PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 103 
Fuller memorial meeting.—It having appeared to be the wish of 
the board at its annual meeting on December 8 last that a formal . 
meeting in memory of the late Chief Justice Fuller should be held 
by the Regents, a resclution was then adopted inviting Justice Har- 
lan to deliver such an address on a suitable occasion, the time of 
which was to be left entirely to his convenience. The secretary re- 
grets to report that Justice Harlan has written him to say that he 
finds himself unable in the near future to comply with the wishes 
of the board. 
After discussion, in which it was suggested that the proposed trib- 
ute to the late chancellor take the form of a memorial to be published 
in the annual report, the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That the secretary be requested to prepare a suitable memorial of 
the life and work of the late Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller, chancellor 
of the Smithsonian Institution from 1888 to 1910, which memorial is hereby de- 
ciared approved for inclusion in the next annual report of the Board of Regents. 
Langley memorial tablet.—At the last meeting of the board it was 
reported that the Langley memorial tablet had met with an acci- 
dent and would have to be remodeled. This work of repair has been 
going on, but no photograph showing the present condition of the 
tablet has been submitted by the sculptor. 
Hodgkins gold medal of tke Institution—The committee ap- 
pointed by the secretary to consider whether sufficiently important 
investigations into the phenomena of atmospheric air in relation to 
the welfare of mankind had been made to merit the award of the 
third Hodgkins gold medal have reported their findings with a 
recommendation, which report is now being considered. 
Biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone.—The secretary 
stated that the board would recall that at the late annual meeting 
lke had spoken of the organization of a biological survey of the 
Panama Canal Zone to include studies of the life of the land and 
waters of that region, and had explained the necessity for immediate 
action, as the opening of the canal would mingle the waters of the 
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, which might permanently destroy the 
possibility of a true understanding of the fauna and flora now 
existing there. 
Since that meeting a party of naturalists designated to carry on 
the work has reached the zone, and the collections resulting from 
their work are already arriving. Those engaged in the survey are 
the following: 
Prof. S. E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Natural History; Prof. 
Henry Pittier, of the United States Bureau of Plant Industry; Mr. 
EK. A. Goldman, of the United States Biological Survey; Mr. S. F. 
Hildebrand, of the United States Bureau of Fisheries; Mr. E. A. 
Schwarz and Mr. August Busck, of the United States Bureau of 
