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completion of the final reports on the expedition being prepared by 
the Smithsonian members of the party. 
The secretary added that the collections were being permanently 
arranged by the experts of the National Museum. It was intended 
to mount certain of the animals in groups, with accessories, so as to 
show their environment and habits. 
On motion the secretary’s report was accepted. 
LANGLEY MEMORIAL TABLET. 
Senator Lodge, chairman of the committee on the Langley me- 
morial tablet, reported that the desire of the board that this tablet . 
should commemorate the work of Mr. Langley in aerial navigation 
had been carried out in a design representing him as seated, engaged 
in a profound study of the great problem. ‘The committee had en- 
tered into an arrangement with a New York sculptor to design a 
tablet 4 feet 6 inches high by 2 feet 5 inches wide. It had been ex- 
pected that the model could be exhibited at this meeting, but a letter 
had been received from the artist stating that an accident to the 
model necessitated the working over of a large portion of it, and 
therefore it could not be submitted at this meeting. 
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE PANAMA ZONE. 
The secretary stated that the plan for a biological survey of the 
_ Panama Canal Zone, under the direction of the Smithsonian Insti- 
tution, was described in his annual report, which had already been 
distributed to the Regents. 
Since the preparation of the report, a letter had been written to 
the President outlining the plan, and asking if it would meet his 
approval if cooperation were asked of the Isthmian Canal Com- 
mission of the War Department, the Bureau of Fisheries of the De- 
partment of Commerce and Labor, and the Biological Survey and 
Bureaus of Entomology and Plant Industry of the Department of 
Agriculture. The President gave his approval and authorized the 
secretary to communicate with the departments mentioned, which was 
done. All have signified their desire to cooperate and have assigned 
experts to aid in the work. The estimated cost of the survey which 
would have to be met by the Institution is $11,000, of which $5,750 
has been subscribed. 
For several years American and foreign naturalists have been 
asking that a biological survey of the Canal Zone be undertaken, 
and various attempts have been made to arrange for such a work. 
The only plan that had materialized was one by the Field Museum 
of Natural History, Chicago, for the collection and study of the fishes 
of the Canal Zone. By agreement, this work will now be carried on 
in conjunction with that of the Smithsonian Expedition, 
