8 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
National Museum: 
Hurniture; and: fixturess=— = Sane sae eee Peas ade tea8 Sealey $50, 000 
Te tamuiboyse Gnavo lb iea e ayes ee 50, 000 
PreservationsoL collections. 22 = 2 See eee ee ee 300, 000 
1 0 ec key RP a eg 0 SAR AR Sy ee ee ees ee ee re 2, 000 
ROStACe Be 2 ee ee ee a oO 500 
PS Wilching MePaieS= ketene AE ei ie open ee 10, 000 
Bookstacks for Government bureau libraries_——_-.--+=__-_-+~-____—_ 15, 000 
National ‘Zooloricall Parka. — =. = svgiey Soc he oe ee ee 100, 000 
Readjustment of boundaries, National Zoological Park ——-_-___~------- 107, 200 
international Catalocueof Scientific Miterabhure = 25s 22 28 eee Se 7, 500 
Op Yay ees) AeA CH Rg ea he eg A RE Dl 729, 200 
In addition to the above specific amounts to be disbursed by the 
Institution, there was included under the general appropriation for 
public printing and binding an allotment of $76,200 to cover the 
cost of printing and binding the annual report and other Govern- 
ment publications issued by the Institution, and to be disbursed by 
the Public Printer. 
RESEARCHES AND EXPLORATIONS. 
During the past year the Institution has continued to carry on 
investigations in various lines throughout the world by means of 
small allotments from its funds. It has also accomplished a great 
deal in the way of exploration and research through the generosity 
of friends of the Institution, who have contributed funds for special 
work or provided opportunities for participation in explorations 
which they had undertaken personally or through the aid of others. 
Each year, however, the Institution is obliged to forego oppor- 
tunities for important investigations through lack of sufficient funds. 
IT can here only briefly mention some of the work in progress 
under the Smithsonian Institution proper during the past year, while 
accounts of activities connected with the Astrophysical Observatory, 
the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the United States National 
Museum are given in other parts of this report by those in direct 
charge of those branches of the Institution. 
THE LANGLEY AERODYNAMICAL LABORATORY. 
By resolution of the Regents on May 1, 1918, the secretary was 
authorized to reopen the Smithsonian Institution laboratory for the 
study of aerodynamics and to be known as the Langley Aero- 
dynamical Laboratory. The functions of the laboratory were de- 
fined to be the study of the problems of aerodromics, particularly 
those of aerodynamics, with such research and experimentation as 
may be necessary to increase the safety and effectiveness of aerial 
locomotion for the purposes of commerce, national defense, and the 
welfare of man. 
