REPORT 



OF THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



CHARIvES D. WAIvCOTT 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1913. 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to submit herewith a report on the 

 operations of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during 

 the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, including work placed by Con- 

 gress under the direction of the Board of Eegents in the United 

 States National Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the 

 International Exchanges, the National Zoological Park, the Astro- 

 physical Observatory, and the United States Bureau of the Inter- 

 national Catalogue of Scientific Literature. There is also included 

 an outline of work proposed in the Langley Aerodynamical Labora- 

 tory, the establishment of which has been authorized by the Board 

 of Regents under a grant from the Hodgkins fund of the Institution. 

 The general report reviews the affairs of the Institution proper 

 and briefly summarizes the operations of its several branches, while 

 the appendices contain detailed reports by the assistant secretaries 

 and others directly in charge of various activities. The reports on 

 operations of the National Museum and the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology will also be published as independent volumes. 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



THE ESTABLISHMENT. 



The Smithsonian Institution was created an establishment by act 

 of Congress approved August 10, 1846. Its statutory members are 

 the President of the United States, the Vice President, the Chief 

 Justice, and the heads of the executive departments. 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



The Board of Regents consists of the Vice President and the 

 Chief Justice of the United States as ex officio members, three 

 Members of the Senate, three Members of the House of Representa- 

 tives, and six citizens, " two of whom shall be resident in the city 



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