VI CONTENTS. 



Paga 

 The Smithsonian Institution— Continued. 



Buildings — Continued. 



Kecent accessions of material very large .<....ii...«t<*<(t>> 5 



Storage room quite insufficient 6 



Fire-proofing of the west wing greatly desired 7 



Research 7 



Astro-physical observatory contemplated 7 



Valuable apparatus lent to the Institution 8 



Explorations 8 



Investigations in Northern Africa by Mr. T. Williams 8 



Investigations in Thibet by Mr. W. W. Kockhill 9 



Collections from Egypt by Dr. James Grant Bey 9 



Expected collections from Indians of Hoopa Reservation by Jeremiah 



Curtin 9 



Expected collections from Russia and Finland 9 



Also from Alaska ' 10 



Publications 10 



Classes of publication 11 



Museum publications no longer included in the Miscellaneous Collec- 

 tions 12 



General Appendix to the Annual Smithsonian Report a source of ex- 

 pense 12 



A change in the character of the papers undertaken 12 



Distribution of Smithsonian imblications 13 



A small iiortion reserved for sale 14 



Facilities offered to others in publication 14 



Smithsonian exchange system 15 



Death of the curator, Dr. J. H. Kidder 16 



Mr. William C. Winlock appointed his successor 16 



Magnitude of the exchange operations 16 



Cost of the exchanges to the Institution 17 



Claim for increased appropriations 18 



Estimate of amount required 18 



Charge of 5 cents per pound made to the Departments 18 



Its discontinuance recommended 18 



Estimate of $27,500 for the fiscal year 1889-'90 19 



Only one-third of Government publications received for transmission. 19 



Comparison of present and proposed plan 19 



Delay resulting from insufficient appropriations 20 



Convention between the United States and other powers 20 



Ocean steamers granting favor of free transportation 21 



Library 21 



Sejjarato halls desired in the new Congressional Library Building, for 



the Smithsonian Library 22 



Temporary (juartors for the same suggested 23 



Improvement in the reading room of the Institution 23 



Efforts to increase! the number of peinodicals by exchange 23 



Lists of scientific periodicals furnished by correspondents 25 



Total addition of books received during the past year 25 



Department of living animals 25 



Gifts of birds and quadrupeds 25 



Inconvenience resulting from limited accommodations 26 



Total number of living specimens received during the j'ear 26 



