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  Intelligence. 
  451 
  

  

  and 
  the 
  allotments 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  $923,000. 
  

   All 
  of 
  this 
  sum 
  was 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  12 
  major 
  departments 
  and 
  

   divisions 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  $153,339 
  for 
  minor 
  grants 
  and 
  

   $60,410 
  for 
  publications. 
  The 
  Institution, 
  since 
  its 
  foundation, 
  

   has 
  distributed 
  upwards 
  of 
  171,000 
  volumes 
  of 
  its 
  publications, 
  

   aggregating' 
  nearly 
  103,000 
  pages 
  of 
  printed 
  matter. 
  

  

  Following 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  president, 
  executive 
  committee 
  

   and 
  auditors, 
  the 
  major 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  volume 
  (pages 
  55 
  to 
  320) 
  

   is 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  accomplished 
  by 
  the 
  different 
  

   individual 
  Departments 
  with 
  also 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  minor 
  inves- 
  

   tigations 
  completed. 
  

  

  2. 
  National 
  Academy 
  of 
  Sciences. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  annual 
  meting 
  of 
  

   the 
  National 
  Academy 
  held 
  at 
  Washington 
  on 
  April 
  28 
  to 
  30 
  

   (see 
  also 
  this 
  volume, 
  p. 
  308) 
  the 
  following 
  gentlemen 
  were 
  elected 
  

   to 
  membership 
  : 
  Edwin 
  Bidwell 
  Wilson, 
  physicist, 
  Massachusetts 
  

   Institute 
  of 
  Technology; 
  Reid 
  Hunt, 
  pharmacologist, 
  Harvard 
  

   University; 
  George 
  O. 
  Squier, 
  chief 
  army 
  signal 
  officer, 
  Wash- 
  

   ington; 
  Garby 
  Nathan 
  Calkins, 
  zoologist, 
  Columbia 
  University; 
  

   Ernest 
  J. 
  Wilczynski, 
  mathematician, 
  University 
  of 
  Chicago; 
  

   Winthrop 
  John 
  Osterhout, 
  botanist, 
  Harvard 
  University; 
  Her- 
  

   bert 
  D. 
  Curtis, 
  astronomer, 
  Lick 
  Observatory 
  ; 
  Gano 
  Dunn, 
  elec- 
  

   trical 
  engineer, 
  New 
  York 
  City 
  ; 
  Oswald 
  Veblen, 
  mathematician, 
  

   Princeton 
  University; 
  William 
  A. 
  Setchell, 
  botanist, 
  University 
  

   of 
  California; 
  Frederick 
  H. 
  Seares, 
  astronomer, 
  Mount 
  Wilson 
  

   Observatory 
  ; 
  Joseph 
  Barrell, 
  late 
  of 
  Yale 
  University 
  ; 
  Lawrence 
  

   J. 
  Henderson, 
  biologist, 
  Harvard 
  University; 
  Augustus 
  Trow- 
  

   bridge, 
  physicist, 
  Princeton 
  University 
  ; 
  Treat 
  Baldwin 
  Johnson, 
  

   chemist. 
  Yale 
  University. 
  

  

  The 
  Academy 
  also 
  presented 
  the 
  Henry 
  Draper 
  gold 
  medal 
  to 
  

   Prof. 
  Charles 
  Fabry 
  of 
  Marseilles 
  for 
  his 
  notable 
  investigations 
  

   in 
  the 
  science 
  of 
  astronomical 
  physics, 
  particularly 
  his 
  researches 
  

   in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  the 
  sun 
  and 
  other 
  astral 
  bodies. 
  

   Further 
  the 
  Alexander 
  Agassiz 
  gold 
  medal, 
  established 
  through 
  

   funds 
  provided 
  by 
  Sir 
  John 
  Murray, 
  was 
  awarded 
  to 
  Prince 
  

   Albert 
  of 
  Monaco 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  his 
  contributions 
  to 
  the 
  

   science 
  of 
  oceanography. 
  

  

  3. 
  Field 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Director, 
  Frederick 
  J. 
  V. 
  Skiff, 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1918. 
  Pp. 
  225-295 
  ; 
  

   plates 
  38-62 
  and 
  frontispiece 
  portrait 
  of 
  Theodore 
  Roosevelt. 
  — 
  

   It 
  is 
  announced 
  in 
  this 
  report 
  that 
  the 
  new 
  building, 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  under 
  construction 
  for 
  a 
  considerable 
  time, 
  is 
  so 
  far 
  com- 
  

   pleted, 
  that 
  the 
  transfer 
  to 
  it 
  may 
  take 
  place 
  next 
  year 
  and 
  

   possibly 
  in 
  the 
  coming 
  autumn. 
  The 
  war 
  has 
  had 
  its 
  influence 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  various 
  ways 
  and 
  its 
  effect 
  probably 
  

   explains 
  the 
  large 
  decrease 
  noted 
  in 
  the 
  attendance. 
  The 
  plates 
  

   representing 
  certain 
  exhibition 
  groups 
  in 
  different 
  departments 
  

   of 
  science, 
  show 
  progress 
  which 
  is 
  being 
  wisely 
  made 
  in 
  this 
  

   direction. 
  An 
  interesting 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  report 
  is 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  

  

  