8 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1914. 



National Museum : 



Furniture aud fixtures $50,000 



Heating aud lighting 1 50,000 



Preservation of collections 300,000 



Books 2, 000 



Postage 500 



Building repairs 10, 000 



Bookstacks for Government bureau libraries 15, 000 



National Zoological Park 100,000 



Readjustment of boundaries. National Zoological Park 107, 200 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 7, 500 



Total 729,200 



In addition to the above specific amounts to be disbursed by the 

 Institution, there was included under the general appropriation for 

 public printing and binding an allotment of $76,200 to cover the 

 cost of printing and binding the annual report and other Govern-- 

 ment publications issued by the Institution, and to be disbursed by 

 the Public Printer. 



RESEARCHES AND EXPLORATIONS. 



During the past year the Institution has continued to carry on 

 investigations in various lines throughout the world by means of 

 small allotments from its funds. It has also accomplished a great 

 deal in the way of exploration and research through the generosity 

 of friends of the Institution, who have contributed funds for special 

 work or provided opportunities for participation in explorations 

 which they had undertaken personally or through the aid of others. 

 Each year, however, the Institution is obliged to forego oppor- 

 tunities for important investigations through lack of sufficient funds. 



I can here only briefly mention some of the work in progress 

 under the Smithsonian Institution proper during the past year, while 

 accounts of activities connected with the Astrophysical Observatory, 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology, and the United States National 

 Museum are given in other parts of this report by those in direct 

 charge of those branches of the Institution. 



THE LANGLEY AERODYNAMICAL LABORATORY. 



By resolution of the Regents on May 1, 1913, the secretary was 

 authorized to reopen the Smithsonian Institution laboratory for the 

 study of aerodynamics and to be laiown as the Langley Aero- 

 dynamical Laboratory. The functions of the laboratory were de- 

 fined to be the study of the problems of aerodromics, particularly 

 those of aerodynamics, with such research and experimentation as 

 may be necessary to increase the safety and effectiveness of aerial 

 locomotion for the purposes of commerce, national defense, and the 

 welfare of man. 



