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  ANNUAL 
  EEPOET 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1929 
  

  

  the 
  Institution, 
  and 
  already 
  has 
  made 
  notable 
  headway 
  under 
  Dr. 
  

   F. 
  S. 
  Brackett, 
  its 
  director, 
  in 
  its 
  preparation 
  to 
  add 
  fundamental 
  

   data 
  to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  dependence 
  on 
  radiation 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  

   of 
  plants 
  and 
  the 
  health 
  of 
  animals 
  and 
  human 
  beings. 
  In*connec- 
  

   tion 
  with 
  this 
  division, 
  four 
  rooms 
  in 
  the 
  basement 
  and 
  four 
  in 
  the 
  

   flag 
  tower 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Building, 
  heretofore 
  of 
  little 
  value, 
  

   have 
  been 
  fitted 
  for 
  laboratories 
  and 
  offices, 
  and 
  much 
  modern 
  labora- 
  

   tory 
  furniture 
  and 
  apparatus 
  have 
  been 
  purchased. 
  — 
  Four 
  volumes 
  

   of 
  the 
  12-volume 
  set 
  entitled 
  " 
  Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series 
  " 
  have 
  

   been 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  publishers 
  in 
  beautiful 
  form. 
  Many 
  expressions 
  

   of 
  pleased 
  appreciation 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  subscribers, 
  and 
  the 
  

   royalties 
  to 
  the 
  Institution, 
  as 
  author, 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  for 
  promoting 
  re- 
  

   search 
  and 
  publication, 
  have 
  exceeded 
  anticipation. 
  The 
  remaining 
  

   eight 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  are 
  far 
  advanced 
  in 
  preparation, 
  and 
  will 
  

   be 
  at 
  least 
  equally 
  as 
  interesting 
  and 
  beautiful 
  as 
  those 
  already 
  

   issued. 
  — 
  Many 
  expeditions 
  of 
  excellent 
  accomplishment 
  have 
  gone 
  

   forth 
  from 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  

   the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  and 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  to 
  remote 
  quar- 
  

   ters 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  — 
  Numerous 
  monographs 
  and 
  original 
  research 
  

   articles 
  have 
  been 
  published, 
  embodying 
  valuable 
  results 
  of 
  observa- 
  

   tion. 
  — 
  By 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  War 
  Department 
  the 
  military 
  exhibits 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  have 
  been 
  entirely 
  rearranged. 
  Along 
  with 
  

   this 
  have 
  gone 
  other 
  extensive 
  improvements 
  in 
  the 
  exhibitions. 
  — 
  

   Under 
  the 
  act 
  of 
  1928, 
  by 
  which 
  Congress 
  appropriated 
  $20,000 
  to 
  

   promote 
  cooperative 
  investigations 
  in 
  ethnology 
  and 
  archeology 
  in 
  

   the 
  several 
  States 
  to 
  be 
  expended 
  at 
  the 
  discretion 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian, 
  

   allotments 
  totaling 
  over 
  $9,000 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  projects 
  in 
  10 
  

   different 
  States, 
  — 
  Great 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  improvement 
  

   of 
  the 
  library. 
  — 
  A 
  new 
  building 
  for 
  birds, 
  believed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  best 
  

   for 
  this 
  purpose 
  in 
  the 
  whole 
  world, 
  has 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  equip- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  Congress 
  has 
  gratifyingly 
  

   made 
  provision 
  for 
  a 
  new 
  reptile 
  house 
  equally 
  well 
  designed. 
  — 
  All 
  

   of 
  these 
  and 
  many 
  other 
  matters 
  of 
  scarcely 
  less 
  interest 
  will 
  be 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  in 
  more 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  pages 
  which 
  immediately 
  follow, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  special 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  THE 
  ESTABLISHMENT 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  was 
  created 
  by 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  in 
  

   1846, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  terms 
  of 
  the 
  will 
  of 
  James 
  Smithson, 
  of 
  Eng- 
  

   land, 
  who, 
  in 
  1826, 
  bequeathed 
  his 
  property 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  of 
  

   America 
  " 
  to 
  found 
  at 
  Washington, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution, 
  an 
  establishment 
  for 
  the 
  increase 
  and 
  diffusion 
  of 
  

   knowledge 
  among 
  men." 
  In 
  receiving 
  the 
  property 
  and 
  accepting 
  

   the 
  trust. 
  Congress 
  determined 
  that 
  the 
  Federal 
  Government 
  was 
  

  

  