CONTENTS 



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List of officials xi, xii 



Tlie Smithsonian Institution 1 



Tlie establisliment 1 



Tlie Board of Regents 2 



General considerations 2 



Finances 4 



Researches and explorations 6 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 6 



Zoological explorations in AVestern China 7 



Botanical exploration in Panama and Costa Rica 8 



Archeological expedition to China 9 



Marsh-Darien expedition 11 



Additional assistant secretary 12 



Smithsonian radio talks 12,13 



Publications 14 



Ldbrarj'^ ! 15 



National Museum 16 



National Gallery of Art 18 



Freer Gallery of Art 20 



Bureau of American Ethnology 20 



International Exchanges 22 



National Zoological Park 23 



Astrophysical Observatory 24 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 24 



Necrology » 25 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 28 



2. Report on the National Gallery of Art 48 



3. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 57 



4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 60 



5. Report on the International Exchanges 75 



6. Report on the National Zoological Park 87 



7. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 101 



8. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 



ture , 107 



9. Report on the Library 109 



10. Report on publications 116 



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