﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  gratefully 
  acknowledges 
  gifts 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  

   donors 
  : 
  

  

  Dr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Abbott, 
  for 
  collecting 
  expedition 
  to 
  Haiti 
  and 
  Santo 
  Domingo. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Laura 
  Welsli 
  Casey, 
  further 
  funds 
  for 
  expenses 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  Casey 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Coleoptera. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  "Walter 
  Cbrysler, 
  further 
  funds 
  for 
  expedition 
  to 
  Africa 
  to 
  collect 
  animals 
  

   for 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Childs 
  Frick, 
  for 
  explorations 
  in 
  vertebrate 
  paleontologys 
  

  

  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences, 
  for 
  paleontological 
  researches. 
  

  

  Mrs. 
  Cornelia 
  Livingston 
  Pell, 
  for 
  care 
  of 
  Pell 
  collection. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Itoebllng, 
  for 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  the 
  Roebling 
  fund 
  for 
  care 
  ot 
  

   Roebling 
  collection 
  of 
  minerals, 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Homer 
  E. 
  Sargent, 
  for 
  manuscript 
  on 
  Salish 
  basketry. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Frank 
  Springer, 
  further 
  funds 
  for 
  publication 
  of 
  volume 
  "American 
  

   Silurian 
  Crinoids," 
  and 
  for 
  other 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Chas. 
  T. 
  Simpison, 
  for 
  work 
  on 
  West 
  Indian 
  shells. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Swales, 
  for 
  purchase 
  of 
  specimens, 
  etc. 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  has 
  also 
  received 
  contributions 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  

   friends 
  for 
  the 
  funds 
  as 
  listed 
  below 
  

  

  Endowment 
  campaign 
  expen.se 
  fund 
  : 
  Mr. 
  Frederic 
  A. 
  Delano, 
  Mr. 
  Dwight 
  

   W. 
  Morrow, 
  Mrs. 
  Mary 
  Vaux 
  Waleott. 
  

  

  Endowment 
  fund: 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Baker, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Condon, 
  the 
  Gould 
  Co., 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  Frank 
  Haan, 
  Mr. 
  Paul 
  Hartley, 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  M. 
  Henrie, 
  Mr. 
  George 
  A. 
  Knapp, 
  Mr. 
  

   W. 
  C. 
  Rogers, 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Seddon, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Hans 
  Wilkeus. 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  also 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  estate 
  of 
  Catherine 
  Walden 
  

   Myer 
  the 
  sum 
  of 
  $3,649.91, 
  a 
  payment 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  bequest 
  for 
  

   purchase 
  of 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  for 
  use 
  and 
  benefit 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  

   of 
  Art. 
  

  

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