6 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1948 
In addition $949,426 was appropriated to the National Gallery of 
Art, a bureau of the Institution but administered by a separate board 
of trustees; and $455,400 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, 1948, a total of $94,882 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, $73,800 for 
archeological projects in connection with River Basin Surveys. 
From the Navy Department, $11,000 for research studies on the 
effects of radiation upon marine life as a result of atomic bomb tests 
at Bikini Atoll. 
VISITORS 
An increase of 40,122 visitors to the Smithsonian Buildings was re- 
corded over the previous year, the totals being 2,893,499, for 1948 and 
2,358,377 for 1947. August 1947 was the month of largest attendance, 
with 334,578 visitors; July 1947, the second largest, with 324,815. 
A summary of attendance records is given in table 1: 
TABLE 1.—Visitors to the Smithsonian Buildings during the year ended 
June 30, 1948 
Arts and Natural : Freer Gal- 
Smithson- Aircraft 
: Industries History lery of Total 
ene CE end, Bldg. Bide: Art 
1947 
iy Sees sae So ee 84, 741 132, 059 71, 128 24, 619 12, 268 324, 815 
ING EAT ROS EAE eS al ee aes See, 68, 144 138, 059 92, 225 26, 436 9, 714 334, 578 
September 41, 260 81, 068 49, 939 16, 702 7, 732 196, 701 
Octobe so see e se ee eee nates 31, 063 63, 580 41, 240 11, 031 5, 340 152, 254 
INOVeMmDer eae se a= 2 esac ee ee 24, 649 48, 643 37,175 10, 267 4, 630 125, 364 
Wecembers- 2.--- sseeseeee == 17, 235 30, 760 26, 491 6, 231 3, 150 83, 867 
1948 
VaNUSlY 22 ee en ea oe as eens 15, 342 31, 752 25, 158 6, 942 3, 050 82, 244 
INGDEUALY oot coer ee eee 18, 435 36, 526 29, 342 9, 020 3, 356 96, 679 
Marcht': 222 sss2-—- 2-22 28, 466 71, 396 48, 299 14, 730 5, 467 168, 358 
IR rile es eee eee 48, 670 123, 800 75, 136 19, 363 8, 305 275, 274 
Mia yteee te ie Saas andek see 52, 050 125, 976 86, 819 19, 067 7,471 291, 383 
JUNO Maes no ese eae eee. 50, 953 115, 538 67, 752 19, 924 7, 815 261, 982 
otalteecie sosccte eee 481, 008 999, 157 1 650, 704 184, 332 78, 298 2, 393, 499 
1 Not including 21,308 persons attending meetings after 4:30 p. m. 
FIFTEENTH 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. 
The fifteenth Arthur lecture, entitled “Mexican Calendars and the 
Solar Year,” was given by Dr. Herbert J. Spinden, of the Brooklyn 
