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tion, will in due time be published by the General Government in a 

 style in accordance with that of the present volume. The whole work 

 will do honor to the appreciation by the Government of scientific infor- 

 mation of this kind, as well as of the ability and perseverance of Pro- 

 fessor Powell and his assistants. 



As an evidence of the estimation in which the labors of Professor 

 Powell are held, it should be mentioned that he has been placed in charge 

 of the second division of the geological survey of the Territories, under 

 direction of the Department of the Interior, (the first division being in 

 charge of Professor Hayden,) and that the subsequent volumes of the 

 series of his reports will be published by that Department. It may be 

 further mentioned that Congress has not yet ordered any extra copies of 

 the first volume of Powell's report ; those that have been printed have 

 been published by the Interior Department. It is hoped, however, that 

 Congress at its present session will order a new edition, granting a suffi- 

 cient number of extra copies to the Smithsonian Institution to supply 

 the principal public educational and scientific establishments of the 

 world. 



Report. — The annual report of the operations of the Institution for 

 the year 1874, was presented to Congress as usual, and an edition of 

 10,500 copies printed; 2,000 of which were for the use of members of 

 the House of Eepreseutatives, 1,000 for the use of the Senate, and 7,500 

 for distribution by the Institution. 



The appendix to the report contains translations of eulogies on La 

 Place by Arago, Quetelet by Mailly, De la Rive by Dumas; a lecture 

 on tides and tidal action in harbors, by Professor Hilgard, of the Coast 

 Survey; a translation of observations upon the electricity of the atmos- 

 phere and the aurora borealis, by Professors Lemstrom and De la Eive; 

 a translation of an article on a dominant language for science, by Pro- 

 fessor de Candolle, with notes by Dr. Gray of the British Museum ; on 

 underground temperature, by Cfras. A. Schott of the Coast Survey, with 

 the results of Professor Everett's researches on the same subject for the 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science ; on the earthquakes 

 in North Carolina in 1874, by Professor du Pre, with notes by Profes- 

 sor Henry ; a translation of Professor de la Hive's report on the trans- 

 actions of the Geneva Society of Physics and Natural History for 1872 

 and 1873; the translation of the conclusion of an extensive and impor- 

 tant paper, by General Morin of France, on warming and ventilation, 

 with numerous illustrations; and a large number of original communi- 

 cations on ethnology, describing the antiquities of different parts of the 

 United States. 



This report, as usual, has been distributed to various educational 

 establishments, to the Meteorological observers, and other contributors to 

 the objects of the Institution, and to such persons as have made special 

 application for them in writing. 



Indian vocabularies. — During the year a number of Indian vocabula- 



