CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Letter from the Secretary submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to 



Congress • m 



Coutents of the report v 



List of plates vii 



General subjects of the annual report ix 



Officials of the Institution and its branches xi 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment ? 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



General considerations 2 



Finances 5 



Explorations and researches — 



Studies in Cambrian geology and paleontology 7 



Ramey African expedition 8 



Frick African expedition 9 



Biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone 9 



Siberian expedition 10 



Borneo expedition 10 



Biological Survey in the Canadian Rockies 11 



Anthropological researches in Siberia and Mongolia 11 



Antiquity of man in Europe 12 



Researches under the Ilodgkins fund 12 



Smithsonian table at tlie Naples Zoological Station 13 



Publications 14 



Library 19 



Langley memorial tablet - - 19 



Hamilton lecture 20 



International congresses and celebrations 21 



George Washington Memorial Building 22 



National Museum 23 



Bureau of American Ethnology 25 



International Exchanges 25 



National Zoological Park : 27 



Astrophysical Observatory 28 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 28 



Appendix 1 . Report on the United States National Museum 30 



2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 37 



3. Report on the International Exchanges 58 



4. Report on the National Zoological Park 71 



5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 82 



G. Report on the Lil>rary 89 



7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. . . 99 



8. Report on the Publications 102 



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