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tion and the National Museum, and a separate building — Annex B — 

 about 00 by 100 feet, was provided for the installation and care of 

 the exhibit. Mr. W. de C. Ravenel, administrative assistant of the 



United Slates National Museum, represented the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution and the National Museum on the Government board, and was 

 assisted in the preparation of the exhibits by an advisory committee 

 consisting of Dr. Cyrils Adler, Assistant Secretary of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution ; Mr. W. H. Holmes, chief of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology; and Mr. A.. Howard Clark, Curator of His- 

 tory, United States National Museum. The exhibit is entirely his- 

 torical in character and mainly has to do with the development of 

 the United States along various lines, such as in land transporta- 

 tion, firearms, photography, medicine, and other branches. 



Bordeaux Exposition. — The United States exhibit at the Interna- 

 tional Maritime Exposition, opened at Bordeaux, France, May 1, 1907, 

 was collected and installed by the Smithsonian Institution at the re- 

 quest of the Department of State. Mr. Itavenel, administrative assist- 

 ant of the United States National Museum, was designated by the 

 Secretary to prepare and install this exhibit. 



Congress of Americanists. — The fifteenth annual Congress of 

 Americanists was held in Quebec September 10-15, 1906. Mr. W. H. 

 Holmes, chief of the Bureau of American Ethnology, was unable 

 to accept the designation of delegate which was tendered to him, 

 but his place was filled by Dr. Walter Hough, of the Division of 

 Anthropology in the National Museum, who represented the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, the National Museum, and the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology. 



International Geological Congress. — The Tenth International Geo- 

 logical Congress was held in the City of Mexico September 6-14, 

 1906. Prof. S. F. Emmons, of the United States Geological Survey, 

 acted as representative for the Smithsonian Institution. 



Linnceus celebrations. — The two hundredth anniversary of the 

 birthday of Linne Avas celebrated at New York May 4, 1907, by the 

 New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Theodore Gill represented the 

 Smithsonian Institution on that occasion. Professor Farlow, of Har- 

 vard University, represented the Institution at the Linnaeus celebra- 

 tion of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences at Upsala on May 25. 



■Dedication of engineering building. — Mr. George C. Maynard, of 

 the National Museum, represented the Smithsonian Institution at the 

 dedication of the new building for the engineering department of the 

 University of Pennsylvania, September 26, 1906. 



Memorial to Louis Agassis. — At the unveiling of the memorial 

 to Louis Agassiz, in the Hall of Fame at Columbia University, New 

 York, on May 30, 1907, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 



