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SCIENCE, 



[Vol. V., No. 115. 



cuted under the supervision of committees of federal 

 officers, and of which the following is an approxi- 

 mate list of names that suggest the great variety 

 of intellectual work going on under the govern- 

 ment: — 



LEGISLATIVE BRANCH. 



SENATE. 



1. B. — Standing committee on agriculture and 



forestry. 



2. A. — Standing committee on mines and min- 



ing. 



3. B. — Standing committee on fish and fisheries 



(fish-commission) . 



4. D. — Joint committee on the library of con- 



gress. 



5. B. — Joint committee on public buildings and 



grounds (botanical gardens). 



6. B. — Select committee to investigate the in- 



troduction and spread of epidemic dis- 

 eases. 



HOUSE. 



7. E. — Standing committee of coinage, weights 



and measures. 



8. A. — Standing committee of rivers and har- 



bors. 



9. B. — Standing committee of agriculture. 



10. B. — Standing committee of railways and 



canals. 



11. A. — Standing committee of mines and min- 



ing. 



12. A. — Standing committee of public buildings 



and grounds. 



13. A. — Standing committee of levees and im- 



provements of the Mississippi River. 



14. D. — Joint committee on the library of con- 



15. A. — Select committee on ventilation and 



acoustics. 



EXECUTIVE BRANCH. 



16. A. — Executive mansion. Commissioner of 



public buildings, including green- 

 houses and propagating gardens. 



STATE DEPARTMENT. 



17. A. — Bureau of statistics. 



18. D. — Bureau of rolls and library. 



TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 



19. Government actuary. 



20. A. — Supervising architect's office. 



21. C. — Bureau of engraving and printing. 



22. B. — Bureau of statistics. 



23. A. — Inspector-general of steamboats. 



24. A. — Life-saving service. 



25. B. — Commission on cattle-diseases. 



26. B. — Commissioner of internal revenue. 



27. C. — Director of the mint. 



28. A. — Lighthouse board. 



29. A. — Bureau of weights and measures. 



30. A. — U. S. coast-survey. 



31. A. — U. S. geodetic survey. 



32. B. — Marine-hospital service. 



WAR DEPARTMENT. 



33. U. S. military academy at West Point. 



Medical department. 



34. Meteorological division. 



35. B. — Medical museum, and medical history of 



the war. 



36. Laboratory. 



37. Library and bibliography. 



Bureau of engineers. 



38. A. — Mississippi- River commission. 



39. A. — River and harbor improvements. 



40. A. — Survey of Great Lakes. 



41. A. — Survey of U. S. territory. 



42. A. — Willett's Point school of engineering. 



Public buildings and grounds. 



43. Propagating gardens, aqueducts, Washington 



monument, etc. 



Ordnance bureau. 



44. Arsenals, armories, and ordnance depots. 



45. Experiments on material, powder, etc. 



46. Artillery school at Fortress Monroe. 



Signal-service bureau. 



47. A. — School at Fort Myer for meteorology 



and signalling. 



48 . A . — Weather-bureau. 



NAVY DEPARTMENT. 



49. U. S. naval academy at Annapolis. 



Bureau of ordnance. 



50. Manufacture of cannon, guns, arsenals, maga- 



zines. 



51. Newport topedo station and service. 



Bureau of navigation. 



52. A. — Hydrographic office (charts, surveying, 



meteorology) . 



