8 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
In addition $1,073,500 was appropriated to the National Gallery of 
Art, a bureau of the Institution but administered by a separate board 
of trustees; and $528,848 was provided in the District of Columbia 
appropriation act for the operation of the National Zoological Park. 
Besides these direct appropriations, the Institution received funds 
by transfer from other Federal agencies, as follows: 
From the State Department, from the appropriation Cooperation 
with the American Republics, 1949, a total of $97,900 for the operation 
of the Institute of Social Anthropology, including the issuance of 
publications resulting from its work. 
From the National Park Service, Interior Department, $118,500 
for archeological projects in connection with River Basin Surveys. 
VISITORS 
The number of visitors to the Smithsonian buildings for the year 
was 2,606,104, an all-time record of attendance. This was an increase 
of 212,605 over the previous year’s attendance. April 1949 was the 
month of largest attendance with 371,871 visitors; August 1948, the 
second largest with 313,364. Records for the five buildings show the 
following number of visitors: Smithsonian, 494,880; Arts and In- 
dustries, 1,148,303; Natural History, 689,233; Aircraft, 198,648; 
Freer, 75,040. 
A summary of attendance records is given in table 1: 
TABLE 1.—Visttors to the Smithsonian buildings during the year ended June 80, 1949 
Smith- Arts and Natural Adrorate Freer 
Year and month sonian Industries | History Buildin Gallery Total 
Building | Building | Building 8 of Art 
1948 
Duly a he oS ee eee 61, 529 128, 635 74, 243 24, 557 9, 510 298, 474 
USUE ADC) a Say ee pe ee 65, 412 136, 704 75, 026 26, 672 9, 550 313, 364 
September.a22 08-35 22 ee 45, 178 90, 321 61, 839 18, 460 7, 269 218, 067 
Octobere-2)- 228s: fe Fast es 34, 460 66, 329 47, 962 13, 670 5, 460 167, 881 
INovemberis= 2221 -iee ee 27, 380 50, 700 39, 829 11, 833 4,415 134, 157 
December- 22s 222-22 22222-522 18, 242 42, 191 23, 419 8, 512 3, 153 95, 517 
1949 
JANUAIY See ee ee 26, 748 59, 837 37, 212 11, 085 4,124 139, 006 
Mebruary 2 Seer aes See 22, 949 54, 470 35, 220 10, 842 4, 032 127, 513 
Miarchste S220 eee ee 25, 650 66, 814 41, 452 12, 499 5, 092 151, 507 
April see 32 ee eee 64, 804 177, 144 97,135 23, 532 9, 256 371, 871 
VT yates oe Bate Mee non SOee ee 47, 718 142, 007 88, 029 19, 653 6, 172 303, 579 
Jules. 5252222 s ses ean es 54, 810 133, 151 77, 867 17, 333 7, 007 290, 168 
Total: === 442-5 3ee 494, 880 1, 148, 303 1689, 233 198, 648 75, 040 2, 606, 104 
' Not including 31,249 persons attending meetings after 4:30 p. m. 
SIXTEENTH JAMES ARTHUR ANNUAL LECTURE ON THE SUN 
In 1931 the Institution received a bequest from James Arthur, of 
New York, a part of the income from which was to be used for an 
annual lecture on some aspect of the study of the sun. 
