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III. Smithsonian Annual Reports. 
The Annual Report for 1905 was distributed early in the fiscal year: 
1667. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the 
year ending June 30, 1906. Octavo. Pages i-liv, 1-576, with 48 plates. 
The following papers included in the Annnual Report of the Board of Regents 
for 1905 were issued separately in pamphlet form: 
1668. Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution at Meetings of December 6, 1904, and January 25, and March 6, 
1905. Report of Executive Committee. Acts and resolution of Congress. 
Octavo. Pages xi-liv. 
1669. New Measurements of the Distance of the Sun. By A. R. Hinks. 
Octavo. Pages 101-118. 
1670. Photographing Lightning with a Moving Camera. By Alex. Larsen. 
Octavo. Pages 119-127, with plates tv. 
1671. The Tantalum Lamp. By W. von Bolton and O. Feuerlein. Octavo. 
Pages 129-140. 
1672. Some Refinements of Mechanical Science. By Ambrose Swasey. 
Octavo. Pages 141-150. 
1673. Progress in Radiography. By L. Gastine. Octavo. Pages 151-161, 
with plates I—vIm. 
1674. History of Photography. By Robert Hunt. Octavo. Pages 163-192, 
with plates I-tv. 
1675. The Genesis of the Diamond. By Gardner F. Williams. Octavo. Pages 
193-209. 
1676. A description of the Big Diamond recently found in the Premier Mine, 
Transvaal. By F. H. Hatch and G. S. Corstorphine. Octavo. Pages 211-213, 
with plates I, II. 
1677. Gold in Science and Industry. By G. T. Beilby. Octavo. Pages 
215-234. 
1678. Submarine Navigation. By Sir William H. White. Octavo. Pages 
235-245. 
1679. Liberia. By Sir Harry Johnston. Octavo. Pages 247-264, with plates 
I-VII. 
1680. Geographical Results of the Tibet Mission. By Sir Frank Younghus- 
band. Octavo. Pages 265-277, with plates 1-Iv. 
1681. The Development of Rhodesia and its Railway System in Relation to 
Oceanic Highways. By J. T. P. Heatley. Octavo. Pages 279-292, with plate I. 
1682. The Ethics of Japan. By Baron Kencho Suyematsu. Octayo. Pages 
293-307. 
1683. Plague in India. By Charles Creighton. Octavo. Pages 309-338. 
1684. The Fight against Yellow Fever. By A. Dastre. Octavo. Pages 
339-350. 
1685. Luminosity in Plants. By Hans Molisch. Octavo. Pages 351-362. 
1686. Notes on the Victoria Lyre Bird (Menura Victorie). By A. E. Kitson. 
Octavo. Pages 363-374, with plates I—vI. 
1687. The Influence of Physical Conditions in the Genesis of Species. By Joel 
A. Allen. Octavo. Pages 375-402. 
1688. Parental Care Among Fresh-Water Fishes. By Theodore Gill. Octavo. 
Pages 403-531, with plate 1. 
1689. On the Relations between the United States of America and Germany, 
especially in.the field of Science. By Wilhelm Waldeyer. Octavo. Pages 
533-547. 
