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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1285 [[2 Column table]] Regular Appropriations for 1949 | $2,090,000 Supplemental required for 1949 (Public Law 900, increased pay act) | 167,500 Total | $2,257,500 [[2 Column table]] Estimate for 1950 | $2,300,000 Total to be available for 1949 (including supplemental) | $2,257,500 Increase for 1950 | $42,500 Increase estimated for 1950 is distributed as follows: [[2 Column table]] Additional for increased pay, Public Law 900 (to put pay act on full year basis) | $6,000 In-grade promotions ($52,663 required, leaving deficit of $40,053) | 12,610 Increased cost of utilities (electricity) | 3,410 Rent (National Air Museum storage at Park Ridge) | 20,480 Total | $42,500| This increase has been approved by The President only because of higher operating costs. Additional operating funds from Federal Appropriations for 1949: Working Funds [[2 column table]] River Valley Surveys in archeological and paleontological work (Transfer from Department of the Interior) | $89,100| Carried over from previous years | 30,992| Total | $120,092| Natural History Survey at Bikini Atoll (Transfer from Navy Department) | $10,750.52 Transfer from State Department, Institute of Social Anthropology | $102,700 Under the present estimates for 1950, we will have to absorb additional personnel costs of $55,000, including $40,000 for in-grade promotions and $15,000 for terminal leave, for which no funds are available. This will force a reduction in staff of 18 positions. A.W.
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The financial data is not in a table but rather in columns, this was the most straightforward way of transcribing the information.