﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

   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 
  

  

  BEPOBT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECBETABY. 
  

  

  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 
  6 
  

  

  Paleontological 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  7 
  

  

  Botanical 
  expedition 
  to 
  the 
  Orient 
  9 
  

  

  Australian 
  expedition 
  9 
  

  

  Biological 
  exploration 
  in 
  the 
  Dominican 
  Republic 
  10 
  

  

  Entomological 
  expedition 
  to 
  Alaska 
  10 
  

  

  The 
  Institute 
  for 
  research 
  in 
  tropical 
  America 
  11 
  

  

  Flora 
  of 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  12 
  

  

  Baird 
  Memorial 
  Committee 
  12 
  

  

  Development 
  of 
  multiple-charge 
  rocket 
  12 
  

  

  Publications 
  13 
  

  

  Library 
  14 
  

  

  National 
  Museum 
  15 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  17 
  

  

  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  18 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  19 
  

  

  International 
  exchanges 
  20 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  21 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  22 
  

  

  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  23 
  

  

  Necrology 
  24 
  

  

  Appendix 
  1. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  2G 
  

  

  2. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  42 
  

  

  3. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  53 
  

  

  4. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  55 
  

  

  5. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  International 
  Exchanges 
  76 
  

  

  6. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  88 
  

  

  7. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  104 
  

  

  8. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Litera- 
  

  

  ture 
  109 
  

  

  9. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  library 
  113 
  

  

  10. 
  Report 
  on 
  publications 
  119 
  

  

  v 
  

  

  