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Boas, of the American Mu.seum of Natural History; Mr. Marshall H. 

 Saville, of the Coldnibiy^ Universit}-; Dr. (leorge H. Dorsey, of the 

 Field Colunibiaii Museinii, and Doctor Currier, of the Catholic 

 University of America. 



Congrexs of Zoohx/y. — Messrs. Leonhard Stejneo-er and Gerrit S. 

 Miller, jr., of the United States National Museum, were appointed 

 representatives of the Institution and the Museum at the Sixth Inter- 

 national Congress on Zoolot>-y, to be held at Berne, Switzerland, 

 Aug-ust 14-19. 



Congres-s of Education. — Dr. Cyrus Adler was appointed delegate 

 of the Smithsonian Institution to the International Congress of Edu- 

 cation, held in St. Louis June 28 to July 1, 190-1, l)ut finding it im[)os- 

 sible to attend he was represented b}- Dr. Marcus W. Lyon, jr., of the 

 National Museum. 



Congnss of Oi-irntdJl.sts.—VYoi, Paul Haupt, honorary curator of 

 the Division of Historic Archeology in the United Staten National 

 Museum, was appointed representative of the Smithsonian Institution 

 and the National Museum at the Fourteenth International C-ongress of 

 Orientalists, to be held at Algiers in April, 1905. 



Congress of Geology. — Mr. Charles Schuchert, of the National 

 Museum, was appointed delegate of the Institution to the Ninth Inter- 

 national Geological Congress held at Vienna, August 20-29 1903. He 

 reports that there were 355 members in attendance, including 22 from 

 the United States. The standard of the papers presented was high. 

 One da}' was occupied by 7 speakers from various parts of the world 

 in presenting a synopsis of present knowledge of crystalline rocks. 

 Another day was devoted to "Faults and Clefts,'' and a third day was 

 given to a presentation of the geology of the Balkan Peninsula and 

 the Orient. 



ArcJuvologicdl Congress. — Dr. Frauz Boas was appointed United 

 States delegate to the Congress of the Archteological and Historical 

 Federation of Belgium, to l)e held at Mons in July and August, ll»ol. 

 Loulsicma Purelidse K,i-position. — By an act of C-ongress approved 

 March 3, 1901, liberal provision was made for an exhibit at the 

 Louisiana Purchase Ex})osition by the Executive Departments, the 

 Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, the Fish Commission, 

 and the Department of Lal)()r, "of such ai'ticles and objects as illus- 

 trate the functions and administrative faculty of the (iovermnent in 

 time of peace and its lesources as a war power, tending to demonstrate 

 the nature of our institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the 

 people." The pre{)aration of this exhibit was placed in charge of a 

 Government board upon which Dr. Fredei'ick W. Tru(% head curator 

 of the depai'tment of biology in tlu^ National MustMun, was appointed 

 as representative of the Smithsonian Institution. The exposition was 



