162 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1948 
The practice of maintaining savings accounts in several of the 
Washington banks and trust companies has been continued during 
the past year, and interest on these deposits amounted to $600.42. 
In many instances, deposits are made in banks for convenience in 
collection of checks, etc., and later such funds are withdrawn and de- 
posited in the United States Treasury. 
Disbursement of funds is made by check signed by the Secretary of 
the Institution and drawn on the United States Treasury. 
The foregoing report relates only to the private funds of the 
Institution. 
The Institution gratefully acknowledges gifts from the following: 
William G. Fargo. 
John A. Roebling, as a further contribution for researches in radiation. 
The Viking Fund, Inc., for Iroquois research. 
American Philosophical Society, for Iroquois research. 
E. R. Fenimore Johnson, for research in under-water photography. 
National Geographie Society, expedition to Arnhem Land. 
National Geographic Society, expedition to western Panama. 
The following appropriations were made by Congress for the Gov- 
ernment bureaus under the administrative charge of the Smithsonian 
Institution for the fiscal year 1948: 
Salariesvandvexpensesi25. oe Si 28 ee oe eee eee $1, 800, 312. 00 
Nationally Zoological @Parkes 22 <= 2 sas ee ee ee eee ee ee 455, 400. 00 
In addition, funds were transferred from other Departments of the 
Government for expenditure under direction of the Smithsonian 
Institution: 
Cooperation with the American Republics (transfer from the State 
NTO) EY) SAT CYT CVG) esac em re re ee $94, 882. 00 
Working Fund, transferred from the National Park Service, Interior 
Department, for archeological investigations in River Basins 
(Hou eoeeAOC ED (HOS (OhouRal See ee ee 73, 800. 00 
Working Fund, transferred from Navy Department for research 
studies of radiation upon marine life as a result of atomic bomb 
tests atuBikini Atoll S25 a oe ee 11, 000. 00 
The Institution also administers a trust fund for partial support 
of the Canal Zone Biological Area, located on Barro Colorado Island 
in the Canal Zone. 
The report of the audit of the Smithsonian private funds follows. 
