We have studied the site of deposition of newly synthesized histone. It appears to be randomly distributed over the chromosomal material and does not become associated specifically with immediately post-replicational DNA, nor is it deposited in discrete continuous regions distal to the sites of DNA synthesis. The newly synthesized DNA, however, rapidly acquires a complement of chromosomal proteins; presumably, preexisting histones must migrate to become associated with post-replicational DNA.