CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Letter from the Secretary submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to 



Congress m 



Contents of the report v 



List of plates vn 



General subjects of the annual report : ix 



Officials of the Institution and its branches xi 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



Finances 2 



General considerations 4 



Researches and explorations — 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 6 



Geological field studies 8 



Hunting graptolites in the Appalachian Valley 8 



Explorations in the Ohio Valley for fossil algae and coral reefs. . 9 



Examination of ancient human remains in Florida 10 



Biological work in Cuba and Haiti 12 



Botanical work in the Hawaiian Islands 12 



Cinchona Botanical Station 13 



Biological work in China 13 



Explorations in Santo Domingo 14 



Expedition to Celebes 14 



Collins-Garner Congo expedition 15 



Research corporation 15 



National Research Council 16 



Publications 19 



Library 21 



Reception to French scientists 21 



National Museum 22 



Bureau of American Ethnology 23 



International Exchanges 24 



National Zoological Park 25 



Astrophysical Observatory 27 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 28 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 31 



2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 45 



3. Report on the International Exchanges 62 



4. Report on the National Zoological Park 71 



5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 88 



6. Report on the library 96 



7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. . . 104 



8. Report on publications 107 



Report of the executive committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 



Institution Ill 



Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution 117 



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