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 Report of the Secretary.— The Smithsonian Institution— Continued. 



Administration 11 



Correspondence 11 



Explorations 11 



Labrador and Newfoundland 12 



Greenland 14 



Arctic coast 14 



Alaska 15 



British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon 19 



California 20 



Lower California, Arizona, and New Mexico 20 



The Atlantic sea-board 22 



Mexico 24 



Yucatan 24 



Central America 25 



South America 26 



Japan, China, and Corea 26 



Other countries 26 



Publicatione 27 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 27 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 27 



Twenty-fourth volume 28 



Twenty-fifth volume 28 



Twenty-sixth volume 28 



Twenty-seventh volume 28 



Separate publications 20 



General catalogue of scientific periodicals 30 



Physical and meteorological tables 31 



Bulletins of the National Museum 31 



Proceedings of the National Museum 32 



Smithsonian Annual Report 33 



Contents of Report for 1882 33 



Astronomical announcements by telegraph 33 



Transfer of the same to Harvard College Observatory 34 



Exchanges 35 



International exchanges 35 



Government exchanges 38 



Library 38 



Additions for the year 39 



Relations of the Institution to other bodies 39 



The Navy Department 39 



The War Department 41 



The United States Signal Service 41 



The Treasury Department... 42 



The Light-House Board 42 



The Interior Department 42 



Relations to foreign Governments 42 



Transportation facilities 43 



International and State Exhibitions 43 



Electric-light accommodation 44 



Forestry inquiries 44 



Necrology 45 



Edward H. Knight 45 



Paul Schumacher 45 



