REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 105 
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution showing 
the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for the year ended 
June 30, 1942. xiii+421 pp., 83 pls., 44 figs. (Publ. 3705.) 1948. 
The general appendix contained the following papers (Publs. 3706- 
3725): 7 
The 1914 tests of the Langley “aerodrome,” by C. G. Abbot. 
The problem of the expanding universe, by Edwin Hubble. 
Galaxies, by Harlow Shapley. 
Is there life on the other worlds? by Sir James Jeans. 
Solar radiation and the state of the atmosphere, by Harlan True Stetson. 
The sun and the earth’s magnetic field, by J. A. Fleming. 
Ultraviolet light as a sanitary aid, by Louis Gershenfeld. 
Trends in petroleum geology, by A. I. Levorsen. 
Meteorites and their metallic constituents, by H. P. Henderson and Stuart 
H. Perry. 
Philippine tektites and the tektite problem in general, by H. Otley Beyer. 
Chemical properties of viruses, by W. M. Stanley. 
Industrial development of synthetic vitamins, by Randolph T. Major. 
The nutritional requirements of man, by C. A. Elvehjem. 
Past and present status of the marine mammals of South America and 
the West Indies, by Remington Kellogg. 
The return of the musk ox, by Stanley P. Young. 
Inseet enemies of our cereal crops, by C. M. Packard. 
The geographical aspects of malaria, by Sir Malcolm Watson. 
The bromeliads of Brazil, by Milford B. Foster. 
Canada’s Indian problems, by Diamond Jenness. 
Dakar and the other Cape Verde settlements, by Derwent Whittlesey. 
Report for 1943.—The Report of the Secretary, which included the 
financial report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents, 
and which will form part of the Annual Report of the Board of 
Regents to Congress, was issued Decen ber 21, 19438. 
Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of 
the executive committee of the Board of Regents for the year ended June 30, 
1943. ix+95 pp.,2 pls. (Publ. 3740.) 1948. 
The Report volume, containing the general appendix, was in press 
at the close of the year. 
SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS 
Classified list of Smithsonian publications available for distribution October 
1, 1943, by Helen Munroe. 47 pp. (Publ. 3736.) October 1, 1943. 
A field collector’s manual in natural history, by members of the staff of the 
Smithsonian Institution. 118 pp., 66 figs. (Publ. 3766.) April 26, 1944. 
The following special publication was reprinted: 
Handbook of the National Aircraft Collection, by Paul E. Garber. Fifth 
Edition. 43 pp., 26 pls., 1 fig. (Publ. 3635.) 
