﻿CONTENTS 
  

  

  Pasa 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  oflficials 
  xui 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  1 
  

  

  Outstanding 
  events 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  establishment 
  2 
  

  

  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  _ 
  

  

  Finances 
  3 
  

  

  Matters 
  of 
  general 
  interest 
  7 
  

  

  Financial 
  7 
  

  

  Gift 
  of 
  art 
  collection 
  of 
  John 
  Gellatly 
  8 
  

  

  Division 
  of 
  Radiation 
  and 
  Organisms 
  9 
  

  

  Explorations 
  and 
  field 
  work 
  10 
  

  

  Cooperative 
  ethnological 
  and 
  archeological 
  investigations 
  10 
  

  

  Publications 
  11 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series 
  12 
  

  

  Library 
  13 
  

  

  Governmentally 
  supported 
  branches 
  13 
  

  

  National 
  Museum 
  14 
  

  

  National 
  Gallerj' 
  of 
  Art 
  16 
  

  

  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  i 
  _ 
  16 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  17 
  

  

  International 
  Exchanges 
  17 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  18 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  ' 
  19 
  

  

  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  19 
  

  

  Necrology 
  20 
  

  

  Appendix 
  1. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  23 
  

  

  2. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  42 
  

  

  3. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  50 
  

  

  4. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  57 
  

  

  5. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  International 
  Exchanges 
  69 
  

  

  6. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  81 
  

  

  7. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  93 
  

  

  8. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Radiation 
  and 
  Organisms 
  102 
  

  

  9. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Litera- 
  

  

  ture 
  105 
  

  

  10. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  library 
  109 
  

  

  11. 
  Report 
  on 
  publications 
  121 
  

  

  12. 
  Subscribers 
  to 
  James 
  Smithson 
  Memorial 
  Edition 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Scientific 
  Series 
  128 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  executive 
  committee 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  145 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  154 
  

  

  General 
  Appendix 
  

  

  The 
  physics 
  of 
  the 
  universe, 
  by 
  Sir 
  James 
  Jeans 
  161 
  

  

  Counting 
  the 
  stars 
  and 
  some 
  conclusions, 
  by 
  Frederick 
  H. 
  Seares 
  183 
  

  

  The 
  lingering 
  dryad, 
  by 
  Paul 
  R. 
  Heyl 
  205 
  

  

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  In 
  part 
  governmentally 
  supported. 
  

  

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