SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
March 21, 1931. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o American Consul, 
Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
I am enclosing copy of Allocation of Funds for the 
fiscal year 1932 as I see it. This includes the appropriations 
of 1931 and the allotments of these former appropriations in the 
1932 set-up, together with foot-notes showing how these funds 
were arrived at. I turned a copy of this over to Miss Olmsted 
to check up to be sure that she agreed with me, and as yet I 
have not heard how her figures check. If you have any sugges¬ 
tions for changes in this, I would be very glad to get them. 
I presume it would be safer to carry specific allotments for 
these former activities since this would keep us out of ary- 
trouble. As far as "Maintenance and Operation" is concerned, 
we could very easily run that on a project basis, naming the 
projects as the former appropriations, but I am afraid that the 
Budget Bureau would protest very vigorously if we attempt to use 
this method for "Preservation of Collections". The latter appro¬ 
priation is practically all under the item for "Preservation of 
Collections", and I think that the Budget Bureau would prefer to 
have us break this up under "Classification of Expenditures" as 
we have in the past. In view of this, I think it would be better 
to go ahead on a break-down as in former years, which is on the 
basis of "Classification of Expenditures", including such items 
as personnel, supplies, materials, travel, etc. 
I am also sending a work sheet which shows the effect of 
the Saturday half-holiday on our watch force. It is not possible 
to work this out exactly, because we have not received a final 
decision regarding the half-holiday leave. I believe, however, 
that ny figures are very conservative and that if there is any 
change, it would be on the basis of four hours loss per Saturday 
per man, which is a half-day for the watch force. In other words 
for every two Saturdays worked, we will have to give one day off. 
On the basis of thirteen Saturdays between March 1 and June 1, 
this would mean six and one-half days leave per watollman, or on a 
basis of seventy watchmen and officers, it would mean about 450 
