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  Page 
  

  

  List 
  of 
  ofBcials 
  xi 
  

  

  The 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  establishment 
  1 
  

  

  The 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  1 
  

  

  General 
  considerations 
  2 
  

  

  Finances 
  4 
  

  

  Explorations 
  and 
  field 
  work 
  7 
  

  

  Smithsonian-Chrysler 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Africa 
  7 
  

  

  Collecting 
  microfossils 
  in 
  Europe 
  9 
  

  

  Mineral 
  collecting 
  in 
  Mexico 
  10 
  

  

  Exploring 
  for 
  ferns 
  in 
  Jamaica 
  10 
  

  

  Archeological 
  work 
  in 
  China 
  11 
  

  

  Anthropological 
  survey 
  of 
  Alaska 
  12 
  

  

  Conference 
  on 
  the 
  future 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  13 
  

  

  Award 
  of 
  Langley 
  medal 
  to 
  Col. 
  Charles 
  A. 
  Lindbergh 
  17 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  radio 
  talks 
  18 
  

  

  Publications 
  20 
  

  

  Library 
  22 
  

  

  National 
  Museum 
  22 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  25 
  

  

  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  25 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  . 
  20 
  

  

  International 
  Exchanges 
  28 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  29 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  31 
  

  

  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  32 
  

  

  Necrology 
  32 
  

  

  Appendix 
  1. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  National 
  Museum 
  36 
  

  

  2. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  54 
  

  

  3. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  63 
  

  

  4. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  66 
  

  

  5. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  International 
  Exchanges 
  80 
  

  

  6. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  . 
  92 
  

  

  7. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  109 
  

  

  8. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  

  

  Literature 
  114 
  

  

  9. 
  Report 
  on 
  the 
  library 
  116 
  

  

  10. 
  Report 
  on 
  publications 
  126 
  

  

  