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The secretary said that royalties were being received from the sale 

 of the Smithsonian Scientific Series. These now totaled $53,510.46 

 in cash, and further returns were to be expected in the years to come. 



The secretary then spoke of the work being conducted under gener- 

 ous grants from John A. Roebling and the Research Corporation, and 

 also of the gratifying results of the sales of the volumes of North Ameri- 

 can Wild Flowers; after which Doctor Wetmore made a statement of 

 the exploration work done by members of the National Museum 

 staff. This was followed hj an explanation of the proposed additions 

 to the present Museum building, during wliich the plans for tliis 

 construction were exhibited. 



The secretary concluded liis statement with a brief description of 

 the work done in the field by ethnologists of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology, and also of the results accomplished at the National 

 Zoological Park. 



REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 1932 



Present: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, chancellor, in the 

 chair. Senator Joseph T. Robinson, Representative Albert Johnson, 

 Representative Andrew J. Montague, Representative T. Alan Golds- 

 borough, and the secretary. Dr. C. G. Abbot. Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 

 assistant secretar}^, was also present. 



The secretary reported that on December 16, 1931, the Speaker 

 of the House of Representatives had appointed Albert Johnson, of 

 Washington, to succeed himself; and Andrew J. Montague, of Virginia, 

 and T. Alan Goldsborough, of Maryland, to succeed R. Walton 

 Moore and Robert Luce, respectively. 



The secretary read a letter from Mrs. Elizabeth C. Morrow express- 

 ing appreciation of the resolutions adopted by the board upon the 

 death of her husband. Senator Dwight W. Morrow. He then gave 

 a brief history of the origin and establishment of the Research Cor- 

 poration, stating that during the last few years it had made grants 

 to the Institution for conducting certain researches in the growth of 

 plant life by the Division of Radiation and Organisms. He ex- 

 plained the nature of this work and the importance of the sun's 

 rays to human, animal, and plant life. 



He stated also that the Research Corporation had made awards 

 through the Smithsonian Institution of $2,500 each to Dr. Andrew 

 Ellicott Douglass and to Dr. Ernst Antevs for work in their respective 

 lines, relating to chronology and periodicity in weather, and that 

 these awards had been presented by the chancellor at a ceremony 

 recently. The presentations were followed by addresses by the 

 recipients. 



The secretary announced that the first lecture under the James 

 Arthur bequest was delivered January 27, 1932, by Dr. Henry 



