REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 



Appropria- 

 tion<. 



lutemational Exchr-ages ■ .'?' " 



American EthnologT." '. 



Astrophysical Observatory 



National Mnsenru: 



Fximitnre and fixttiros S^iS. iX*) 



Heating and lighting is, 000 



Preservation of eoUections ^ -JOO. OOii 



Purchase of specimens -Jo. 000 



Books ' o. 000 



Repairs to building^; lo, 00(t 



Rent of workshoj>s 4, 400 



Postage - .tOO 



Plans for additional tirepnx)! building -S. 000 



Contributions from National Musenm Herbiirium 7. 000 



Printing 17. 0<X1 



National Zoological Park - IIU. 000 



Aquarium 25. OCW 



Elephant house 3^. 000 



Total. 



a N. •! including supplementary estimate of S:?.so<,> suhmitte<l February 12. 1902. 

 KE.^EAKCH. 



It w:i> a part oi the original plan ol: the In.stitution that its .^ecretaiy 

 >hotild not give hi.s time wholly to adniini.strative duties, but .•should, 

 a^s a sttideut of nature, directly aid in its scientitic investigations.'' 



Research work in various fields of science has heen continued by 

 the Institution and its dependencies. The Secretary has made some 

 progress toward the solution of the problem of mechanical flight, and 

 has been carrying on. with the consent of the Eegents. some experi- 

 ments for the War Department, at its expense, and is adding other 

 experiments, partly at the expense of the Institution. In the Astro- 

 physical Observatory he has continued work believed to be important, 

 and inaugurated some experiments of novel interest, which are referred 

 to later. 



Through the ^Museum and the Bureau of American Ethnology the 

 In.stitution has been enabled to carry on variou.< l)iological and ethno- 

 logical researches, which will be found fully de.sc-ribed el.sewherf in 

 this rejx)rt and need not be repeated here. 



HOIXJKIXS FCND. 



In connection with the administration of the Hodgkins fund, papers 

 recording the advance of specialists along various interesting lines of 

 investigation have been submitted, some of which are now in course 

 of publicalnon. 



^ Besolr^d, That the Secretary continue his researches in physical science, and pre- 

 sent such facts and principles as may be developed for publication in the Smithsonian 

 contributions. (Adopted at meeting o£ the Boani of Eegents January 26, 1S47, ) 



