24 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1948 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin. 
Chester Dale. 
Paul Mellon. 
ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE 
Samuel H. Kress, Chairman. 
Ferdinand Lammot Belin, Vice Chairman. 
Duncan Phillips. 
Chester Dale. 
David E. Finley, ex officio. 
Lamont Moore, curator in charge of education, resigned on August 
31, 1947, to accept the position of Assistant Director of the American 
Academy in Rome. On March 25, 1948, Dr. Raymond S. Stites was 
appointed curator in charge of education. 
On June 30, 1948, the Government employees on the staff of the 
National Gallery of Art totaled 312, as compared with 305 employees 
as of June 80, 1947. The United States Civil Service regulations 
govern the appointment of employees paid from appropriated public 
funds. 
Throughout the year a high standard of operation has been main- 
tained in all departments of the Gallery. The entire staff was 
especially commended by the Board of Trustees for outstanding serv- 
ice during the exhibition of paintings from the Berlin museums, 
which brought unprecedented numbers of visitors to the Gallery. 
APPROPRIATIONS 
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1948, the Congress of the United 
States appropriated for the National Gallery of Art the sum of 
$949,426 to be used for salaries and expenses in the operation and up- 
keep of the Gallery, the protection and care of works of art, and ad- 
ministrative and other expenses. 
From this appropriation the following expenditures and encum- 
brances were incurred : 
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Supplies; sequipment, \et@s 2222 = oe eee eee 126, 319. 16 
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4 D0) er [eesti oe a oe OR aS a ee 949, 426. 00 
In addition to this appropriation, the Gallery received from the 
Department of State the sum of $5,800 to cover expenses during the fis- 
cal year of the Inter-American Office, in closing out the Gallery’s 
participation in the program of exchange of art and art materials be- 
tween the United States and other American republics. Of this sum, 
$5,327.06 was expended, primarily in the circulation of eight exhibi- 
tions and the subsequent return of loaned objects. The unobligated 
balance was $472.94. 
