CONTENTS. 
Page. 
Letter from the secretary, submitting the annual report of tlie Regents 
to Congress iii 
Contents of the report v 
List of plates vii 
General subjects of the annual report ix 
Officials of the Institution and its branches xi 
EEl'OET OF THE SECRETAKY. 
The Smithsonian Institutioi;i 1 
The Establishment 1 
The Board of Regents 1 
General considerations 2 
Finances 4 
Researches and explorations: 
Geological explorations in the Canadian Rockies 6 
Geological work in the Middle Atlantic States 7 
The Collins-Garner French Congo Expedition 8 
The Smithsonian African Expedition 9 
Botanical explorations in Ecuador 9 
Cinchona Botanical Station - 10 
Anthropological work in Peru and Bolivia 10 
The proposed Roosevelt Memorial 11 
Research Corporation 12 
Popular scientific lectures 12 
Congress of Americanists 13 
Publications 13 
Library 14 
National Museum 14 
Bureau of American Ethnology 17 
International Exchanges 18 
National Zoological Park 19 
Astrophysical Observatory 20 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 21 
Necrology 21 
Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 25 
2. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 38 
3. Report on the International Exchanges 54 
4. Report on the National Zoological Park 64 
5. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory 79 
6. Report on the library 90 
7. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific 
Literature 95 
8. Report on publications 98 
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND EEGENTS. 
Report of Executive Committee 105 
Proceedings of Board of Regents 109 
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