PKOCEEDIKGS OF REGENTS. 133 



USE OF THE AUDITORIUM IN THE NEW BUILDING OF THE UNITED 

 STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



After discussion the following regulations were adopted : 



1. The use of the auditorium is authorized for any meetings or other func- 

 tions originating with the Institution. 



2. The secretary of the Institution is authorized, in his discretion, to grant 

 the use of the auditorium — 



(a) To organizations having objects and activities directly related to 

 those of the Institution, and 



(&) For Government purposes upon the request of the President, the 

 Secretary of an Executive Depai'tment, or the head of an independent 

 branch. 



3. All requests for the use of the auditorium for purposes other than as 

 above indicated shall be submitted to the permanent committee, who are em- 

 powered to act. 



4. All extra expenses attendant upon the use of the auditorium, except 

 by the Institution and its branches, shall be paid by the organization or Gov- 

 ernment branch having such use. 



DONATION OF JOHN B. HENDERSON, JR. 



The secretary stated that Mr. Henderson had donated the sum of 

 $500 for the construction at the Zoological Park of an outside cage 

 for the parrots, in which these birds were now thriving satisfactorily. 



Mr. Choate offered the following resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution are hereby tendered to their colleague, Mr. John B. Henderson, jr., 

 for his generosity in providing the funds requisite for the construction of an 

 open-air cage for certain birds at the National Zoological Park. 



GIFT OF MRS. EDWARD H. HARRIMAN. 



The secretary ainiounced the gift to the Institution by Mrs. Ed- 

 ward H. Harriman of a set of the publication, The North American 

 Indian, by Edward S. Curtis, a project involving 20 volumes and 

 an expenditure from first to last of nearly $1,000,000. 



Eight volumes and portfolios had been issued and delivered to the 

 Institution, and the remaining 12 would be received as printed. 



Judge Gray offered the following resolution, which was adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution be tendered to Mrs. Edward H. Harriman for the gift of a set of 

 The North American Indian, by Edward S. Ciu'tis, and es^iecially for the kindly 

 feeling that prompted her in bestowing this valuable work upon the Institution. 



SMITHSONIAN AFRICAN EXPEDITION. 



The secretary spoke as follows : 



" Considerable interest is being taken by the public in relation 

 to the disposition of the collections made by the Smithsonian African 

 expedition under the leadership of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, also as 



