REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 719 
United States and Northern Mexico, by AleS Hrdliéka, and 42, Tuberculosis 
Among Certain Indian Tribes, by AleS Hrdli¢éka. At the close of the fiscal year 
there were largely in type or at the bindery the Twenty-seventh Annual Report, 
and Bulletins 38, 39, 40, part 1, 41, 48, 46, and 47. 
VII. PUBLICATIONS OF THD SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. 
As an addenda to the Annals of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 
Volume II, a short note on the Reflecting Power of Clouds was issued, as 
follows: 
1738a. Note on the Reflecting Power of Clouds. By C. G. Abbot and F. E. 
Yowle, jr. (Addenda to Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian 
Institution, Vol. II.) Octavo. Pages 3. 
VIII. REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Volumes I and II of the Annual Report of the American Historical Associa- 
tion for the year 1906, by law approved and communicated to Congress by the 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, were published in August, 1908. 
Volume I contained the following: Report of Proceedings of Providence 
Meeting, by Charles H. Haskins; Report of Proceedings of Pacific Coast Branch, 
by Max Farrand; The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century, by D. C. Munro; A 
Medizval Humanist, by H. O. Taylor; Report of Conference on Teaching of 
History in Schools, by J. A. James; Report of Conference on History in Col- 
lege, by Max Farrand; Third Report of Conference on State and Local His- 
torical Societies, by F. H. Severance; Comparison of Virginia Company with 
Other English Trading Companies, by Susan M. Kingsbury ; The Colonial Policy 
of Great Britain, by G. L. Beer; William Penn, by Edward Channing; Some 
Aspects of the English Bill for the Admission of Kansas, by F. H. Hodder; 
The Attitude of Thaddeus Stevens Toward the Conduct of the Civil War, by 
J. A. Woodburn; History of Indian Consolidation West of the Mississippi, by 
Annie H. Abel. 
Volume II contained the Seventh Report of the Public Archives Commission, 
with discussions of the following subjects: Summary of present state of legis- 
lation of States and Territories relative to the custody and supervision of 
the public records, by Robert T. Swan; public archives of Arkansas, by John 
Hugh Reynolds; public archives of Connecticut, by N. P. Mead; state and county 
archives of Delaware, by Edgar Dawson; state archives of Florida, by David 
Y. Thomas; archives of Augusta, Ga., and of Richmond County, by Julia A. 
Flisch; state archives of Ohio and of Ross County, by R. C. Stevenson; local 
archives of Tennessee, by St. George L. Sioussat; bibliography of public archives 
of the thirteen original States to 1789, by Adelaide R. Hasse. 
The manuscript of Volumes I and II of the Annual Report for 1907 was sent 
to the Public Printer September 10, 1908, but the work had not been published 
at the close of the fiscal year. The manuscript of Volume I for 1908 was trans- 
mitted on June 17, 1909. 
IX. REPORT OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 
The Hleventh Report of the Daughters of the American Revolution was re- 
ceived from the society in accordance with section 8 of the act of incorporation, 
which reads that “said society shall report annually to the Secretary of the 
Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, and said Secretary shall 
communicate to Congress such portions thereof as he may deem of national 
interest and importance.” After revision the report was communicated to 
Congress on June 1, 1909. 
