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As I have elsewhere remarked, this work of the Institution could be 

 much expedited, as far as the purely clerical part of it is concerned, 

 were an appropriation available for the general administrative pur- 

 poses to which I have referred more at length under "Administration." 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Naples table.— Br. J. S. Billings, U. S. A., Dr. E. B. Wilson, Dr. J. A. 

 Byder, and Dr. 0. W. Stiles, as an advisory committee, have continued 

 valuable aid in examining the testimonials of applicants for the occu- 

 pancy of the Naples table, as well as in the consideration of various 

 questions in connection with the assignment of the table, to which I have 

 asked attention. Dr. Byder died in April, 1895, and was succeeded on 

 the committee by Dr. Harrison Allen. 



The Smithsonian table at the Naples Zoological Station has proved of 

 value to the investigators who have carried on biological studies there 

 during the year. 



Among the numerous additional applications for occupancy of the 

 table the following have been favorably acted upon : 



Lewis Murbach, Bh. B., B. Sc, University of Michigan; appointed 

 for three months during summer and autumn of 1894. 



T. H. Morgan, B. S., Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University; appointed 

 for six months, November 9, 1891, to May 9, 1895. 



Herbert Osborn, professor of zoology and entomology, Iowa Agricul- 

 tural College; appointed for three months in spring and summer of 1894. 



The table has been occupied constantly since October 1, 1893, the date 

 of the first appointment, with the exception of May, 1894. In several 

 instances Dr. Dohrn, the director of the station, has courteously 

 arranged for the accommodation of two occupants at the same time. 



In order that all investigators may be given an equal opportunity to 

 avail themselves of the facilities for study at Naples, final action upon 

 applications is not taken more than six months in advance of the date 

 for which the table is desired, and when more than one application is 

 filed for the same period, presumably of equal merit, the assignment is 

 made according to priority of application. No appointment is made for 

 a period of more than six months. 



The reports thus far submitted by the investigators who have occu- 

 pied the table indicate an appreciation of the special privileges there 

 offered for study. 



Atlanta Exposition. — Under the provisions of an appropriation made 

 by Congress for a Government exhibit at the Cotten States and Inter- 

 national Exposition at Atlanta, during the autumn of 1895, a very 

 satisfactory exhibit has been prepared, illustrating every phase of the 

 activities of the Institution and its bureaus, especially the National 

 Museum. 



Oriental Congress. — As delegate of the Smithsonian Institution Prof. 

 Paul Haupt attended the Tenth International Congress of Oriental- 

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