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expended up to date is $4,590,000, of which a little more than 

 one-half has been applied directly to the prosecution of research, 

 and about one-third is represented in land, buildings, and other 

 permanent forms ; about 8 per cent has been used for expenses 

 of administration and somewhat less for publications. Twelve 

 hundred individuals have contributed towards the researches and 

 publications undertaken by it. The volumes already published are 

 167 in number, and aggregate more than 40,000 printed pages. 

 Twenty-five additional volumes are now in press : further, some 

 1200 shorter papers have beeu contributed to current scientific 

 periodicals by those working under the Carnegie foundation. 



Of particular importance in the work of the past year is the 

 occupation of the new administration building, which was dedi- 

 cated in December, 1909, and has proved in all respects a thor- 

 oughly satisfactory and dignified permanent home for the 

 Institution. During 1910, also, the non-magnetic ship Carnegie 

 completed its first voyage of 8,000 miles with important results, 

 and a second cruise, planned to last three years, was begun on 

 June 29th : at present the vessel is off the coast of Brazil. As 

 is now generally known, there are ten departments, to the sup- 

 port of which the income of the Institution is chiefly devoted, 

 the total sum appropriated towards them amounting to $450,000. 

 A considerable number of minor grants have been made in addi- 

 tion, although these are few as compared with the situation 

 earlier in the history of the Institution. For these last, the 

 aggregate amount allotted was about $70,000. In the opening 

 pages of the present volume, Dr. Woodward gives a very interest- 

 ing resume of the investigations of the present year, particularly 

 in connection with the ten lines of work already alluded to. This 

 same subject is discussed in detail on pages 53-204 by the 

 Directors of the different departments. It is impossible here to 

 go into details in regard to these special lines. Some of the 

 most interesting concern the work of the Geophysical Labora- 

 tory, under Dr. A. L. Day; the Department of Marine Biology 

 at Tortugas, Florida, under Dr. A. G. Mayer ; and the Solar 

 Observatory at Mt. Wilson, California, now represented by W. S. 

 Adams, Acting Director dining the absence of Professor Hale. 

 Dr. Bauer also gives a summary of the work accomplished in ter- 

 restrial magnetism, with a chart showing the projected cruise of 

 the " Carnegie " alluded to above. The volume closes with brief 

 statements, thirty-four in number, as to the results accomplished 

 in the various lines of investigation represented by the minor 

 grants. 



2. Publications of the Carnegie Institution. — Recent publica- 

 tions of the Carnegie Institution are noted in the following list 

 (continued from vol. xxx, 295): 



No. 74. The Vulgate Version of the Arthurian Romances, 

 edited from manuscripts in the British Museum ; by H. Oskar 

 Sosimer. Volume III. Le Livre de Lancelot del Lac. Part I. 

 Pp. 430. 



