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^CONTENTS. 



Letter from the secre?&*y ^submitting the annual report of the regents to 



Congress iii 



Contents of the report v 



List of plates vii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment „ . 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



General considerations 2 



Administration 3 



Finances 3 



Explorations and researches — 



Studies in Cambrian geology and paleontology 5 



Biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone 5 



Biological expedition in Canada G 



Rainey expedition in Africa 6 



Bird studies in the Aleutian Islands and Bering Sea 7 



Anthropological researches in Peru 7 



Researches under Hodgkins fund 8 



Smithsonian table at Naples Zoological Station 9 



Publications 10 



Library 14 



Langley memorial tablet 15 



International congresses and celebrations 15 



Miscellaneous 16 



National Museum 17 



Bureau of American Ethnology 19 



International Exchanges 20 



National Zoological Park 21 



Astrophysical Observatory 22 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 23 



Necrology 25 



Appendix I. Report on the United States National Museum 26 



II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 31 



III. Report on the International Exchanges 45 



IV. Report on the National Zoological Park 53 



V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory C2 



VI. Report on the Library 70 



VII. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. . . 75 



VIII. Report on the Publications 78 



IX. Report on Congresses of Librarians and on Bibliography 87 



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