CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Letter from the secretary, submitting the annual report of the Regents 



to Congress m 



Contents of the report v 



List of plates yu 



General subjects of the annual report vin 



Officials of the institution and its branches rc 



BEPOKT OF THE SECBETAUY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 



The establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 2 



General considerations 



Finances > * 



Researches and explorations 7 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 1 



Paleontological field-work 



The Smithsonian African expedition 9 



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Australian expedition 



Malacologieal field-work in California and the Hawaiian Islands- 10 



Botanical researches in the Orient 1° 



Researches on a multiple-charge rocket for reaching great alti- 

 tudes 



Meeting in honor of Madame Curie 12 



Cinchona Botanical Station 12 



19 



Publications XJl 



14 



Library x 



14 



National Museum 



National Gallery of Art 16 



Freer Gallery of Art 17 



Bureau of American Ethnology xo 



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International Exchanges 



International Zoological Park 



21 



Astrophysical Observatory 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 21 



Necrology 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 25 



2. Report on the National Gallery of Art 42 



3. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 53 



4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 56 



5. Report on the International Exchanges 72 



6. Report on the National Zoological Park 



7. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 98 



8. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 



ture 102 



9. Report on the library 108 



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10. Report on publications xxx 



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