6 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



which underTurkish law might be allowed to leave the country, 

 would be deposited in the Institution. 



He also reviewed briefly the greatly improved condition of 

 the Smithsonian Deposit in the Library of Congress since the 

 new quarters had been erected, calling attention to the fact 

 that a sum of not less than $50,000 would probably be required 

 to supply the defects in this Deposit due to the lack of adequate 

 provision for it by Congress during the past twenty years, 

 and to fill in the important sets of periodicals which can not 

 be secured b}" exchange. 



He reminded the Regents, in connection with the projected 

 International Catalogue of Scientilic Literature, that the tirst 

 step to such a catalogue had been taken many years since by 

 Professor Henry, that the support of the catalogue by private 

 universities and li])raries in this countrj^ had been prompt and 

 gratifj'ing, and that there remained but the supplying of the 

 material for the United States, for which he hoped Congress 

 would provide, and while waiting its action for carrying on 

 the work in the interim, he had made a strictly temporary 

 provision with the aid of the funds of the Institution. It was 

 not intended by him to recommend any permanent contribu- 

 tion from the Institution's limited funds. 



The Secretary then made a statement with regard to the 

 Museum and its needs, announcing that he had recently 

 arranged that the Assistant Secretary should give his personal 

 attention chiefly to the Museum; that he believed that the 

 Committee on Appropriations was getting to see the inevitalfle 

 necessit}^ of enlarging the Museum buildings, that with this 

 would come larger responsibilities, and that this growth and 

 the confidence of the community and of the Congress were 

 due in a large measure to their belief in that impartial I'ule 

 of the Regents, which has in the past guaranteed considera- 

 tion and fairness in the selection of Museum officers and sta- 

 bility in its policy. 



Finally, the Secretary called attention to the fact that the 

 continued independence and usefulness of the Institution would 

 depend in a large measure upon the increase in its endowment. 

 When the Institution was established over fifty years ago, its 

 fund of $600,000 was relatively a large one, twice as large as 

 that of Yale College, larger than that of Princeton, Columbia, 

 and the University of Pennsylvania, and onlj^ equaled by the 

 fund of Harvard. The Institution's endowment has in the 



