CONTENTS 



Page 



Board of Trustees v 



Officers vi 



Articles of Incorporation , vii 



By Laws ix 



Trust Deed by Mr. Carnegie xi 



Remarks by Mr. Carnegie on presenting his Trust Deed xv 



Minutes of meeting of Incorporators, January 4, 1902 xviii 



Minutes of first meeting of Trustees, Januarj' 29-30, ig<:)2 xx 



Minutes of second meeting of Trustees, November 25, 1902 xxvi 



Proceedings of Executive Committee xxx 



Summary xli 



Memorial of Henry Hitchcock xliii 



Appendices : 



Appendix A. — Reports of Advisory Committees . , I 



1 . Economics i 



2. Botany 3 



3. Physics 13 



4. Geology* -. 25 



5. Geophysics 26 



6. Geography 7^ 



7. Meteorology 76 



8. Chemistry 83 



9. Astronomy 87 



10. Paleontology 161 



11. Zoology 165 



12. Physiology 172 



13. Anthropology 174 



14. Bibliography 182 



15. Engineering i89 



.16. Psychology 197 



17. History 228 



18. Mathematics 232 



Appendix B. — Proposed Explorations and Investigations on a large 



scale 239 



Introduction 239 



I. Plan for a Biological Survey of the Palearctic Region ; by 



L«.'onhard Stejneger and Gerrit S. Miller, Jr 240 



(iii) 



