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propriation to be allotted to the execution of the work until the com- 

 mittee shall make further report and recommendation. 



V. Awards of grants. — That, with certain exceptions, it is desir- 

 able, instead of permanently detailing the investigators of the 

 country to certain subjects, possiblj^ to the detriment of the insti- 

 tutions with which they are connected, to establish quarterly, half- 

 yearly, or yearly grants. These grants should be apportioned 

 according to the importance of the subject or the ability of the 

 investigator, and should be at least equivalent to the salaries for 

 the same period received b)^ the investigators from the institutions 

 with which they are connected. In this manner teachers, cura- 

 tors, state and government scientists would be entirely relieved of 

 routine work for certain periods, and would be enabled to devote 

 their time exclusively to certain investigations. At the same time 

 these institutions would be able to provide substitutes and the work 

 in the various laboratories would not be interrupted, but materially 

 benefited and enriched. The committee feels very strongly at the 

 present time that the chief drawback to progress in discovery in 

 paleontology is that the majority of the ablest men are so heavily bur- 

 dened with administrative work that they do not enjoy the repose 

 and opportunity necessary to research. At the same time the stu- 

 dents and younger generation of the country would suffer if the 

 ablest men were permanently withdravcn by the Institution. 



VI. Exploration. — Paleontological exploration in general in this 

 country is well provided for by the museums of New York, Chicago, 

 Pittsburg, New Haven, Kansas, and the United States Geological 

 Survey, among other institutions. More distant exploration, such, 

 for example, as the Antarctic expedition proposed by Mr. J. B. 

 Hatcher, should be supported on the side of paleontology as well 

 as zoology, because likely to produce verj' important results. 



VII. Publication. — In addition to the publication of such paleon- 

 tological memoirs as are not provided for by existing agencies, we 

 recommend the publication of a Journal givitig brief statements and 

 short summaries of the results of all paleontological investigations — 

 a sort of " Comptes Rend us." 



Respectfully submitted. 



Henry Fairfield Osborn, Chairman, 

 Henry Shaler Williams, 



Committee. 



New York, October r, igo2. 



