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CONTENTS. 



Pago. 

 Report op thk Seokbtary.— The Smithsonian Institution — Continued. 



The North Pacific 18 



Alaska 19 



British Columbia and Washington Territory 19 



Oregon and California 20 



Arizona and New Mexico 20 



Eastern portion of the United States 24 



Mexico and Central America 25 



Costa Eica 26 



Nicaragua 26 



South America 26 



Europe 27 



Asia , 27 



Africa 28 



Madagascar 28 



The Sandwich Islands 28 



Publications 28 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 29 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 30 



Forest Trees 31 



Bulletins of the National Museum 31 



Proceedings of the National Museum 32 



Smithsonian Annual Report 32 



Exchanges 33 



Congressional aid 33 



Liberality of transportation companies 34 



Receipts for exchange 34 



Transmissions 35 



Government exchanges 35 



Library 37 



Additions for the year 37 



Relations of the Institution to other bodies 37 



Congress 37 



The Navy Department 38 



Naval Observatory 39 



The War Department 39 



The United States Signal Service 39 



The Treasury Department 39 



The Light-House Board 39 



The Interior Department 40 



Railroad and steamboat lines . ^ 41 



American Association for Advancement of Science 42 



Electrical Exhibition at Philadelphia 43 



State and International Exhibitions 43 



Necrology 44 



Dr. Arnold H. Guyot 44 



Henrj Gass , 46 



Clarence B. Young 46 



Miscellaneous 46 



Edinburgh University Ter-centenary 46 



Sonorous sand 47 



The Mercer Estate 47 



The Walker Prize 47 



Telegraphic Astronomical announcements 48 



Special Donations to lustitation ...i..*....^». 48 



