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work, which is made possible by the generosity of Mr. Robert S. 

 Clark, of New York, will now be carried on in the region south of 

 the Yangtze, and the zoological results will come to the National 

 Museum. 



Secretary Walcott, accompanied by Mrs. Walcott, continued his 

 geological work in the Canadian Rockies. Notwithstanding bad 

 weather and forest fires, the season was very successful. 



THE SECRETARY'S SUPPLEMENTAL STATEMENT 



The secretary presented a supplemental statement covering the 

 activities of the various branches of the Institution since the print- 

 ing of the annual report of June 30, 1922. These will be described 

 in detail in the annual report for 1923. 



REGULAR MEETING, FEBRUARY 8, 1923 



Present : The Hon. Calvin Coolidge, Vice President of the United 

 States, chancellor, in the chair; tli* Hon. William H. Taft, Chief 

 Justice of the United States; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Senator 

 Medill McCormick; Senator A. Owsley Stanley; Representative 

 Frank L. Greene; Representative Albert Johnson; Representative 

 R. Walton Moore; Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin; and the secretary, Dr. 

 Charles D. Walcott. 



DEATH OF REGENT 



The secretary announced the sudden death of Mr. John B. Hender- 

 son, who had attended the last meeting of the board. 



Senator Lodge offered the following resolutions, which were 

 adopted : 



Whereas the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution having learned 

 of the death, on January 4, 1923, of John Brooks Henderson, a regent since 

 March 1, 1911, and since May last a member of the executive committee: 



Resolved, That the board desire here to record that in the passing away of 

 their colleague biological science has lost an earnest worker, the Institution 

 a generous donor and ardent well-wisher, and the members of this board a 

 valued adviser and lovable friend. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be made a part of the records of the board, 

 and that a copy thereof be transmitted to the family of Mr. Henderson as an 

 expression of the profound sorrow felt at his untimely death. 



APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS 



The secretary stated that the President, on January 22, 1923, had 

 approved a joint resolution reappointing Mr. Henry White; and 

 another appointing Mr. Irwin B. Laughlin, of Pennsylvania, in 

 place of Dr. A. Graham Bell, and Mr Frederic A. Delano, of the 

 District of Columbia, to succeed Mr. John B. Henderson, deceased. 



