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installed on July first which not only received high praise from many 

 quarters, but for which a grand prize was awarded. 



Research loorh. — The secretary called attention to the condition of 

 the resources of the Institution, and stated that the balance of the 

 income from the parent fund available July 1, 1908, was too small a 

 sum to initiate any considerable work. 



A number of minor investigations were now being carried on by 

 the Institution, which had met the approval of scientific men. Modern 

 research, however, requires a great deal of money, as it must start 

 from the stage of progress of science at the present day, and this often 

 necessitated expensive apparatus, laboratories, and the work of many 

 hands. 



If funds can be obtained to be administered under the Smithsonian 

 Institution, the scientific work of the Government can be often sup- 

 plemented by original researches of a character that would hardly be 

 undertaken by the Government, and which would be of great service 

 to humanity. 



DEATH OF WILLIAM J. RHEES. 



Mr. William J. Rhees, for many years chief clerk of the Institu- 

 tion, and later keeper of the archives, died on March 18, 1907. 

 Eeference to the demise of this faithful ofiicial will be found in the 

 annual report. A clause in his will bequeathed $500 to the Institution. 



ANNUAL MEETING OF JANUARY 22, 1908. 



Present: Mr. Chief Justice F-uller (chancellor) in the chair; Repre- 

 sentative John Dalzell, Representative James R. Mann, Representa- 

 tive William M. Howard, Dr. James B. Angell, the Hon. John B. 

 Henderson, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, the Hon. George Gray, and 

 the secretary, Mr. Charles D. Walcott. 



REAPPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. 



The chancellor announced the following reappointments of Regents 

 under the terms of section 5581 of the Revised Statutes: 



By the President of the Senate, on January 14, 1908, Senator Bacon, 

 of Georgia. 



By the Speaker of the House, on December 9, 1907, Representatives 

 Dalzell, Mann, and Howard. 



RESIGNATION OF REGENT. 



The chancellor submitted the resignation of the Hon. Richard Olney 

 as a Regent, and on motion the following resolution was adopted: 



Resolved, That the secretary of the Institution acknowledge the receipt of the tele- 

 gram from Mr. Richard Olney, tendering his resignation as a Regent of the Smith- 



