CONTENTS 



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The Smithsonian Institution , 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



Administration 2 



Finances 4 



Explorations and researches: 



Studies in Cambrian geology and paleontology 7 



Aerial navigation - 8 



Meteor crater of Canyon Diablo, Arizona 9 



Alaskan expedition 10 



Geology of the Alps 10 



Absolute measurement of sound 11 



Eecalculation of atomic weights 11 



Properties of matter at temperature of liquid air 11 



Botanical researches in California 11 



Deep-well temperatures 12 



Investigations under the Hodgkins fund: 



Hodgkins fund prize for essay on tuberculosis 12 



Flow of air at high pressure through a nozzle 13 



Study of the upper atmosphere 14 



Air sacs of the pigeon 14 



Mechanics of the earth's atmosphere 15 



Smithsonian table at Naples Zoological Station 15 



Publications 17 



Advisory committee on printing and publication 21 



The Library 21 



Preservation of archeological sites 22 



Casa Grande ruin in Arizona 23 



Mesa Verde National Park 23 



Correspondence 24 



Congresses and celebrations 24 



Miscellaneous 26 



National Museum 27 



National Gallery of Art 28 



Bureau of American Ethnology 29 



International Exchanges _ 30 



National Zoological Park 32 



Astrophysical Observatory 33 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 34 



Appendix I. Report on the United States National Museum 36 



II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 44 



III. Report on the International Exchanges — 53 



IV. Report on the National Zoological Park 62 



V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 68 



VI. Report on the Library 73 



VII. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. . . 77 



VIII. Report on the Publications 79 



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