CONTENTS. 



Page. 



The Smitlisouian lustitutioii 5 



The Establishment 5 



The Board of Regents 5 



General considerations -- 6 



Finances 8 



Researches and explorations: 



Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 10 



Geological work in the Middle Atlantic States 11 



The Collins-Garner French Congo Expedition 12 



The Smithsonian African Expedition 13 



Botanical explorations in Ecuador 13 



Cinchona Botanical Station 14 



Anthropological work in Peru and Bolivia 14 



The proposed Roosevelt Memorial 15 



Research Corporation 16 



Popular scientific lectures 16 



Congress of Americanists 17 



Publications 17 



Library 18 



National Museum 19 



Bureau of American Ethnology 21 



International Exchanges 22 



National Zoological Park 23 



Astrophysical Observatory l 24 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature ^" 25 



Necrology 26 



Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 29 



2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 42 



3. Report on the International Exchanges 58 



4. Report on the National Zoological Park 68 



5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 82 



6. Report on the library 93 



7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific 



Literature 98 



S. Report on publications 301 



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