CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Smithsonian Institution '_ 5 



The establishment 5 



The Board of Regents 5 



General considerations <•> 



Finances g 



Researches and explorations n 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 11 



raleontological field-work 12 



Tlic Smithsonian African expedition 13 



Australian expedition ];; 



Malaeological field-work in California and the Hawaiian Islands 14 



Botanical researches in the Orient 1 M 14 



Researches on a multiple-charge rocket for reaching great alti- 

 tudes 1~y 



Meeting iii honor of Madame Curie 15 



Cinchona Botanical Station 1<; 



Publications K> 



Library IS 



National Museum IS 



National Gallery of Art 20 



Freer Gallery of Art 21 



Bureau of American Ethnology 22 



International Exchanges 23 



International Zoological Park 23 



Astrophysical ( >bservatory 24 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 25 



Necrology 26 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 1 28 



2. Report on the National Gallery of Art 45 



3. Report on the Freer Gallery of Art 56 



4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 59 



~>. Report on the International Exchanges 74 



6. Report on the National Zoological Park 84 



7. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 100 



5. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- 



ture 101 



9. Report on the library 108 



10. Report on publications 1 13 



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