VI CONTENTS. 



The Smithsonian Institutiox— Continued. 



Explorations— Continued. p^^ 



Montana 7 



California g 



Arizona g 



New Mexico , g 



Atlantic coast of the United States 9 



Mexico and Central America 9 



Asia 



10 



Publications 1 n 



Classes of publications n 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge H 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 12 



List of institutions in United States receiving publications 



Catalogue of scientific and technical periodicals 12 



Scientific writings of Joseph Henry 13 



List of foreign correspondents of the Institution 14 



Numerous miscellaneous publications 14 



Bulletins of the U. S. National Museum 15 



Bulletin No. 23 !'.*.!.!.].!! 15 



Bulletin No. 28 ..."!".'." ir> 



Bulletin No. 30 _""_' jg 



Proceedings of the National Museum 17 



Volume VIII completed 17 



Smithsonian Annual Eeport 17 



Ordered in two octavo volumes Ig 



Report for 1884, part I (Smithsonian) 18 



Report for 1884, part II (National Museum) 18 



Publications of the Bureau of Ethnology 19 



Third annual report 1() 



International exchanges I9 



Statistics j9 



Foreign exchanges for the fiscal year 20 



Domestic exchanges 20 



Government exchanges 20 



Assistance by Government 20 



Transportation facilities 21 



Extension of Government exchanges 22 



Relation to the Library of Congress 23 



Library of the Institution 24 



Additions for the fiscal year 25 



United States National Museum 26 



Rapid development of the Museum 26 



Future growth of the Museum 27 



Sketch of the origin of the Museum 28 



Recent organization of departments of curatorships 29 



Number of accessions received during the fiscal year :{0 



Operations of the Museum for the year 31 



Present organization of the various departments 33 



Department of Arts and Industries 33 



Department of Ethnology 3g 



Sub-department of American Aboriginal Pottery 37 



