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and of biological and geological work in the Canadian Rockies and 

 anthropological work in Peru. The annual report of the Institution 

 for 1910 was also issued as a complete volume and in small editions 

 of the 34 papers in the Appendix on the usual widfe range of topics. 

 There were also in press a Bibliography of Tin, a report on the geo- 

 logical structure of the Alps, a physical study of the natives of the 

 Kharga Oasis in Egypt, and several zoological and botanical papers. 



The secretary' added that the Museum publications were devoted 

 almost entirely to biological topics, and that those of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology related chiefly to researches on the history, 

 languages, and habits and customs of the American Indians. 



On motion, the report was accepted. 



THE LANGLEY MEMORIAL TABLET. 



Senator Lodge, chairman of the committee on the Langley memo- 

 rial tablet, presented the following report on behalf of the committee : 



" Since the report of your committee at the last annual meeting of 

 the board, on December 8, 1910, Mr. John Flanagan has presented a 

 plaster cast of the model of the tablet for consideration. 



"As the result of its deliberations your committee suggests the fol- 

 lowing resolution for such action as the board ma}^ see fit : 



Resolved, Thiit the tablet as presented to-day be accepted; and that in addi- 

 tion to the sum of $300 for the uaodel the sculptor be paid the sum of $1,000 for 

 casting in bronze and chasing and delivering the finished tablet ready for erec- 

 tion In the Institution building, the tablet to contain the following wording : 



SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY 



1S34-190G 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 



1887-1906 



Discovered the relations of speefl and angle of inclination to the lifting power 



of surfaces moving in air 



" I have brought to a close the portion of the worlv which seemed to lie specially 



mine, the demonstration of the practicability of mechanical flight " 

 "The great universal highway overhead is now soon to be opened" — Langley, 



1001. 



On motion, the resolution was adopted. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The secretary read the following letter from the Hon. John B. 

 Henderson, whose resignation as a Regent took effect March 1, 1911: 



March 30, 1911. 

 Dear Mr. Wai.cott: I am unicli gratilicd and ple.ised by tlie receipt of the 

 beautifully engrossed resolutions and of your very kind and appreciative letter. 



