INDEX. 751 



Fedorenko, J. , director, Kharkoff, Russia, Observatory *t!W 



Ferguson, Major T. B. , assistant tish coniiuissioner . . .'. V "'........ 74 



iu charge of propagation 14(3^ I49 



steam power iu lish-hatching 81 



Fever, physiological research, by Dr. Wood """ 29 32 



Fossils, collections of ' rg 



Ficklin, Joseph, director of the Laws Observatory, Columbia, Missouri .' G34 



Figyelmesey, Consul, collection made by 50 51 



Finances of the Institution 5 ^r^ 



Financial statement of architects of National Museum ' 175 



Fire-extinguishers presented 70 



Fire-proof safe presented 70 



Fire-proofing of Smithsonian building 



Fish, chemical composition and nutritive value of I45 



Fish Commission, annual report of I47 



articles presented to 1135 



epitome of the history of 147 



laboratories of 14^ 



origin of 140 



relation to tenth census 147, 148 



resolution of Congress to establish 140 



results of work of 142 



the first decade of the 140 



work of 140,41 



Fish eggs, incubating, studies relating to 145 



Fish-hatching, steam power employed in 81 



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 14G, 148 



Fishermen and fishing towns, statistics of 78 



of Cape Ann, contributions by 143 



Fishery census of 1880 "=^."7 



exhibit at Berlin : 40,73,80,149 



investigations, plan of ^ ' 



products, manufacture of, statistics of '^ 



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, John T., donation by j^ 



Fison, L., memoir on aborigines of Australia ^'^ 



Fixtui-es of Museum, appropriation for 162 



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) «J37 



Food-fishes, introduction and multiplication of I'll 



,. „,. 143 



propagation ot 



Foreign correspondents 



exchange 



