114 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 194 5 



ernment bureaus under the administration of the Institution were vir- 

 tually used up at the close of the year. The appropriation for the 

 coming year ending June 30, 194G, totals $88,500, allotted as follows : 



Smithsonian Institution $16, 000 



National Museum 43,000 



Bureau of American Ethnology 17, 480 



National Collection of Fine Arts 500 



International Exchanges 200 



National Zoological Park 200 



Astrophysical Observatory 500 



American Historical Association 10,620 



Total 88, 500 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. P. True, Chief, Editorial Division. 

 Dr. A. Wetmore, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



