REPORT OP THE SECRETARY. 79 



Among Certain Indian Tribes, by Ales Hrdligka. At the close of the fiscal year 

 there were largely in type or at the bindery the Twenty- seventh Annual Report, 

 and Bulletins 38, 39, 40, part 1, 41, 43, 46, and 47. 



VII. PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. 



As an addenda to the Annals of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 

 Volume II, a short note on the Reflecting Power of Clouds was issued, as 

 follows : 



173Sa. Note on the Reflecting Power of Clouds. By C. G. Abbot and F. E. 

 Fowle, jr. (Addenda to Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, Smithsonian 

 Institution. Vol. II.) Octavo. Pages 3. 



VIII. REPORT OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 



Volumes I and II of the Annual Report of the American Historical Associa- 

 tion for the year 1906, by law approved and communicated to Congress by the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, were published in August, 1908. 



Volume I contained the following: Report of Proceedings of Providence 

 Meeting, by Charles H. Haskins ; Report of Proceedings of Pacific Coast Branch, 

 by Max Farrand ; The Renaissance of the Twelfth Century, by D. C. Munro ; A 

 Mediaeval Humanist, by H. O. Taylor ; Report of Conference on Teaching of 

 History in Schools, by J. A. James ; Report of Conference on History in Col- 

 lege, by Max Farrand ; Third Report of Conference on State and Local His- 

 torical Societies, by F. H. Severance : Comparison of Virginia Company with 

 Other English Trading Companies, by Susan M. Kingsbury ; The Colonial Policy 

 of Great Britain, by G. L. Beer ; William Penn, by Edward Channing ; Some 

 Aspects of the English Bill for the Admission of Kansas, by F. H. Hodder : 

 The Attitude of Thaddeus Stevens Toward the Conduct of the Civil War, by 

 J. A. Woodburn ; History of Indian Consolidation West of the Mississippi, by 

 Annie H. Abel. 



Volume II contained the Seventh Report of the Public Archives Commission, 

 with discussions of the following subjects : Summary of present state of legis- 

 lation of States and Territories relative to the custody and supervision of 

 the public records, by Robert T. Swan; public archives of Arkansas, by John 

 Hugh Reynolds ; public archives of Connecticut, by N. P. Mead ; state and county 

 archives of Delaware, by Edgar Dawson; state archives of Florida, by David 

 Y. Thomas; archives of Augusta, Ga., and of Richmond County, by Julia A. 

 Flisch ; state archives of Ohio and of Ross County, by R. C. Stevenson ; local 

 archives of Tennessee, by St. George L. Sioussat ; bibliography of public archives 

 of the thirteen original States to 17S9. by Adelaide R. Hasse. 



The manuscript of Volumes I and II of the Annual Report for 1907 was sent 

 to the Public Printer September 10, 1908, but the work had not been published 

 at the close of the fiscal year. The manuscript of Volume I for 190S was trans- 

 mitted on June 17, 1909. 



IX. REPORT OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 



The Eleventh Report of the Daughters of the American Revolution was re- 

 ceived from the society in accordance with section 3 of the act of incorporation, 

 which reads that " said society shall report annually to the Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution concerning its proceedings, and said Secretary shall 

 communicate to Congress such portions thereof as he may deem of national 

 interest and importance." After revision the report was communicated to 

 Congress on June 1. 1909. 



