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 Report of the Secretary. — The Smithsonian Institution — Continued. 

 Eesearches and Explorations : 



Nushagak 16 



Kodiak 16 



Commander Islands 16 



Oregon and Waaliington Territory 17 



California 18 



Lower California 17 



New Mexico, and Ariaona 18 



Interior of the United States 18 



Florida 18 



Eastern portion of the United States 19 



West Indies 19 



Mexico 19 



Central America 19 



South America 21 



China and Japan 21 



Publications 21 



Smithsonian Contributions to ELnowledge 21 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 22 



Twenty-second volume 22 



Twenty-third volume 22 



Bulletins of the National Museum 25 



Proceedings of the National Museum 27 



Smithsonian Annual Report 27 



Contents of Report for 1881 27 



Astronomical announcements by telegraph 27 



Exchanges 31 



International exchanges 31 



Government exchanges 33 



Library 33 



Additions for the year 35 



Necrology 35 



Mrs. Henry 35 



Dr. G. W. Hawes 36 



Joseph B. Herron 38 



Lewis H. Morgan 39 



Henry Draper 39 



Joseph D. Putnam 39 



Francisco Sumichrast 40 



Miscellaneous 40 



The Mercer Bequest 40 



Naval cadets 41 



Special objects received 43 



National Museum 44 



Bureau of Ethnology 44 



United States Geological Survey 47 



United States Fish Commission 49 



General objects and results 49 



Fish hatching 52 



Bulletin of the Fish Commission 55 



Fisheries census 55 



The London International Fisheries Exhibition 56 



