CONTENTS. VII 



Page. 



National Museum 52 



Bureau of Ethnology 67 



United States Geological Survey 77 



United States Fish Commission 95 



Appendix to the Report of the Secretary 99 



Report ou exchanges for 1 884 99 



Receipts of packages for distribution 101 



Foreign 101 



Domestic 102 



Government 103 



Transmissions of packages 104 



Foreign 104 



Transportation companies 106 



Domestic 110 



Government 112 



List of official publications from Public Printer, 1884 113 



Report on Explorations in Queen Charlotte Islands 137 



Report on Indexing Chemical Literature 147 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution, &c. 149 



GENERAL APPENDIX. 



I.— Record OF Scientific Progress, 1884 157 



Introduction, by Spencer F. Baird 157 



Astronomy, by Edward S. Holden 159 



Vulcanology and Seismology, by Charles G. Rockwood 215 



Geography, by F. M. Green 237 



Meteorology, by Cleveland Abbe 257 



Physics, by George F. Barker 433 



Chemistry, by H. Carrington Bolton 491 



Mineralogy, by Edward S. Dana 543 



Bibliography of Invertebrate Palaeontology, by J. B. Marcou 563 



Zoology, by Theodore Gill 583 



Anthropology, by Otis T. Mason 677 



II. — Miscellaneous Papers 719 



Papers relating to Anthropology 719 



Antiquities at Pantaleon, Guatemala, by Charles E. Vreeland, J. F. 



Bransford 719 



The Guesde Collection of Antiquities in Pointe-^-Pltre, Guadeloupe, 



by OtisT. Mason 731 



Ancient Mounds in Clinton County, Michigan, by M. T. Leach 839 



Ancient Forts in Ogemaw County, Michigan, by M. T. Leach 849 



Sketch of Flint Ridge, Licking County, Ohio, by Charles M. Smith. 851 



Earth-works and Mounds in Miami County, Ohio, by E. T. Wiltheiss. 873 



Index to the volume 877 



