PROCEEDINGS OF THE REGENTS 147 
INVESTMENTS OF THE FREER FUND 
The board adopted the following resolution as submitted by Mr. 
Moore: 
Resolved, That the permanent committee be, and it is hereby, authorized to 
sell any part of the stock * * * held under the will of Mr. Freer at such 
price as it may think desirable, after ascertaining all the facts that are avail- 
able, and invest the proceeds in high-grade bonds and mortgages. 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
The National Geographic Society having made a grant of $55,000 
to Doctor Abbot to select and install a new solar radiation station 
in the Eastern Hemisphere, to cooperate with those of the Astro- 
physical Observatory in Chile and California, Doctor Abbot sailed 
on October 31 via Engiand and France on this mission. 
Inspection of weather records show that three suitable regions 
remain distinct from those occupied and from each other. These 
are southwest Algeria, northeast Baluchistan, and South Africa. 
Doctor Abbot will examine these and install the new observatory in 
the most promising one. 
Having found from five years’ experience that summer conditions 
are unfavorable at the solar station on Mount Harqua Hala, Ariz., 
that station has been removed to Table Mountain, Calif., at a cost 
of about $10,000, defrayed by Mr. John A. Roebling. The new loca- 
tion has an altitude of 7,500 feet, being 2,000 feet higher than Harqua 
Hala, and is more accessible. Observations during the past 10 
months indicate that it will prove superior to Harqua Hala. 
Mr. Roebling, who has given over $123,000 to promote the Smith- 
sonian solar investigations and the studies of world weather based 
thereon, has withdrawn further support, as he thinks that the time 
has come for others to carry on the work. 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
Karly in October word was received from Mr. Carl W. Bishop, 
associate curator of the Freer Gallery and leader of its archeological 
expedition to China, that Governor Yen Hsi-siang, of Shansi, had 
given him permission to operate anywhere within the boundaries of 
his Province. This constitutes by far the most important forward 
step taken since the work began, two and a half years ago; and for 
the first time in history the difficult task of prosecuting archeolog- 
ical research in China openly and on a basis of cooperation with the 
Chinese authorities was begun. This is the only method from which 
results of full scientific value may be reasonably expected. 
