REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 83 



The exhibit of the SiuithHonian Institution i^roper was selected, under the direc- 

 tion of the Secretary, by Assistant Secretary Richard Rathbun. 



BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. 



This Bureau exhibited three large panels of illustrations selected from its annual 

 reports, showing the scope of the work. A set of the Bureau's reports was included 

 in the case containing the publications of the Smithsonian Institution and its 

 dej)endencies. 



The exhibit was assembled by Mr. W J McGee, ethnologist in charge, under the 

 supervision of Maj. J. W. Powell, Director of the Bureau. 



At the Indian congress held in conjunction with the exposition a miniature Kiowa 

 Indian camping circle was exhibited by the Bureau, under the charge of Mr. James 

 Mooney, Avho collected the material for the same. 



NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 



Tht^ exhil)it of the National Zoological Park consisted of a model of the park, 

 showing its topograi^hy, wooded areas, animal houses, and inclosures; water-color 

 and pen-and-ink sketches of the animal houses and of picturesque points in the 

 park, and transparencies from photographs of characteristic features of the park. 

 This exhibit was assembled by Dr. Frank Baker, superintendent of the park. 



BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



This Bureau exhibited a map showing the distribution of its correspondents 

 throughout the world, and a large diagram indicating the growth of the service by 

 decades since the year 1850. 



The exhibit was prepared by Mr. W. I. Adams, chief clerk of the Bureau, under 

 the direction of the assistant secretary of the Institution. 



ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERV.\TORY. 



Tlie exhibit of the Astrophysical Observatory was selected and prepared under the 

 direction of the Secretary of the Institution. The following objects were included: 



Photographs of the exterior and interior of the Observatory building; the bolom- 

 eter, or electric- thernKjmeter, an instrument of extreme delicacy, the invention of 

 Professor Langley; photographs of other instruments in the Observatory, such as the 

 siderostat, galvanometer and spectrometer; and enlarged photographs of the spectrum 

 of the sun. 



NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



In the organization of the exhibit of the National Museum two principal objects 

 were kept in view: First, to indicate the comprehensiveness of the scope of the 

 Museum; second, to represent the manner in which series of objects are arranged, 

 labeled, and displayed in the Museum halls at Washington. 



In carrying out the first idea only an outline C(juld be presented owing to lack of 

 space. As regards the second, it should he remarked that the cases, fittings, and 

 lal)els employed were for the most part from the regular stock of the IVIuseuin and 

 were of exactly the same style as those used in W'asliington. A few new methods 

 regarded as im])rovenients were introduced. 



The Museum is divided into three departments, each of which is again sulxlivided 

 into divisions and sections. The exhil)its are here given by departments. 



Department of Anthropology.— The exhibit of this deiiartment of the ^Nlu.'Jeum 

 was planned and ])repared l)y Mr. W. H. Holmes, head curator, assisted by the • 

 scientific staff. 



The exhil)it occui.ied nineteen cases nearest the rotunda of the Government build- 

 ing. The principal functions of this department of the Museum are to preserve and 



