104 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1911. 
Entomology; and Mr. William R. Maxon, of the United States 
National Museum. 
Much interest is being manifested in this survey both here and in 
the zone. The Republic of Panama is so impressed with the im- 
portance of the work that it has invited the Institution to extend 
the survey into that country. 
The Institution is indebted to the Departments of State, Agricul- 
‘ure, Commerce and Labor, the War Department, and the Panama 
Railroad & Steamship Co. for courtesies which have insured the 
success of the enterprise. 
As previously stated, a very considerable part of the funds neces- 
sary for the survey has been received by subscription. 
Appointment of an additional assistant secretary.—The secretary 
called attention to the large increase in the work of the Institution 
and its branches, brought about by the natural growth of their 
activities and the addition of new interests, and stated that there was 
need for the appointment of an additional assistant secretary. 
He desired the permission of the board to appoint to that position 
before the close of the present fiscal year Dr. Frederick William — 
True, who entered the service of the Institution in 1878, who was 
a zoologist of established reputation, and who was now head curator 
of the Department of Biology in the United States National Museum. 
After discussion, the following resolution was adopted: 
Resolved, That the proposed appointment by the secretary of Dr. Frederick 
William True as assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be approved. 
Bequest of George W. Poore.—The secretary announced that since 
the annual meeting notice had been received that the Institution had 
been made the residual legatee of the late George W. Poore, of 
Lowell, Mass., who left an estate estimated to be $40,000, under the 
condition that the income from this sum should be added to the prin- 
cipal until a total of $250,000 should have been reached, and that then 
the income only was to be used for the purposes for which the Insti- 
tution was created. The portions of the will relating to the bequest 
are as follows: 
ford 
IreM 7. The large and small photographs of myself I desire given to the 
Smithsonian Institute hereinafter mentioned; to be given a place in their Insti- 
tute where they may be seen, as one of the conditions of the gift to them 
herein made by me. 
Item 8. All the rest, residue, and remainder of my estate, real, personal, and 
mixed, of whatever name or nature and wherever found or situate, of which 
I shall die seized, possessed, or entitled, whether at law or in equity, I give, 
devise, and bequeath to the Smithsonian Institute, at Washington, D. C., but in 
trust nevertheless and upon the condition, in addition to the condition as to 
photographs of myself as above, that the fund realized from my estate and 
from turning the real and personal estate into money shall he held for- 
ever by said Smithsonian Institute as a fund to be called the Lucy T., and 
George W. Poore fund, and upon condition that the income only of said fund 
