12 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



During the last fiscal year mimerous learned bodies met in various 

 halls in this city. The many attractions of the capitid, the opportunity 

 of easy ac<'ess to public record offices and the C'Ongressional Librarx', 

 the general interest of the Government buildings, combine to make 

 Washington a favored city for such jnirpose. During the last fiscal 

 year the following organizations, among others, held tlieir meetings 

 here : 



Photographers' Association Aug. 11. 



Association of Offieial AgTiculturiil Cht'iuists Aug'. 28-30 



Convention of American iircliitccts Oct. 22-24. 



Convention of iron and steel nun Oct. 25. 



American Ornithologists' Union Nov. 18-20. 



Amei'ican Economic Association Dec. 30. 



American Forestry Association Dec. 30. 



American Historical Association Dec. 30. 



National Dairy and Food Commissioners' Association Jan. 14, 15. 



National American Woman's Suffrage Association Feb. 16. 



The National Mary Wasliington Memorial Association Feb. 25. 



Triennial meeting of the Woman's National Council Feb. 25. 



Southern Tarift' Association Mar. 25. 



American Associat ion of Inventors and Manufactureis Apr. 8-10. 



National Academy of Scieaices Apr. 21-24. 



Association of Medical Superintendents of American Institutions for the 



Insane Apr, 29. 



American Academy of Medicine May 2-4. 



Conferences of State Boards of Health May 2-4. 



American Fisheries Association May 27, 28. 



National Geograjihical Society 



PARTICIPATION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITIttION IN THE WORLD'S 

 COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



Mention was made in the last report of the provision by Congress for 

 holding an Exposition in the city of Chicago in 1S93 for the jnirpose of 

 celebrating the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America 

 by Christopher Columbus. Dr. G. Brown Goode, assistant secretary, 

 in charge of tlie National Museum, was appointed by the President the 

 representative of the Smithsonian Institution and the National Museum 

 upon the Government Board of Managers and Control. Dr. Goode was 

 invited by the Government ('Ommission to prepare for its use a prelimi- 

 nary j)lan of classification for the Exhibition. This was done, and in 

 September, 1890, a "draft of a system of classification" was presented 

 to the Committee on CUassification. It formed the basis of the classirt- 

 cation subsequently adopted, although modified of course by the neces- 

 sities of the case and the peculiar views of the executive heads of the 

 various departments of the Exhibition. This classification has never 

 been published, although a small edition was printed for the use of the 

 committees. It was, however, never made accessible for general use. 

 It was published under the following title : " First Draft of a System 



