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3. Carnegie Institution of Washington. Year Book No. 1, 

 1902, pp. i-xlvi, 1-305. — The founding of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion for the promotion of study and research by a gift of ten 

 millions of dollars, given by Andrew Carnegie in January, 1902, 

 is known to all students of science. This first year book con- 

 tains copies of the official documents by which the Institution 

 was established and minutes of the meetings, held by the trustees 

 during the first year of incorporation. The proceedings of the 

 Executive Committee are also given in abstract, of which the 

 more important items are the announcement of the composition 

 of the several Advisory Committees, and definite statements of 

 the purposes, principles, organization and policy of the Institution. 



The plans and methods thus far agreed upon may be indicated 

 by quotation of a few extracts from the Summary at the close of 

 this portion of the book, viz : " The methods of administration of 

 the Carnegie Institution thus far developed are general rather than 

 specific ; . . . Attention has been concentrated upon a selection of 

 those objects which, at this time and in our country, seem to 

 require immediate assistance; . . . Efforts have been and will be 

 made to secure cooperation with other agencies established for 

 the advancement of knowledge, while care will be exercised to 

 refrain from interference or rivalry with them ; . . . Specific 

 grants have been and will be made, for definite purposes, to indi- 

 vidual investigators, young and old, of marked ability, and for 

 assistance, books, instruments, apparatus, and materials." 



Provision is made to enable highly qualified persons to profit 

 by the advantages for research afforded by the various scientific 

 bureaus of the United States Government at Washington, — for 

 the appointment of research assistants annually to make special 

 investigations — for publishing the results of research. Prelimi- 

 nary inquiries will be made regarding proposed large undertak- 

 ings to determine their prospective value and cost. Special 

 advisers have been and will be invited from time to time to 

 report as experts upon questions submitted to them. At the 

 meeting of the Board of Trustees, November 25, 1902, $50,000 

 was appropriated for administration expenses, 8200,000 for grants 

 for research during the fiscal year 1902-3, $40,000 for the publi- 

 cation fund, and $100,000 was set apart as a reserve fund. 



Following the official report are two appendices, consisting of 

 A, Report of Advisory Committees, and B, Proposed Explora- 

 tions and Investigations on a large scale. Eighteen advisory 

 committees were appointed, and the fields of research thus em- 

 phasized indicate the scope of science which is covered at the 

 present time by the operation of the Carnegie Institution. The 

 subjects upon which these advisory committees reported are as 

 follows, viz : economics, botany, physics, geology, geophysics, 

 geography, meteorology, chemistry, astronomy, paleontology, 

 zoology, physiology, anthropology, bibliography, engineering, 

 psychology, history and mathematics. In addition to these the 

 special proposals in Appendix B are for biological surveys of the 



