CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



General considerations 2 



Finances 6 



Researches and explorations: 



Langley Aerodynamical Laboratory g 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 10 



Geologic history of the Appalachian Valley in Maryland 11 



Pleistocene cave deposit in Maryland 12 



Geological survey of Panama 12 



Vertebrate fossil remains in Montana 13 



Fossil echinoderms in Illinois 13 



MoUuscan faima of Virginia coast 14 



Expedition to Dutch East Borneo and Cashmere 15 



Life zones in the Alps 15 



Researches under Harriman trust fund 16 



Anthropological research in Eastern Asia 17 



Researches under the Hodgkins fund 17 



Smithsonian table at Naples Zoological Station 19 



Research Corporation 19 



American School of Archeology in China 20 



Publications 20 



Library 24 



International Congresses 25 



George Washington Memorial Building 25 



National Museum 27 



Bm-eau of American Ethnology 29 



International Exchanges 31 



National Zoological Park 31 



Astrophysical Observatory 32 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 33 



Necrology 33 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 35 



2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 45 



3. Report on the International Exchanges 67 



4. Report on the National Zoological Park. 76 



5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 89 



6. Report on the Library 96 



7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. .. 104 



8. Report on publications 107 



Plates 1-2. Langley Aerodome in flight 8 



Plate 3. George Washington Memorial Building 26 



Plate 4. Balloon pyrheliometer 92 



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