CONTENTS 



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 Letter from the acting secretary, submitting the annual report of the 



Regents to Congress iii 



Contents of the report v 



List of plates vii 



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 2 



General considerations 2 



Finances 3 



Researches and explorations 6 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 7 



Paleontological field-work in Tennessee 7 



Expedition to examine the North Pacific fur seal islands 8 



Botanical exploration in Colombia 9 



Exploration of the paleolithic regions of France and Spain 10 



Centenary of the birth of Spencer Fullerton Baird 10 



Presentation of bust of Jeanne d' Arc 12 



Hamilton Fund lecture 12 



District of Columbia nature study exhibit 12 



Twentieth International Congress of Americanists 13 



Publications 13 



Library ( 15 



National Museum 15 



National Gallery of Art 18 



Freer Gallery of Art 19 



Bureau of American Ethnology 20 



International Exchanges 21 



National Zoological Park 22 



Astrophysical Observatory 23 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 24 



Necrology 25 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 27 



2. Report on the National Gallery of Art 45 



3. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 59 



4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 63 



5. Report on the International Exchanges 78 



6. Report on the National Zoological Park 87 



7. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 105 



8. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 



9. Report on the library 114 



10. Report on publications 120 



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