836 INDEX. 



Oriental literature, bibliography of, in 1888 692 



science, progress of, in America iu 1888, by C. Adler 675 



Osages, were they mouud-buiklers ? By J. F. Snyder 587 



P. 



Palaeontology of North America for 1887 and 1888, by Henry S. Williams 261 



bibliography of for 1887 and 1888 310 



Papers, number of, published by officers of Museum 56 



Parker, Dr. Peter, death of, announced and resolutions of Board xvi 



and remarks relative. to 91 



Parker, Frederick R., death of 92 



Periodicals added to the exchange list 35, 41 



circulars respecting 117 



Petrography, bibliography of, for 1887 and 1888 340 



progress in, for 1887-'88, by G. P. Merrill 327 



Phelan, Hon. James, bill introduced in House by, to incorporate the Ameri- 

 can Historical Association 47 



Phelps, Hon. W. W., acts of as Regent xi, xvii 



desires expression of opinion of Board as to buildiugson 



Smithsonian Grounds xv 



expiration of term of as Regent 4 



motion by, to authorize Executive Commi ttee and Secre- 

 tary to act for Board of Regents iu reference to statue 



■• of Professor Baird xiv 



re-appointed Regent xi, 4 



resolution by, to attend funeral of Chancellor Waite.. xiv 



Pilling, James C, bibliographies by, of Indian languages 71 



Plans for a new Museum building, submitted to Congress 15 



Policy of union with other scientific bureaus xv 



Porter, Noah, acts of as Regent xi, xvii 



Portraits of Chancellor and Secretary, cost of xxii 



Pottery, ancient, collected by ethnological bureau for the National Museum. 72 



Powell, J. W., director of Bureau of Ethnology xxiii,20 



memoir by, on the personal characteristics of Professor Baird. 739 



report by, on North American Ethnology 62 



Preservation of museum collections, appropriations for xxv, xxvii, xxxiv, 



XXXV, xl, xli 



Printing annual reports, delays in xiii 



of the Institution should be done outside of the Government Printing 



Office xiii 



of the National Museum done through the Department of Interior.. xiii 



for National Museum, appropriations for xli 



Proceedings of the National Museum 24, .'iS, 101 



appropriations for xli 



Progress of science in the art of weighing and measuring 597 



for the years 1887 and 1888 125 



Pueblos, examination of 64, 66, 67 



Publications of Smithsonian Institution 21, 99 



payments for xxii 



sales of xxii 



for the year 99 



annual reports of the Institution 22, 101 



bulletins and proceedings of National Museum 24, 101 



contributions to knowledge 21, 99 



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