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S E (! K E T A R Y o K T H E S i\I 1 T 1 1 S ( ) N 1 A N INS T i T C T 1 ( ) \ 



FUK THK VEAI{ KXDIXC JIXK :5(l. lilll'2. 



To the liiHii'ddf III (J( nf-s nffhi: Sm lili^oiiia n Iiixf !t ut!(>ii . 



Gextle3IEn: I have the honor to present herewitii my report show- 

 ing the operations of the Insfitution during' the 3 ear ending June 80, 

 1902, inchiding the work phiced under its direction ])Y Congress in the 

 United States National j\[useuni, the Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 the International Exchanges, the National Zoological Park, and the 

 Astrophysical Observatory. 



Following the precedent of several years, there is gi^■en, in the body 

 of this report, a general account of the affairs of the Institution and 

 its bureaus, while the appendix presents more dettiiled statements by 

 the persotis in direct charge of the different branches of the work. 

 Independentlv of this, the operations of the National Musevun are 

 fully treated in a separate vohnue of the Suiithsonian llejjort, and the 

 Report of the liureau of American Ethnology constitutes a \olume 

 prepared undei- thi> su[)ervision of (he Hirei'tor of that Bureau. 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



THE ESTAKLISHMENT. 



By act of Congress approved ^Vugust 10, IS^H, the Smithsonian 

 Institution was creati'd an EstablishmiMit. Its statutory nuMubeis ai'e 

 the President, the Vice-President, tlie Chief flustice of the I'uited 

 States, and the heads of the Executive^ Depai'tmejits. The preroga- 

 tive of the Establishment is ''the su})er\'isi()n of the aff'tiirs of the 

 Institution and the advice and instruction of the Board of Kegents." 



On the death of Presi(hMit AIcKinley on Septend)er N. L!)(>1, Vice- 

 President Koosevelt succeeded to the Presidency and a ^•:lcancy 

 occurred in the >'ice-pr(n-;ldency. Other changes were caused by the 

 resignation of the Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Tretisury; 

 SM 1902—^1 1 



