen, curator of the division of medicine and public 

 health, spoke about the Old World Apothecary Shop. The Secre- 

 tary gave a brief resume of his trip to Europe in the fall of 1956 to 

 visit museums in connection with planning for the new Museum of 

 History and Technology. 



The regular annual meeting of the Board was held on January 18, 

 1957. The Secretary presented his published annual report on the ac- 

 tivities of the Institution together with the 1956 Annual Report of 

 the United States National Museum. Dr. Robert V. Fleming, Chair- 

 man of the Executive and Permanent Committees of the Board, gave 

 the financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1956. The usual 

 resolution was passed authorizing expenditures of the income of the 

 Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1958. 



FINANCES 



A statement on finances, dealing particularly with Smithsonian pri- 

 vate funds, will be found in the report of the executive committee of 

 the Board of Regents, page 196. 



APPROPRIATIONS 



Funds appropriated to the Institution for its regular operations 

 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1957, total $4,425,000 obligated as 

 follows : 



Management $81,010 



United States National Museum 1, 782, 690 



Bureau of American Ethnology 61, 891 



Astrophysical Observatory 302, 510 



National Collection of Fine Arts 48, 185 



National Air Museum 120, 156 



International Exchange Service 87, 513 



Canal Zone Biological Area 30, 274 



Maintenance and operation of buildings 1, 442, 364 



Other general services 467, 562 



Unobligated balance 845 



In addition to the sum of $2,288,000 appropriated last year for the 

 preparation of plans and specifications for the new Museum of His- 

 tory and Technology, the Institution received this year an appropria- 

 tion of $33,712,000 for the construction of this building. 



Besides these direct appropriations, the Institution received funds 

 by transfer from other Government agencies as follows : 



From the District of Columbia for the National Zoological Park $720, 000 



From the National Park Service, Department of the Interior, for the 

 River Basin Surveys-— , 108, 500 



