REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. V>1 



There was also in press at the close of the year in the series of Smithsonian 

 Miscellaneous Collections the following publication : 



1720. Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 1887-1906. Memorial meeting December 3, 1900. Addresses by Doctor White, 

 Professor Pickering, and Mr. Chanute. Octavo. Pages 49. Part of Volume 

 XLIX. 



III. Smithsonian Annual Reports. 



The Annual Report for 1905 was distributed early in the fiscal year: 

 1607. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution for th« 

 year ending June 30, 1906. Octavo. Pages i-liv, 1-576, with 48 plates. 



The following papers included in the Annnual Report of the Board of Regents 

 for 1905 were issued separately in pamphlet form : 



1668. Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution at Meetings of December 6, 1904, and January 25, and March 6, 

 1905. Report of Executive Committee. Acts and resolution of Congress. 

 Octavo. Pages xi-liv. 



1669. New Measurements" of the Distance of the Sun. By A. R. Hinks. 

 Octavo. Pages 101-118. 



1670. Photographing Lightning with a Moving Camera. By Alex. Larsen. 

 Octavo. Pages 119-127, with plates i-iv. 



1671. The Tantalum Lamp. By W. von Bolton and O. Feuerlein. Octavo. 

 Pages 129-140. 



1672. Some Refinements of Mechanical Science. By Ambrose Swasey. 

 Octavo. Pages 141-150. 



1673. Progress in Radiography. By L. Gastine. Octavo. Pages 151-161, 

 with plates i-viii. 



1674. History of Photography. By Robert Hunt. Octavo. Pages 163-192, 

 with plates i-iv. 



1075. The Genesis of the Diamond. By Gardner F. Williams. Octavo. Pages 

 193-209. 



1676. A description of the Big Diamond recently found in the Premier Mine, 

 Transvaal. By F. H. Hatch and G. S. Corstorphine. Octavo. Pages 211-213, 

 with plates i, n. 



1677. Gold in Science and Industry. By G. T. Beilby. Octavo. Pages 

 215-234. 



1678. Submarine Navigation. By Sir William H. White. Octavo. Pages 

 235-245. 



1679. Liberia. By Sir Harry Johnston. Octavo. Pages 247-264, with plates 



I-VII. 



1680. Geographical Results of the Tibet Mission. By Sir Frank Youughus- 

 band. Octavo. Pages 205-277, with plates i-iv. 



1681. The Development of Rhodesia and its Railway System in Relation to 

 Oceanic Highways. Octavo. Pages 279^292, with plate i. 



1682. The Ethics of Japan. By Baron Kencho Suyematsu. Octavo. Pages 

 293-307. 



1683. Plague in India. By Charles Creighton. Octavo. Pages 309-338. 



1684. The Fight against Yellow Fever. By A. Dastre. Octavo. Pages 

 339-350. 



1685. Luminosity in Plants. By Hans Molisch. Octavo. Pages 351-362. 



1686. Notes on the Victoria Lyre Bird (Menura Victoria?). By A. E. Kitson. 

 Octavo. Pages 363-374, with plates i-vi. 



