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ments to which, for a considerable number of years, the Institution 

 has given its chief support; about $145,000 was devoted to the 

 minor grants; $73,000 to publications; $57,000 to administration; 

 also $250,000 to the reserve fund. The minor grants cover the 

 different departments of science with also history, literature, etc , 

 and the names of more than 40 individuals working for them are 

 noted. The publications of the year include 23 volumes with 

 4,686 octavo pages and 1,466 quarto pages. More than 45 addi- 

 tional volumes are now in progress. 



The reports of the president and executive committee (pp. 1- 

 52) are followed by the usual detailed statements from the direc- 

 tors and others having charge of the special departments of 

 investigation (pp. 55-342). Of these, the following may be men- 

 tioned: Dr. MacDougal tells of the varied botanical work done at 

 the Desert Laboratory at Tucson; Dr. Davenport of the experi- 

 mental evolution work at Cold Spring Harbor; Dr. A. L. Day of 

 the work on igneous rocks, on calcium carbonate and on secondary 

 enrichment of ore bodies at the Geophysical Laboratory; Dr. A. 

 G. Mayer on the researches on marine biology at Tortugas, Fla., 

 Dr. G. F. Hale on the results attained at the Mount Wilson Solar 

 Observatory; Dr. L. A. Bauer of the extended magnetic survey 

 of the ocean by the "Carnegie," and other researches. The 

 investigations, coming under the " minor grants," are described 

 by the gentlemen concerned (pp. 343-411). 



The titles of recent publications of the Carnegie Institution 

 are given on p. 305 of the March number; the following are to be 

 added: 



No. 86. Ptolemy's Catalogue of Stars : A revision of the 

 Almagest; by Christian H. F. Peters and E. B. Knobel. Pp. 

 207; 4 pis., 4 figs. 



No. 232. Psychological Effects of Alcohol. An experimental 

 investigation of the effects of moderate doses of ethyl alcohol 

 on a related group of neuro-muscular processes in man ; by 

 Raymond Dodge and Francis G. Benedict. Pp. 281; 32 figs. 



No. 233. The Physiology of the new-born Infant: Character 

 and amount of the Katabolism; by Francis G. Benedict and 

 Fritz B. Talbot. Pp. 126; 10 figs. 



2. Report on the progress and condition of the United States 

 National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1915; by Richard 

 Rathbun, Assistant Secretary in charge. Pp.215. Washington, 

 1916. — The National Museum has moved rapidly forward since 

 its new and handsome building was completed some five years 

 since. The total amount appropriated for the museum's mainte- 

 nance the past year was $421,000, and the number of visitors to 

 the new building was nearly 322,000, showing the extent to which 

 the collections appeal to the general public. There were nearly 

 1500 accessions to the collections, aggregating about 300,000 

 specimens ; of these more than one-third were in paleontology, 

 while 70,000 marine invertebrates and 51,000 plants were also 

 added. These and other accessions are described in detail. The 



