CONTENTS. VII 



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 Publications — Continued. 



Librarj' of the Institution — Continued. 



Annual accessions deposited mainly iu the Library of Conj>ress 40 



Total additions of books durius tlie fiscal year 10 



Some of the more important accessions 41 



Zoological park 42 



Collections of living animals 42 



Bill introduced in Senate for zoological park 4:J 



Favorable reception of the project by the press of the country 44 



Art and miscellaneous subjects 45 



Art collections 45 



Assignment of rooms 1"or scientiiic work 4() 



Toner lecture fund 47 



American Historical Association 47 



Eighth centenary of the IJni versify of Bologna 47 



Grants and subscriptions 48 



Privilege -of the floor of the House of Eepresentatives 48 



Keception _ 4tj 



Emploj'es of the Institution 48 



United States National Museum 49 



General considerations 48 



Insufficiency of present building 50 



Extent of the collections 51 



Tabular statement of annual increase 52 



Accessions received from the Departments of Government 5:5 



Lecturej, and meetings in the Museum lecture hall 54 



Educational work of the Museum t)5 



Publications of the Museum 56 



Additions to the Museum Library 5(5 



Collections made by the Museum during tht^ year 57 



Participation in the Minneapolis Exhibition 58 



Act authorizing participation in the Cincinnati Exhibition 59 



Objections to the dispersion of Museum collections atfrequent exhibilions (U 



Bureau of Ethnology 62 



Field work <>2 



Mound exidorations (52 



General field studies <»J 



Office work <>y 



Linguistic I'esearches 69 



I'libliographics of North American languages iu preparation 71 



Ancient relics collected "~ 



Publications of the Bureau '"'1 



Necrology 75 



Chief- Justice Morrison E. Waite, Chancellor 75 



Prof. S. F. Baird, Secretarj* 77 



Prof. Asa Gray, Regent 89 



Dr. Peter Parker, ex-Regent •'! 



Dr. Charles Ran, Curator ' *'! 



Other employes '^^^ 



Appendix to Report ok the Secrktahy S-'^ 



I. Programme of organization of the Smithsonian Institution 95 



II. Smithsonian juib Heat ions of the year - '^-^ 



III. Report, of Curator of international exchanges l"-5 



IV. Circulars respecting periodicals 11' 



V. Organization of the Smithsonian Lil)rary H" 



