﻿REPORT 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  SECRETARY 
  OF 
  THE 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  

   INSTITUTION 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot 
  

  

  FOR 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  ENDING 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  1929 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution: 
  

  

  Gentlemen 
  : 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  submit 
  herewith 
  my 
  report 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  activities 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  and 
  

   the 
  Government 
  bureaus 
  under 
  its 
  administrative 
  charge 
  during 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1929. 
  The 
  first 
  22 
  pages 
  contain 
  a 
  summary 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  affairs 
  of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  Appendixes 
  1 
  to 
  11 
  give 
  

   more 
  detailed 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art, 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  the 
  International 
  Exchanges, 
  the 
  

   National 
  Zoological 
  Park, 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  the 
  Divi- 
  

   sion 
  of 
  Radiation 
  and 
  Organisms, 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Regional 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature, 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  library, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  publications 
  issued 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   the 
  Institution 
  ; 
  and 
  Appendix 
  12 
  contains 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  subscribers 
  up 
  to 
  

   November 
  15, 
  1929, 
  to 
  the 
  James 
  Smithson 
  Memorial 
  Edition 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series. 
  

  

  THE 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

  

  OUTSTANDING 
  EVENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  gratifyingly 
  and 
  unexpectedly 
  rich 
  in 
  progress. 
  

   Among 
  many 
  items 
  of 
  importance 
  it 
  is 
  even 
  hard 
  to 
  select 
  the 
  great- 
  

   est. 
  The 
  National 
  Government 
  and 
  many 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  

   have 
  added 
  materially 
  to 
  its 
  income. 
  — 
  Mr, 
  John 
  Gellatly, 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  has 
  made 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  his 
  extensive 
  collection 
  comprising 
  classic 
  

   American 
  and 
  European 
  paintings, 
  outstanding 
  specimens 
  of 
  jew- 
  

   ellers' 
  art, 
  tapestries, 
  furniture, 
  and 
  oriental 
  art, 
  valued 
  altogether 
  

   at 
  several 
  million 
  dollars, 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  for 
  eventual 
  exhibition 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery. 
  — 
  A 
  new 
  department, 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Radia- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  Organisms, 
  has 
  been 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  research 
  laboratories 
  of 
  

  

  1 
  

  

  