96 ANNUAL EEPOET" SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1908. 



After discussion, the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 be tendered to Mr. William T. Evans, of Montclair, N. J., for the generous gift 

 of his valuable collection of paintings to the National Gallery of Art; that the 

 Regents in accepting the gift recognize his public spirit and devotion to the highest 

 interests of the nation which prompted this si^lendid donation. 



Courtesy of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. — Mr. Evans desired to 

 make an immediate delivery of his collection, but there was no place 

 of sufficient size in the Smithsonian or museum building which could 

 properly accommodate it. In this emergency the Corcoran Gallery 

 of Art courteously extended the use of its large atrium, pending the 

 preparation of a suitable gallery here, and the Secretary thought that 

 the board might wish to formally express its appreciation of this 

 attention. 



On motion, the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 be extended to the trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art for their courtesy in pro- 

 viding temporary exhibition space for the William T. Evans donation to the National 

 Gallery of Art. 



Hodghins fund. — The secretary continued: "I have given a good 

 deal of consideration to the use of that portion of the Hodgkins fund 

 devoted to the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge of the 

 atmospheric air in relation to the welfare of man. While much valu- 

 able work has been done under this fund, it seems to me that it would 

 be more in consonance with the ideas of the founder if at least a por- 

 tion of it might be employed in some way to aid in the knowledge of 

 the prevention of disease and its cure. 1 am now in consultation with 

 Prof. S. Homer Woodbridge, of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- 

 nology, sanitary engineer of the new office buildings for the Capitol, 

 Dr. William H. Welch, of Johns Hopkins University, and Dr. Elmer 

 Flick, of the Henry Phipps Institute for the Prevention and Cure of 

 Tuberculosis, at Philadelphia, and hope to be able to initiate some use- 

 ful investigations along these lines." 



Request of the Department of State that the Smithsonian Institution 

 take charge of the United States, Ooverninent exhibit at the Bordeaux 

 Maritime Exposition. — The secretary stated that the Institution, under 

 the special authority of Congress, has participated for many years in 

 all international expositions at which the Government was represented, 

 but this year for the first time, and in compliance with a request of 

 the Department of State, it has had complete charge of an exhibit for 

 the United States. At the last session Congress passed an appropri- 

 ation of $15,000 to enable this Government to be represented at 

 Bordeaux. The sum was very small and the time so short that the 

 task seemed impossible, but the secretary was glad to be able to say 

 that through the energetic labors of the museum staff, a display was 



