20 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 
the management of this corporation through the membership of the 
secretary in its board of directors, which is composed of business 
and professional men, many of whom have had experience in large 
industrial and mining enterprises, and it is provided in the certificate 
of incorporation that the Smithsonian Institution may receive funds 
for research and experimentation. 
The chief assets of the corporation at present are the Cottrell 
patents relating to the precipitation of dust, smoke, and chemical 
fumes by the use of electrical currents. Dr. F. G. Cottrell, the in- 
ventor and donor of these patents, has described their operation and 
advantages and the progress thus far made in their installation in. 
an article printed in the Smithsonian Report for 1913. 
A number of other patents in various fields of industry have been 
offered by officers of the Government and scientific institutions, as 
well as by manufacturing corporations holding patents not available 
for their own purposes, and undoubtedly there are many others, 
both in this country and abroad, who will be glad to have their in- 
ventions utilized for the benefit of scientific research. 
AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ARCHEOLOGY IN CHINA. 
In my last report mention was made of the proposed establish- 
ment of an American school of archeology in China. The objects of 
the school as proposed are: (1) To prosecute archeological research 
in eastern China; (2) to afford opportunity and facilities for in- 
vestigation to promising and exceptional students, both foreign and 
native, in Asiatic archeology; and (38) to preserve objects of archeo- 
logical and cultural interest in museums in the countries to which 
they pertain in cooperation with existing organizations, such as the 
Société d’Ankor, etc. 
The management of the affairs of the school is placed in the hands 
of an executive committee of five, consisting of Dr. Charles D. Wal- 
cott, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Mr. Charles Henry 
Butler, reporter of the United States Supreme Court; Prof. F. W. 
Shipley, of St. Louis; Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit; and Mr. 
Eugene Meyer, jr., of New York. The general committee consists 
of 16 gentlemen especially interested in archeological research in 
China, with Dr. Walcott as chairman and Mr. Butler as secretary. 
A preliminary survey in the Chinese Republic for the information 
of the general committee in considering the permanent organization 
of the proposed school has been made, and the committee will later 
be called together for further consultation. 
PUBLICATIONS. 
; Of new publications there was issued by the Smithsonian Institu- 
tion and its branches during the year a total of 6,807 printed pages, 
