CONTENTS. 



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



Congress ni 



Contents of the report v 



List of plates vn 



REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 5 



The Establishment 5 



The Board of Regents 5 



General considerations ' 6 



Importance of a National Seismological Laboratory 6 



Finances ° 



Explorations and researches — 



Smithsonian African Expedition 10 



Studies in Cambrian geology and paleontology 11 



Geological investigations in the Far East and in Newfoundland 12 



Study of American mammals 12 



Biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone 13 



Antiquity of man in South America 14 



Researches under Hodgkins fund 16 



Smithsonian table at Naples Zoological Station 17 



Publications 18 



Advisory committee on printing and publication 21 



The library 2i 



The Langley medal 22 



The Langley memorial tablet - 23 



Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 24 



International congresses and celebrations 25 



Miscellaneous 27 



National Museum 28 



National Gallery of Art 29 



Bureau of American Ethnology : 33 



International Exchanges ** 4 



National Zoological Park 36 



Astrophysical Observatory 37 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 38 



Appendix I. Report on the United States National Museum 40 



II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 46 



III. Report on the International Exchanges 57 



IV. Report on the National Zoological Park 68 



V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 73 



VI. Report on the Library 77 



VII. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature ... 80 



VIII. Report on the Publications 82 



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