2 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



The committee recoinmeud. that an appropriation of $15,000 a year 

 be made provisional!}^ for a period of five 3'ears, believing that dur- 

 ing that time valuable results can be produced ; the}' further recom- 

 mend that the committee be authorized to carry forward such parts 

 of the work as may be most advantageously undertaken, and to em- 

 ploy such assistance as may be necessar}'. 



Respectfully submitted bj- 



Carroll D. Wright, Chairman, 

 Henry W. Farnam, 

 John B. Clark, 



Committee. 



New York, April p, ipo2. 



