CONTENTS 



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The Smithsonian Institution , 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



General considerations 2 



Administration 3 



Finances <*■ 



Explorations and researches — 



Smithsonian African Expedition 7 



Studies in Cambrian geology and paleontology 10 



Geological investigations in the Far East 11 



Botanical collections 11 



Investigations under the Hodgkins Fund 11 



Researches on atmospheric air 12 



International standard pyrheliometers 13 



Publications under Hodgkins Fund 13 



Smithsonian table at Naples Zoological Station 13 



Publications 14 



Advisory committee on printing and publication 17 



The Library 17 



Preservation of American antiquities 18 



Congresses, celebrations, and expositions 18 



Langley medal and memorial tablet 22 



Miscellaneous 23 



National Museum 23 



National Gallery of Art 25 



Bureau of American Ethnology 25 



International Exchanges 27 



National Zoological Park 28 



Astrophysical Observatory 30 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 31 



Necrology 32 



Appendix I. Report on the United States National Museum 33 



II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 40 



III. Report on the International Exchanges 49 



IV. Report on the National Zoological Park 58 



V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 64 



VI. Report on the Library 67 



VII. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. . . 70 



VIII. Report on the Publications 72 



IX. Beport on Alaska-Yukon-Pacitic Exposition 81 



X. Report on Pan-American Scientific Congress 86 



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