INDEX. 751 



PaRO. 



Fedorenko, J. , director, Kliarkoflf, Russia, Observatory &J0 



Ferguson, Major T. B. , assistant fisli commissioner 74 



in charge of propagation 140, 149 



steam power in tisb-batcliing 81 



Fever, physiological research, by Dr. Wood 21», H-i 



Fossils, collections of .-,(3 



Ficklin, Joseph, director of the Laws Observatory, Columbia, Lllssouri G:U 



Figyelmesey, Consul, collection made by HO, 51 



Finances of the Institution 5, 15^ 



Financial statement of architects of National Museum 175 



Fire-extinguishers presented 70 



Fire-proof safe presented 70 



Fire-proofing of Smithsonian building 6 



Fish, chemical composition and nutritive value of 145 



Fish Commission, annual report of 147 



articles presented to 135 



epitome of the liistory of 147 



laboratories of 142 



origin of 140 



relation to tenth census 1-17, 14B 



resolution of Congress to establish 140 



results of work of 14*2 



the first decade of the 140 



work of 110,41 



Fish eggs, incubating, studies relating to 145 



Fish-hatching, steam power employed in 61 



Fish Hawk, steamer, model of 81 



Fish, specimens of, distributions of sets 147 



Fisher, William J., contributions by 80 



Fisheries, decrease of, investigation of 147 



investigation of methods 141 



statistics and history of 140, 148 



Fishermen and fishing towns, statistics of 78 



of Cape Ann, contributions by 143 



Fishery census of 1880 ''^."' 



exhibit at Berlin 40,73,80,149 



investigations, plan of " 



products, manufacture of, statistics of ~8 



Fishes added to the fauna of North America 143, 144 



collections of, added to the Museum •'^3 



Fishing-grounds, investigation of ' ^ 



towns, statistics of '° 



Fisk, Johu T., donation by ^^ 



Fison, L., memoir on aborigines of Atistralia 32 



Fixtures of Museum, appropriation for ^^^ 



Flags lent for the Berlin Fishery Exhibition 82 



Florence (Italy) Natural History Museum, articles presented by 135 



Observatories, reports of ^^ 



Florida, collections from, to Museum 



Fordham, N. Y., private observatory, report of (see also, Riversdale) 637 



Food-fishes, introduction and multiplication of 1'*! 



Ijropagation of 



Foreign correspondents 



exchange 



