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erection of the proposed wings or extensions on the east and west sides 

 of the Natural History Building of the National Museum, and the 

 efforts which had been made by members of the board as well as by 

 himself to obtain the necessary funds to erect these extensions. 

 Dr. Wetmore, Assistant Secretary, described certain improvements 

 going forward at the National Zoological Park, under grants from 

 the Civil Works Administration, and also spoke of archeological 

 investigations which were being carried on in five States under similar 

 grants. 



The Board adopted a resolution expressing its appreciation to 

 Eldridge R. Johnson and his son, E. R. Fenimore Johnson, for their 

 cooperation in the biological work of the Institution in connection 

 with the expedition to the Puerto Rican Deep. The meeting then 

 adjourned, and the regents inspected the special exhibits in the 

 Secretary's office illustrative of some of the Institution's recent 

 activities. 



FINANCES 



A statement wiU be found in the report of the executive committee, 

 page 70. 



MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST 



JOHNSON-SMITHSONIAN DEEP-SEA EXPEDITION 



In last year's report was described the first Johnson-Smithsonian 

 Deep-Sea Expedition to the Puerto Rican Deep, sponsored by Eldridge 

 R. Johnson, of Philadelpliia, and directed by Dr. Paul Bartsch, 

 curator of the division of mollusks in the National Museum. This 

 first expedition is the beginning of an extensive program of ocean- 

 ographic investigation, for which Mr. Johnson has generously made 

 available his yacht Caroline, completely equipped at his expense with 

 the most modern devices for such work. The first cruise resulted in 

 very large and valuable catches of marine forms, and these were 

 separated into their component groups and turned over to specialists 

 for report. During the past year 15 papers describing some of the 

 new forms were published in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collec- 

 tions, the groups so far partially covered being mollusks, crabs, 

 crinoids, nematodes, trematodes, annelids, fishes, bracliiopods, 

 amphipods, brittlestars, and starfishes. Other papers in this series 

 will appear during the coming year. 



RESEARCHES IN EUROPEAN ARCHIVES 



Dr. C. U. Clark completed during the year his research work among 

 the European archives under the grant furnished to the Smithsonian 

 Institution by Hon. Charles G. Dawes in 1929. These researches 

 carried Dr. Clark through the principal depositories in Italy, Spain, 



