BEING | LE SOE WiOy | ! <9 AMo 4% rn oe ee “7 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Showing the Operations, Expenditures and Condition of the Institution FOR THE YEAR N DENG tN 30 1904 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE ESOS) a ae FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION The Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1904. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. C., February 27, 1905. To the Congress of the United States: In accordance with section 5593 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, I have the honor, in behalf of the Board of Regents, to submit to Congress the Annual Report of the operations, expendi- tures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year end- ing June 30, 1904. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. P. LANG ey, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Hon. Witu1aM P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate. Til ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1904. SUBJECTS. 1. Proceedings of the Board of Regents for the sessions of Decem- ber 8, 1903, and January 27 and March 7, 1904. 2. Report of the executive committee, exhibiting the financial affairs of the Institution, including a statement of the Smithson fund, and receipts and expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1904. 3. Annual report of the Secretary, giving an account of the opera- tions and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1904, with statistics of exchanges, ete. 4. General appendix, comprising a selection of miscellaneous mem- oirs of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institu- tion, teachers, and others engaged in the promotion of knowledge. These memoirs relate chiefly to the calendar year 1904. 1" ~ CONTENTS. Page. Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents CORE ONOTESS peeeiee errr in eres Se deh scree eee eerie, Meet ar Cp ee renal te ee E III Generalasdby ectsiotaihevAnnualeReporte sass ees see ee eee IV Contents omihepReponte sw ye wie owe. Saas py Sree re ee ge 2 WLS eS be 2 Vv I SEIO tale ALES em mee yearly Mapas rs, a Onl aye eaten oe PMO (8, Aichi es NUN Uy pe OX Memibersie1o7icconOLat hey Hstablishmrent sass a2 ae eee eee ey eee ee XIII Reventsiot the smithsonian: in Stub ub rome a. ee eye eee XIV PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. Meetings of December 8, 1903, January 27, and March 7, 1904 ________ XV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for the year ending June 30, 1904. Condition of the fund July 1, 1904 ____.___.__. a eta! sali y ee Wier ew LE, 1) PR EKERENAY Receipts andiexpenditures forthe year -— =e 22-2 XXXVI Appropmation fon International: ixchanges)=5 52-906.) 2-2 eo) SX VIL Detailsiotexpendituresiol Samess=- se eee e sees eee see eee XXXVII Appropriation for American Mthnology 2-54 -=2 2-2 228-222 s2 022-2 ee. XXXVIII Detail stotexpenditmresyot Sam eo ee eee ae ee eu eke ea XXXIX Appropriations morneaNatlonalaVitseum ss 22s) ee eee nee eee >a bil Detaillsyohexpenditures| Of Sane) sss ee ee XLI Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory ____.___.--..---------.-- LVIUI Detailsiofiexpenditures\of same /_2 92 5-2-2-=2-------- == phe tee LVIII Appropriation for observation of solar eclipse_-_.:-.-.-----.--------- LX Balance of same _____-___- Ae se sale EAN es PAs Gd OLS IS BOS Cs De eee ce 19:4 Appropriation for the National Zoological Park -_-___._-_---.---------- LX Detail sroirexpen chifimrestOty Sam Cy ae ee pee eee ILD Recapitulla tony Seas Sse. Se silo eS Seep ala Aa Se ee esate od ees LXV Generallsumimiar yen oe 1s ph ches Dee tees Lol epee. Fee de epee ee ee LXVI AcTs AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS relative to Smithsonian Institution, (QUO SE 3 Ee Ne el ees ee ie ee eee ee SNS fey eR oe eee eee eee aS LXIX REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. ARETE OMUTELS ONIGANMIUN SLD U/ ELON Spaces ae eee es NS Be ee ee ee 1 Mheyhstablishmen thea. vale asta eens ens 2. Sere ee eee 1 Organization of the Board of Regents ________- Bee a Aa aN ee Boe eer Se 2 Mectinesiotshessoardlor Regents\se 22 see oat eee ee eee as 2 Generaliconsiderations= 2222-2 22) 22 =e SPTAEL 4 sesee ss Mae whe EA 6S aah 5 The removal of the remains of James Smithson_________-___-._-__---- if IFS CT GAT G5 eee cre ee ne ee Se ee ae Ce A mn era AS lek ce eh 11 ISEIIROGS) os cse6 gered eed bae see adigeiueare ae seo ae Sep aaa ae saa erases 11 EVES ATC perenne oes p eee sete eres ene ee hy iy) Pee eS ele SR yan 13 Od ekin shun deems Ma hh await ae Ne aM PEE ULM cee ten de Ie 13 Na Dlesatallo lee iat se or es ee ae oe eee cole Re ae ee Shree ee ey! 15 Bb a) CCvaTy nONeTS\S Fac ees Mak ae ee eee ae ae eee eee aie eet eee 16 RUD catlonseennec see aces See eee ee ers oe ee LeU ee 16 VI CONTENTS. THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION—Continued. Page. TD VAT yi e eee St 2 pare ae etl Sd 20 Correspondence teats 5 nee eee eee Bee oe oe 21 International American Archeological Commission____--_-_-___-_---- 22 International Congresses and Expositions. ____...-_.-.-_..-_-_-:------ 24 MEISCETAN COU Ss ae cers an a0 aire RN tee ere iar! Gann ws oy 27 National Musecumy=s took soe sete oe pet eee pee Sot ee et ae oe 27 BureaivoteAm emcanrb thn ol omg ee ee ee 30 Interna tional ebixcham ces eee are easy ees ee eee ree epee la eee 31 INationalt Zoological dear kya) = 2s ne 8 eye ee eee are ate 8 ee ne eo ee 32 AS Trophysical ODServatOliyy ee eee es ape ane ae ee 34 ING CROLO Ry Siar ee ce ae eas at rs nea aS hat 35 Appendixes: I. Report on the United States National Museum ~-._________-- _--- 37 II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology ___.__.-_--__--_-- 46 III. Report on the International Exchange Service _-_-__-----------.-- 55 IV. Report on the National Zoological Park _---_.----_--.--_.-_--2. 69 V. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory --...-------.---------- 78 VE Report ofthe Mlibraniane so =e - ease eee ne eee eee 87 Vie Report.ot thes Eaitore <2 oboe sos 2s ee ee eee 91 VIII. Report of the Representative of the Smithsonian Institution and National Museum, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Mor 1904. ek eo. coh an See ae ee ere eee ree 100 GENERAL APPENDIX. Page. Experiments with the Langley Aerodrome, by 8S. P. Langley____.__---.-.. 118 The Relation of Wing Surface to Weight, by R. Von Lendenfeld _-______- 127 The Rumford Spectroheliograph of the Yerkes Observatory, by George E. IEE YS ehaxvel MNerAohhay hare MileraMeWN oe oe soot ce et eeee cee sece 131 The Construction of large Telescope Lenses, by Dr. C. Faulhaber - : sea 63 Some Reflections Suggested by the Application of Photography to AP Te TKO VAMUERWL Ieee Holo, lOnig IEROE, Jal, Jal “WihwMAe — sone cones eeceseses: 171 Radiationintthe Solarisystem= by, Js co Foy nti = =sss=ee= ase e= === 185 CondensationyNiucleil: biyaleno ten © ee ens VV Alls © ieee 193 The Present Problems of Inorganic Chemistry, by Sir William Ramsay -.. 207 The Evolution of the Scientific Investigator, by Simon Newcomb-.--. ---.-- 221 Metalstintthe Atmospheres byarorecAlireds ithe === =e 235 Observations on Vision in Brightness and in Obscurity, with a Hypothesis on the Causelof Color Blindness iby © hum Cree eee a 249 A Lightning Spiral observed near Basel, by Fr. Klingelfuss-_-.--.--------- 259 Variations of Specific Gravity, by Georg W. A. Kahlbaum -...------.----- 261 Some New Methods of Lighting, by A. Berthier _...------_------.-----.-- 267 The Progress in Wireless Telegraphy, by William Maver, jr -------------- 275 Electric Welding Development, by Elihu Thomson -.-----.---------------- 281 The History of Some Discoveries in Photography, by Robert Hunt _-_-_-_--- 287 Theories of Ore Deposition Historically Considered, by S. F. Emmons----- 309 On Mountains and Mankind, by Douglas W. Freshfield -...-.---..-------- 337 Morocco} by. Theobald Hisch ery ese eee eee een er 359 The Work of the Reclamation Service, by F. H. Newell---.-----------.--- 373 The Yuma Reclamation Project. bys by uippincovbseas= as s== 554 --5----- 383 The Hyidence of Evolution, by. Eco De Varleseea-se so seee eens === 2-2 -- 388 CONTENTS. The Evolutionary Significance of Species, by O. F. Cook _.________________ Nome bird Litean British Papnavby R. A. Vivian 2264 2.95227. .220 1... Bind: Sanctuariosun New Zealand)... 98 2220.5 22s ee he House Sparrow bya Dire ge Os ekImner =. 5228 2 ete Some Tibetan Animals, by R. Lydekker ......2......._--__-- The Multiple Origin of Horses and Ponies, by Dr. J. Cossar Ew art _ Egyptian and Arabian Horses, by E. Prisse d’Avennes _______________- ; iBeestands lowers sD yeeLoOb Eras SOlviOlL = sam rans ae as See een eee The Pearl Fisheries of Ceylon, by Prof. W. A. Herdman___________._____- Flying Fish and their Habits, by Dr. Theodore Gill ___________2__._______- The Stature of Man at Different Epochs, by A. Dastre _____...__....___.-- OldeAcesbysuilieMetchnikofi 22. s-- ee- ee esos eee SS The Contributions of American Archeology to History, by W. H. Holmes - Gournias by jlarret ABO Gt. te eo ne eee oo nso oe ee eee Archeological Researches on the Frontiers of Argentina and Bolivia, by TEESE CVO DI EVOSC Ty sm Ree ee aE yes Oty EY Me a t=, Nt is ae eye The Painting of Human Bones among the American Aborigines, by Dr. PAC Sabir di Gaetan ses SOU Let ele o 2 zu WE er Le scan SE a a 2 Sling Contrivances for Projectile Weapons, by F. Krause ____.__________-- Materials Used to Write upon before the Invention of Printing, by Prof. PANS OTE eID 2a 10 97 Bree 8 ee meray 05 Se REO ey Bre rete ct Lee NMR eet eee perk An Inquiry into the Population of China, by W. W. Rockhill. -__________- ChimneserArchitectures bya ss Wires USiie) lie ete epee eee eee Pewter and the Revival of its Use, by Arthur Lasenby Liberty _.________- Cameossby Cynil Davienporteses ss. eee ee =- ee ees The Beane Conquest of trie a by the Railnoads. DA mock. Se cee ey The Present Aspects of the Panama Canal, by William Hl Burra ss) oe The Sanitation of the Isthmian Canal Zone, by W. C. Gorgas__..._.-___-- The Projected New Barge Canal, by Col. Thomas W. Symons ._____.. ---- Rapid Transit Subways in Metropolitan Cities, by Milo R. Maltbie_______- Sir George Gabriel Stokes, by Ernest W. Brown_.-------_...-_.-.-_____-- Karl Alfred von Zittel, by Charles Schuchert_........-..._.-_--- oe Seen eee KarliGerenbauer,, by Oscars Hergwit mac as. 2esse 555 se beeen oo ee nee ee re —= » < a2 oe a / ws ee ~ LIST OF PLATES. SECRETARY'S REPORT: Plate I. Tis 1D.& XE eXaIs XII. XIIt. XIV. . Ground plan of the observatory inclosure . New form of bolometric apparatus .._._.1._.---.2.-22.2-_.-- . Terrestrial temperature and solar radiation, 1908______._____. . Intensity of radiation along diameter of solar disk, September, Location of animal quarters in the National Zoological Park -__ Plan of main floor of new house for animals, National Zoo- Mayeaker ld Stra time at aie ai ke rae a oe GR Ce ee eee : . Bird cage at Louisiana Purchase Exposition _._____..__-___-- . Great brown bear from Alaska. Leopard in National Zoo- OPICARR AT Kee sees etna see yas a2 Sey CMW Sms er Sey a ee LOO SS ee ee ee errs SO ere aa ed aes 2. pg St: Louis'exhibit of National Museum. .-2.-.5.2. 2... 2... 2-_- Central court, Smithsonian pavilion at St. Louis _____._____. Entrance to St. Louis exhibit of the Astrophysical Observatory - St. Louis exhibit of the National Zoological Park__.__._____- St. Louis exhibit of the Bureau of Exchanges --_----_-__- eas EXPERIMENTS WITH THE AERODROME (LANGLEY): Plate I. Instantaneous photograph of the launch of October 7, 1903 __- THE RUMFORD SPECTROHELIOGRAPH (HALE AND ELLERMAN): Plate I. TE: Ill. The Rumford spectroheliograph attached to the 40-inch Yerkes refractor The curvature of lines in the spectroheliograph, fig. 2, H and elines onthe disks etcetera ee ee ee Fig. 1, K line on the disk and at the limb; fig. 2, H and K lines in electric arc; fig. 3, minute calcium flocculi (H,)-_-.____- TeLhe suns showine.calcmmfocculime ss: == asses ese ee . Fig. 1, low level (H,) section of calciuni flocculi; fig. 2, high lévelk(E) i SsectionloL same focculim=s seas sees == aaa oe . General appearance of sun’s disk at H, level___...__.._._----- . Fig. 1, Facule; fig. 2, calcium flocculi, low K, level .__.____-- . Calcium flocculi, higher K, level; fig. 2, calcium flocculi, K, Te Viele erry Scan y AIA I Ei a aed ies Midi Se amr al NASER ATi oe aha FELVOTOSEMIMOCCUL + Yaa mer amet e resale Stars us Peis A Tle . Fig. 1, hydrogen floceuli; fig. 2, calcium flocculi_......__---- ~Calcium-elocculislow i levelasse asses In whee de ed . Calcium flocculi, middle H, level > (Ceikeiuorn saloyecuubl, Jalen el oon ee hee pee Sean easecesnee mLiyarorentlocculii j25 eee ee Spee Se ee a ede Bake eee MOBLIN HOCCULM OWE eVelecesseaen nase ee ac Se scee seek . Calcium flocculi, middle H, level Calcium flocculivhioh ty levele..2 sos ioe Se PeCalcium Hocculi, Ha loveless. .22 2285552555 eeeee ae: Ix Page. 70 70 72 x LIST OF PLATES. CONDENSATION NUCLEI (WILSON. PLATES BY BARUS): Plate I. Charts showing nucleation from Oct. 2 to 28, 1902___..____--_- II. Charts showing nucleation from Oct. 27 to Nov. 24____-_----- IiI. Charts showing nucleation from Noy. 24 to Dec. 8 _________-- IV. Charts showing nucleation from Dec. 6 to Dec. 20 _-__________- V. Charts showing nucleation from Dec. 21, 1902, to Jan. 4, 1903 VI. Charts showing nucleation from Jan. 4 to 18,1903 ___________ VII. Charts showing average number of nuclei per cubic centi- meter on successive days of the years 1902-3 and 1903—4____- VIII. Curves showing the average number of nuclei per cubic centi- meter in successive months of the years 1902-3 and 1903-4 __ A LIGHTNING SPIRAL (KLINGELFUSS): Plate I. Fig. 1, photograph of lightning flash; fig. 2, photograph of Induction: Cols parle Ae: ee eer eee eee eer UT, abhayevelbeotssiis) Jesh wes my Ibaohiveioyatonm, — 2-3 ses New MetuHops oF LIGHTING (BERTHIER): Plate I. A drawing-room wall and ceiling effect obtained with Moore TU DOSAS 2 serch aes Dee severe s yan aerate hay) Oe eee ae ine ee ELECTRIC WELDING (THOMSON): Plate I. Fig. 1, an electric tire-welding machine; fig. 2, an electric welding machine for iron and steel pipe_________-.__-_____- II. Another form of hoop or tire welding machine ____-_________- Ill. Fig. 1, rolls of electrically welded wire fences of varying width and mesh; fig. 2, an electric chain-welding machine__ IV. Electric rail welding on street railways ___...-----_----___--- V. A welding machine for large tubes or shells___._-___________- DISCOVERIES IN PHOTOGRAPHY (HUNT): Plate I. Joseph Nicephore Niepce VI. Fig. I, Niepce’s apparatus; fig. 2, Thomas Wedgewood VIL. Fig. 1, Talbot’s studio; fig. 2, Calotype printing apparatus - WORK OF THE RECLAMATION SERVICE (NEWELL): Plate I. Canal line crossing on Dunlap Creek, Montana______.______-- Il. Typical scene in North Platte Canyon, Wyoming ___- JOU, TSiaverstavorays (Op wahyayal, \WWyayopeawhaye? 2 IV. Looking up North Platte River, Wyoming. V. Detailed view of Shoshone dam site, Wyoming VI. Malheur dam site, Malheur River, Oregon VII. Looking up Cottonwood Creek, Oregon ........-...__------.-- VIII. Pear orchard on Rockefeller ranch, Oregon THE YUMA PROJECT (LIPPINCOTT): Plated? Relicimapiot the wana projech sea ee MULTIPLE ORIGIN OF HORSES AND PONIES (EWART): Plate I. Fig. 1, Professor Ewart’s yearling wild horse in summer coat; fig. 2, Celtic pony, showing tail lock in midwinter- : II. Fig. 1, a typical Celtic pony in winter coat; fig. 2, a richly striped dark yellow-dun horse of the Norse type EGYPTIAN AND ARABIAN Horsrs (D’AVENNES): Plate I. Egyptian horses; bas-relief at Thebes_......_-__- Il. Egyptian horses; bas-relief at Karnak _-___- Ill. Zedan, a pure-blooded Arabian colt__......_......____._____- IV. Obeyran, an imported Arabian stallion__---_---____- LIST OF PLATES. XI FLYING FIsH (GILL): Page. iaibomiem@ yy Se lui ts eer eee se gee ee ne eee ek eyes a e008 II. Air bladders _-_---_=.- Wht See eles le en Bead See 508 Ill. Dactylopter us-volitans. aaa : : : 510 IV. Dactylopterus volitans’ 2 aesiaent stages: OF peoaih f 510 GOURNIA (BOYD): ; Plate I. Sketch plan of the central acropolis._ ._....--..-------------- 564 ii Objects'excavated(atrGournia,_2- 22255800 he a _.. 564 Mike Clay, bulls head! 2-2. - eS aes se ee 570 ARCH ZOLOGICAL RESEARCHES ON THE FRONTIER OF "ARGENTINA AND Bo- LIVIA (VON ROSEN): 4 Plate I. Fig. 1, grave grotto; fig. 2, unearthed skeleton _____---------- 574 tv ~ on tS tg II. Fig. 1, cacti; fig. 2, door of SAC HU SiuwvOO Clee tae ay ee ena lieehigod doom of cactus wood, fis, 2 yetone hut. 2-222. 5---- IV. Fig. 1, ancient irrigation terraces; fig. 2, walled-up ¢ EaOrton ae V. Fig. 1, barrow in mountain pass; fig. 2, small stone altarseae VI. Loess formations in the Tarija Valley------ ---- BMPR cpa VII. Fig 1, Loess formation, showing fossil bones of Mastodon; al (Sia De CO inks, De saovareleraay Ibavéhe yoy lowohy ae BT eee sees ee VIII. Vessels and implements from Casabindo and Tarija --.._--_-. 582 EX Oodensimploments=) se - = ah ee oan ee ees ee 582 X. Objects found at the ancient dwelling place near Tolomosa, in Ghevbarijaev alley ses et ee ae eee ee ey Soe ee 582 THE ARCHAOLOGY OF THE PUEBLO REGION (HEWRTT): Plate I. Fig. 2, ruins of Puye Pueblo, New Mexico; fig. 2, restoration of cliff dwellings in Sandia Canyon, New Mexico___...-_-_- 586 II. Restoration of pueblo of Tchirege. New Mexico__-.-_-_._----- 586 Ill. Ruins of pueblo of Giusewa and mission of San Diego, New Wi Reba oY yee cattle tees re gems A ana a heap sR UR =. _ aystt) IV. Fig. 2, pueblo ruins, Montezuma Mesa, New Mexico; ie, 2 25 cliff acaba Montezuma Mesa, New Mexico_-_--_-_. 590 V. Fig. 1, ruins of Hungopavi, New Mexico; fig. 2, ruins of rene lizinineeNewin Vex CO eas nea as eee Sle Hire ert ee wha 594 VI. Fig. 1, ruins of Kinkletsoi, New Mexico; fig. 9, cliff dwelling, Colorado sae ee es eee aN eee gare ee a en ee Ss oy 594 Will, Chish, milenaes, Aaaey 32 oo eset ee sano a4ense ae 598 VIII. Cliff dwelling and mummy cave, Canyon del Muerto, Rei onat 598 IX. Cliff palace. Mesa Weems end Colkontyelo). ee 602 X. Fig. 2, Montezuma Castle, Beaver Creek, Arizona; fig. 2, Casa GrandtaGalamvallleyapAmI Zon dt as ses ees aa ee ae 602 XI. Cliff dwellings, Gila Hot Springs, New Mexico- -----.-------- 602 PAINTING OF HuMAN Bones AMONG AMERICAN ABORIGINES (HRDLICKA): Plate I. Fig. 1, modern female skull with painted inscription and de- coration; fig. 2, male skull, with black designs on face (colored@ plate)! 2 -e.se se ee RRS et oe Shah 607 Il. Fig. 1, Wasco skull, with a discoloration by copper ceili fe. 2. Wasco skull, with colored cross over frontal bone (col- OLEdaplatel Pee ee eee eee eA ree rey ere 2 eee Ollie III. Male skull painted red, from Lower C Alifor nia (colored mlatene 616 SLING CONTRIVANCES FOR PROJECTILE WEAPONS (KRAUSE): Plate I. Slings for hurling weapons ---.-. .----------- ise sia 3 oe ee 624 II. Slings for hurling weapons -.---------- Pepe sfeitis Jee cee eat GOA IIL. Slings for hurling weapons , Rees sa ean ee Saan (OBE iVerslinestomhuriimoweapons = 2522. vioe ew. £2 ue 632 XII LIST OF PLATES. MATERIALS USED TO WRITE UPON (MAIRE): Plate I. Clay tablet, with linear prehistoric script If. Lachish cuneiform clay tablet IV. Moro school exercise inscribed on board V. Hebrew scroll of unbleached leather VI. Fragment of Hebrew manuscript on parchment —_____- VIL. Hebrew manuscript of Pentatauch on velluam___--- VIII. Ethiopic manuscript of gospel of John on parchment_._- CHINESE ARCHITECTURE (BUSHELL): Plate I. Sacrificial hall of Yung Lo. Peking II. Imperial hall of the classics. Pi Yung Kung Ill. Memorial arch of marble and glazed terra cotta. Paieou IV. The great altar of heaven. T’ien T’an VI. Shrine and altar of Confucius, Peking IX. Hunchback bridge. Lo-Ko Ch’iao XI. ‘‘ Porcelain’’ pagoda at Yuan-Ming Yuan XII. Pagoda. Ling Kuang Ssu XIII. Buddhist triad. Interior of Lama temple XV. Incarnation of a Bodhisattva. Pai T’a Ssu TOW lbehineg wemmlereindiglgl. . -k 2252-32 ea ee et tle ese XVII. Five-towered temple, near Peking XIX. Ruined gateway of a mosque, Peking____-._____--.-_-___-- PEWTER AND THE REVIVAL OF Its USE (LIBERTY): Plate I. Fig. 1, candlestick; fig. 2, card tray --_-- Ill. Babylanian alabastar votive tablet___-______- a : = : : Wey INSTI a EPC en VII. Garden pavilion at Wan Shou Shan -----._---------- we ay. WANS IDEN Venn WWnMSVVON SVaeWN 2 28 oe See ee Sano cesses ease X. Bronze Buddhist shrine at Wan Show Shan eae one XIV. Stupa of sculptured marble___________._- DEL ae ye ree SWATOTS IBRevawas) Thaversiarets) |OUOVETR = a eB eee II. Fig. 1, biscuit box; photograph frame; fig. 3, fruit basket; fig. 4, frame for glass flower bowl; fig. 5, tray and lid for glass butter bowl. ____—_- Be ee Le eee ee s,s: : Ill. Fig. 1, liqueur set and tray; fe 2 hee handled vase; fig. 3, hot=wateryUere eae a eee ee Stn, soe ree As eee IV. Fig. 1, coffee pot; fig. 2, glass claret jug; Siete 3, ‘peer tankar d, gy st pe okey 06 Ue pie ae ee eet apes Fe LA 2s Ol a ee ee ene V. Fig. 1, tripod bowl; fig. 2, tr ay, -, with Cripihandse ese = VI. Fig. 1, entrée dish and cover; fig. 2, cigar box; fig. 3, biscuit ro SAE eae IG STS eel as © CAMEOS (DAVENPORT): Plate I. Camee Dee oe Sua Sue Et a one Re is ae IIL. Gr eC me a gems - ae I Sis EN eater ee ee IV. Greek and Roman portraits_-__-_- -- E ae THE PrRoJECTED New BAarGE CANAL (SYMONS): Plate I. Map showing proposed route of new Erie Canal - GEORGE GABRIEL STOKES (BROWN): Plate I. Sir George Gabriel Stokes - wae tear as ee KARL ALBERT VON ZITTEL (SCHUCHERT): Plate I. Karl Alfred von Zittel-_------. . Hesetne CARL GEGENBAUER (HERTWIG): Plate I. Carl Gegenbauer : Ae ee Senha ee rs Se APC THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MEMBERS EX OFFICIO OF THE “ ESTABLISHMENT.” THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States. (Vacancy), Vice-President of the United States. MELVILLE W. FuLLer, Chief Justice of the United States. JOHN Hay, Secretary of State. Lesiige M. SHAw, Secretary of the Treasury. WiiiamM H. Tarr, Secretary of War. PHILANDER C. KNox, Attorney-General. Henry C. PAYNE, Postmaster-General. WILLIAM H. Moopy, Secretary of the Nayy. ETHAN ALLEN Hircucocrk, Secretary of the Interior. JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. GeEOoRGE B. CorreLyou, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. REGENTS OF THE INSTITUTION. (List given on following page. ) OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION. SAMUEL P. LANGLEY, Secretary. Director of the Institution and Keeper of the U. S. National Museum. RICHARD RATHBUN, Assistant Secretary. XIII REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTEVUDION. By the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Stat- utes, Title LX-XITI, section 5580), “The business of the Institution shall be conducted at the city of Washington by a Board of Regents, named the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, three members of the Senate, and three members of the House of Repre- sentatives, together with six other persons, other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of the same State.” REGENTS FOR THH YHAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1904. The Chief Justice of the United States: MELVILLE W. FULLER, elected Chancellor and President of the Board, January 9, 1889. The Vice-President of the United States (vacancy) : WILLIAM P. FRYE, President pro tempore of the Senate, acting as Regent. United States Senators: Term expires. SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed Mar. 24, 1885. Mar. 28, SSO Dee lSya'S95 andeManr a O01) Seas =e eee Mar. 3, 1907 ORVILLE H. PLATT (appointed Jan. 18, 1899, Feb. 23. 1903)_ Mar. 3, 1909 ERANCIS M. COCKRELL (appointed Mar. 7, 1901))_~_----—— Mar. 3, 1905 Members of the Ilouse of Representatives : ROBERT R. HITT (appointed Aug. 11, 1893, Jan. 4, 1894, Dec 20; 1895, Dee. 22, 189t, Jan. 4, 1900, Dee 13, 1901, anal Debi, 5 I Oe ye eee ee poe el 28 eh Se SD CCHS ROBERT ADAMS. Jr. (appointed Dee. 20, 1895, Dee. 22 1897, Jan. 4, 1900, Dee. 13. 1901, and Jan. 12, 1904) _____ 22] Deer 271905 HUGH A. DINSMORE (appointed Jan. 4, 1900, Dee. 138, 1901, F201 0X0 tear’ Fz) 6 Pam) lee Petial eo) OY? 5) ee ee US Te ae ee Dee. 27, 1905 Citizens of a State: JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed Jan. 19, 1887, debit ito hy have leebalpeese, sll) oe Em, AHR AN 0 S) ANDREW D. WHITH, of New York (appointed Feb. 15, 1888, Mar, 19; 1894and) June-2491900) eee 2 June 2, 1906 RICHARD OLNEY, of Massachusetts (appointed Jan. 24, L900). = a eo eae Lo Sok a Jan. 24, 1906 GHORGE GRAY, of Delaware (appointed Jan. 14, 1901)---. Jan. 14, 1907 Citizens of Washington City : JOHN B. HENDERSON (appointed Jan. 26, 1892, Jan. 24, 1898. and Jan: 27%: 1904) 22 ae eee Jan. 27, 1910 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (appointed Jan. 24, 1898, and: Jan:.27;, 1904) 22.2 eee eee subbed Sak Jan. 27, 1910 Hrecutive Committee of the Board of Regents. JoHN B. Henperson, Chairman. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. Ropert R. Hirv. XIV PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1904. At a meeting held March 12, 1903, the Board of Regents adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That, in addition to the prescribed meeting held on the.fourth Wed- nesday in January, regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in December and on the 6th day of March, unless that date falls on Sunday, when the following Monday shall be substituted. In accordance with the above resolution, the Board met at 10 o'clock a. m. on December 8, 1903, and on January 27 and March 7, 1904. ‘ REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 8, 1903. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; Senator S. M. Cullom; Senator O. H. Platt; Senator F. M. Cock- rell; Senator W. P. Frye, President pro tempore of the Senate; Representative Robert Adams, jr.; Representative Hugh A. Dins- more; the Hon. Richard Olney; the Hon. John B. Henderson; the Hon. George Gray; Dr. A. Graham Bell, and the Secretary, S. P. Langley. EXCUSES FOR NONATTENDANCE. The Secretary read letters from Dr. J. B. Angell and the Hon. R. R. Hitt, explaining that important engagements prevented their attendance. He stated also that Dr. Andrew D. White was at present in Europe. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS. The Secretary read in abstract the minutes of the meetings of Jan- uary 28 and March 12, and, there being no objection, they were approved. NEW BUILDING FOR NATIONAL MUSEUM. The Secretary read a report which showed that with the advice and consent of the Chancellor and the chairman of the executive com- mittee, as required by the resolution of the Board of Regents adopted March 12, a contract had been made, under date of May 18, 1903, with Messrs. Hornblower & Marshall, architects, of Washington, D. C., for the necessary architectural services. ov xV . XVI PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. SPECIAI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. In the absence of the chairman of the executive committee Doctor Bell made a verbal report of the action of the committee, in which he included certain resolutions on which he asked the approval of the Board. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. The Chancellor then read at length the report of the special com- mittee appointed for the purpose of considering the question of defining the powers of the executive committee, and after a discussion, participated in by Senator Platt, Doctor Bell, Senator Henderson, and Judge Gray, Senator Henderson asked that the report might le over until the January meeting. The Chancellor suggested that it would be well to have the report and the exhibit of the past acts of the executive committee printed and communicated to the members of the Board. The following resolutions were then adopted: Resolved, That the report of the special committee, together with its exhibit, be printed and distributed to the members of the Board of Regents, and called up at the January meeting for action. Resolved, That the executive committee’s report, as presented by Doctor Bell, be printed and distributed to the members of the Board of Regents, and called up at the January meeting for action. COMPILATION OF LAWS AFFECTING SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. The Secretary presented the compilation of laws which had been prepared in accordance with a resolution offered by Senator Cockrell at the meeting of March 12, and adopted by the Board. On motion, the manuscript was referred to Senator Cockrell for examination and decision as to printing. REMOVAL OF SMITHSON’S REMAINS. The Secretary read a letter from the Hon. Wiliam Henry Bishop, United States consul at Genoa, showing the need of action in the removal of James Smithson’s remains, owing to the imminence of the proposed demolition of the cemetery in which they reposed. Doctor Bell renewed the proposition which he made at the last meeting that the remains of Smithson be brought to this country at his expense. After further remarks Judge Gray offered the following resolu- tions, which were adopted : Resolved, That Dr. A. Graham Bell be appointed as a committee to take charge of the matter of the removal of the remains of James Smithson from Genoa to Washington, with the request that the negotiations and remoyal be conducted quietly and privately, PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XVII Resolved, That upon the conclusion of this duty, all expenses involved by it be reimbursed to Doctor Bell from the funds of the Institution, ~ The Board then adjotirned. ANNUAL MEETING OF JANUARY 27, 1904. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor), in the chair: the Hon. S. M. Cullom; the Hon. O. H. Platt; the Hon. F. M. Cockrell; the Hon. R. R. Hitt; the Hon. Robert Adams, jr.; the Hon. Hugh A. Dinsmore; Dr. J. B. Angell; the Hon. John B. Henderson: Dr. A. Graham Bell; the Hon. Richard Olney, and the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley. EXCUSES FOR NONATTENDANCE. Excuses for nonattendance were received from Senator Frye and Judge Gray, on account of iiportant engagements, and from Dr. Andrew D, White, who was unable to attend owing to absence abroac. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The Secretary read in abstract the minutes of the previous meeting, and there being no objection they were declared approved. REAPPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. The Secretary announced that on January 12 the Speaker of the House had reappointed Representatives Hitt, Adams, and Dinsmore as Regents for two years; and also that Senator Henderson and Dr. A. Graham Bell had been reappointed for a term of six years by joint resolution approved by the President January 27, 1904. RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. Mr. Hitt, on behalf of the executive committee, presented the fol- lowing resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the income of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905, be appropriated for the service of the Institution, to be expended by the Secretary, with the advice of the executive committee, with full discretion on the part of the Secretary as to items. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. The Secretary presented his report of the operations of the Institu- tion for the year ending June 30, 19038, which was accepted. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Senator Henderson, chairman, presented the report of the com- mittee for the year ending June 30, 1903, which was adopted, SM 01k XVIII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE. Senator Henderson, chairman, reported upon the present status of the proposed bequests of Addison T. Reid and Joseph White Sprague ; also concerning the will of Wallace C. Andrews and the condition of the Hodgkins and Avery funds. He further stated that the Secre- tary had expended, under the authority of the Board, the sum of $14,225.02 on his experiments in mechanical flight, from January 1 to December 31, 1903. The Secretary then submitted a statement on the work of the Insti- tution, conducted since the date of his annual report (June 30, 1903), together with his plans for future operations. REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE. The Chancellor stated that the next matter to be disposed of was the report of the special committee to consider the question of defin- ing the duties of the executive committee, and in this connection also the special report of the executive committee, but suggested that owing to lack of time it might be well to defer this until the meeting of March 7 next, which the Board approved. REMOVAL OF SMITHSON’S REMAINS. Doctor Bell’s report upon the matter of the removal of Smithson’s remains from Genoa to Washington, and their delivery to the charge of the Board, was next in order, but the hour having arrived at which it was necessary for a majority of the Regents to leave for their duties at the Capitol, the Board took a recess until 8 o’clock this evening, when the report would be received and considered. 8 O'CLOCK P. M. The Board resumed its meeting at the Institution. Present: The Elon. S. M: Cullom, the Hon, ©: H. Platt, the Hon. IF. M. Cockrell, the Hon. R. R. Hitt, the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., the Hon. Hugh A. Dinsmore, the Hon. John B. Henderson, the Hon. Richard Olney, Dr. A. Graham Bell, and the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley. Senator Cullom was invited to preside. Doctor Bell then read his report in full, and after discussion in which certain changes were suggested, it was accepted. (The report will be found appended hereto p. xx.) Mr. Adams then offered tne following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Board of Regents desire to record in the minutes of the Institution their profound appreciation of the voluntary service of Dr. Alexan- der Grabam Bell in personally going to Genoa and returning with the remains PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XIX of James Smithson, that they might find a resting place in the grounds of the Institution he so nobly founded “for the increase and diffusion of knowledge cunong men.” hs Some further discussion took place with regard to the final disposi- tion of the remains, and Senator Platt offered the following resolu- tion, which was adopted : Resolved, That the Chancellor and the Secretary, with the members of the executive committee, be appointed a committee upon the question of the final disposition of the remains of James Smithson, and of the monument to be erected to him, with power to act in the entire matter. The Board then adjourned. REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 7, 1904. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor), in the chair; the Hon. William P. Frye, the Hon. 8. M. Cullom, the Hon. O. H. Platt, the Hon. F. M. Cockrell, the Hon. R. R. Hitt, the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., the Hon. John B. Henderson, Dr. A. Graham Bell, and the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley. EXCUSES FOR NONATTENDANCE. The Secretary presented excuses in writing for nonattendance from Judge Gray, Doctor Angell, and Mr. Olney, on account of engage- ments, and added that Mr. Dinsmore had sent a message that he was compelled to leave the city and would not be present. Doctor White was still absent in Europe. . MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the previous meeting were read in abstract, and there being no objection, were declared approved. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. * The Chancellor, as chairman, read the report of the special com- mittee appointed to consider the question of defining the powers of the executive committee. The report was very fully discussed, and, on motion, was adopted. SPECIAL REPORT OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Mr. Bell read the report of the executive committee as presented by him at the meeting of December 8, 1903. After discussion it was moved and carried that the consideration of the resolutions recommended by Doctor Bell be indefinitely postponed, xx PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE DISPOSITION OF THE REMAINS OF JAMES SMITHSON. The Chancellor stated that at the meeting of the Board of Regents held January 27, 1904, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the Chancellor and the Secretary, with the members of the executive committee, be appointed a committee upon the question of the final disposition of the remains of James Sinithson and of the monument to be erected to him, with power to act in the entire matter. The committee provided by the above resolution met on March 4, 1904, and after discussion adopted the following resolution : Resolved, That a fitting tomb should be erected on the grounds of the Smith- sonian Institution as a final resting place for the body of James Smithson, and that after consideration of the character and cost of such tomb Congress be requested to make an adequate appropriation for it. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. The Secretary then brought before the Board the matter of the will of the late Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, who left a number of paint- ings to the Corcoran Gallery of Art until a national gallery of ari had been established by the Government. The Corcoran gallery had declined the pictures under these conditions, and Mr. Corcoran Thom had communicated with the Secretary with regard to the probability of the Government establishing such a national gallery of art under the Institution. After discussion, on motion of Senator Cullom, the matter was referred to the executive committee. The Board then adjourned. APPENDIX TO PROCEEDINGS OF REGENTS. REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON THE TRANSFER OF THE REMAINS OF JAMES SMITHSON TO THE UNITED STATES. To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. GENTLEMEN: As the committee charged with the duty of bringing to the United States the mortal remains of James Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, I beg to report the successful accomplishment of my mission; and the remains were handed over to the Smithsonian Institution last Monday, the 25th of January, 1904. I reached Genoa, Italy, on the 25th of December, 1903, and next day presented my credentials to the American consul, Mr. William Henry Bishop, and to Mr. Noel Lees, for the committee of the British Burial Ground Fund Association. On the 29th of December I made formal application for the remains of James Smithson, and on the 31st of December they were delivered into my custody. In accordance with the expressed wish PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. X XI of the Regents, the exhumation was effected quietly and privately, only the American Consul and six other witnesses being present in addition to the workmen employed. I have the honor of submitting the following certificate from the American consul describing the exhumation : THE CONSULATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Genoa, Italy. To whom it may concern : I, William Henry Bishop, consul of the United States of America, do hereby certify that on Thursday, December 31, 1905, at about 11 o’clock in the morn- ing, Iwas present at the opening of the grave known without doubt or question to be that of James Smithson, in the old Hnglish cemetery of San Benigno at Genoa, said James Smithson having died at Genoa in the year 1829, and having been buried till now in the said cemetery. That on the opening of the grave the remains, consisting of little more than the skeleton, were seen clearly exposed. to view, since no earth had been thrown upon the body, and the wooden coffin that contained it had entirely fallen to decay; that said remains were reverently removed from the grave and pliced in a metal casket prepared to receive them; that the said metal casket was thereupon sealed up securely and put in the mortuary chapel of the cemetery, as in the custody of Dr. Alex- ander Graham Bell, to await his convenience in conveying it to America. I further certify that there were present with me, and witnesses of all the circumstances of the above-described exhumation, the following persons: Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, Washington, ID. C., especially commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution to convey the remains of James Smithson to the United States; Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell, his wife, Washington, D. C.; Noel Lees, esq., Genoa, Italy, official representative of the British Burial Ground Fund Association, in which the proprietorship of the said cemetery of San Benigno is vested; Gino Coppede, Genoa, architect and engineer, charged with the work of opening the tomb and grave of the said James Smithson, and of removing all the belongings of the said cemetery to the new site to which it is to be transferred; Giovanni Battista Firpo, Genoa, gardener by profession and paid custodian for many years past of the said cemetery and of the grave of James Smithson, having succeeded his father in the same office; Federico Guarini, the municipal guard deputed by the bureau of hygiene to be present on the occa- sion; Paolo Parodi, metal worker and chief undertaker, in transferring the remains to the casket and soldering up the same. That the above-mentioned persons are all personally known, to me, and known to fill the various functions respectively assigned to them above. That they have consented to be sworn as to the matters herein alleged, and that each has appended his signature hereurito as making oath to the truth of the statements, so far as each one individually is concerned, above set forth. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. MABEL G. BELL. NorEL LEEs. ARCHO GINO COPPEDE. G. B. Frrpo. FEDERICO GUARINI. PaoLto PAROpDI. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this 81st day of December, 1903. [ SEAL. ] WILLIAM Henry BISHOP, Consul of the United States of America at Genoa, Italy. XxXii PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. The above certificate of the American consul was signed by the witnesses named in the mortuary chapel of the cemetery after the ‘asket had been soldered up in their presence. The witnesses named and the workmen employed then stood around with uncovered heads while the consul of the United States placed over the remains of James Smithson the American flag. The casket was left in the mortuary chapel to await my convenience in transporting it to America; and Giovanni Battista Firpo, the gardener employed by the Smithsonian Institution as the custodian of the grave of James Smithson, was left in charge—he agreeing to remain in the mortuary chapel night and day until the removal of the remains. On Saturday, the 2d of January, 1904, the foregoing witnesses again assembled in the mortuary chapel of the cemetery, and in their presence the metallic casket was placed within a coffin of strong wood. Before the lid of the coffin was screwed down our consul, Mr. Bishop, placed upon the casket the seal of the consulate of the United States and covered the casket with an American flag. Mrs. Bell then placed within the coffin a wreath of leaves from the grave of Smith- son, and all the witnesses contributed flowers. Immediately before the removal of the remains from the mortuary chapel the following addresses were made: REMARKS OF WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP, UNITED STATES CONSUL. {On the oceasion of the removal of the remains of James Smithson from the mortuary chapel of the cemetery of San Benigno, January 2, 1904.] Dr. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL: You arrived here, my dear Dr. Graham Bell, charged by the Smithsonian Institution with the mission of removing to Wash- ington the remains of the founder of that Institution, James Smithson, who has been buried till new in the cemetery where we stand, since his death at Genoa in the year 1829. Having been invited by you and by the Smithsonian Insti- tution to aid you to what extent I might be able in this object, it has been a matter of great pride and pleasure to me that I have been allowed to do so. All the steps necessary to such removal have now been taken. We have received the authorization of the governmental heads of the province, the city, and the British Burial Ground Fund, in which latter the title to the cemetery and the custody of the grave of James Smithson is vested, and all of these have kindly cooperated with us in the work. The body of James Smithson has now been reverently raised from the earth; it has been placed in A case securely sealed, and this case stands ready to pass into the charge of the steamship company which will convey it to New York. T assure you that it is with a feeling of real emotion that I have just now east the American flag over the body of this illustrious man, this noble but as yet little known benefactor, as it is on the verge of beginning its journey to the United States. The flag adopts him already, as it were, in the substance, for our country, to which he has so long belonged in the spirit. Tle is now about to receive there a portion of the outward yeneration and homage he so supremely merits. and which, owing to the modest circumstances of his life, and his inter- ment here in some sense almost forgotten, he has never had. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XXIII Shal! I admit that on taking possession of my post as consul at Genoa, I did not even know who,James Smithson was? I may say that I was surprised to learn that he was buried* at Genoa; more surprised still that he was an Englishman, whe had never even set foot in America. He left his great bequest to the United States, then ‘in its infancy, through admiring confidence in our future. It is likely that many, or even most, Americans are in the same condi- tion as was I myself; for occasion has rarely arisen for taking thought as to the personality of the man. Happily this unenlightened condition of mind is about to cease. Dr. Graham Bell, I wish you a hearty godspeed across the ocean with your precious freight. The American people will receive it with general gratification, and, through the Smithsonian Institution, will soon delight to pay it great honor. REMARKS OF ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL IN RESPONSE TO THE ABOVE. Mr. ConsuL: It is with feelings of deep emotion that I undertake the trans- portation of the remains of James Smithson from the cemetery where they have so long reposed to their last resting place in the United States. On behalf of the Smithsonian Institution allow me to thank you, Mr. Consul, for the unwearied zeal and care with which, you have given me your assistance. Without your active cooperation and without your personal sympathy it would have been difficult indeed for me to have accomplished the object of my mission here. On behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, I beg to thank you, too, Mr. Noel Lees, for your courtesy and attention; and trust that you will convey to His British Majesty’s consul-general and to the committee of the British Church Burial Ground Fund my thanks and the thanks of the Institution I represent for their ready assistance in furthering my mission. The United States of America will provide in Washington, D. C., a suitable and permanent resting place for the remains of her great benefactor, James Smithson, through tle instrumentality of the Smithsonian Institution—the establishment created by the Government to perpetuate his name. REMARKS OF NOEL LEES, ESQ. [On behalf of the British Burial Ground Fund Committee. ] Dr. GRAHAM BeLL: I beg to thank you heartily for the words you have said with regard to the aid you have received from the burial board and myself. Although we regret to lose the remains of James Smithson, we at the same time feel that in the country to which he left his money, with such charitable intent, his remains will receive the honor and glory which have so long been due to them, and we must understand that our loss is America’s gain. To us it will always remain a pleasant memory that, from the date of his burial to the present day, we have had in our custody in this picturesque little churchyard the remains of a man whose foresight and kindness have enabled so many in the New World to benefit. Upon the conclusion of these remarks the remains of James Smith- son were transported to the North German Lloyd steamship Princess Trene, accompanied by the American consul and myself. ‘The steamer left Genoa for New York on the 7th of January, 1904, touching at Naples and Gibraltar on the way. The American consul at Naples, General Byington, contributed an American flag to cover the wooden coffin containing the remains. + XXIV PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. Not knowing the nature of the reception arrangements that were being made in the United States, I telegraphed from Gibraltar to my son-in-law, Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, expressing the hope that the remains of James Smithson would be received with as much honor as those of John Howard Payne. After conferring with the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, Mr. Grosvenor laid the substance of my telegram before the President of the United States, who immediately responded by requesting the Secretary of the Navy to detail the U. S. dispateh- boat Dolphin to meet the Princess Irene on her arrival at quarantine, escort her to the pier at Hoboken, N. J., and then bring the remains to Washington. At the request of Mr. Grosvenor a squadron of United States cay- alry was also detailed to escort the remains from the navy-yard to their resting place here. Mr. Grosvenor has made a report to me of the correspondence which resulted in this cooperation of the United States Government, which will be found in the appendix. As your committee charged with the duty of bringing the remains to the Smithsonian Institution, I have expressed to the President and to the Secretary of the Navy and to the Secretary of War my sincere appreciation of these acts of courtesy, which have given a national character to the reception accorded to the remains of James Smithson on their arrival in the United States. On Monday, the 25th of January, 1904, I handed over, at the Smithsonian Institution, to Senator Frye, as the representative of the Board of Regents, the remains of this great benefactor of the United States. I have the honor to present as an appendix to this report the fol- lowing documents : A. Copy of the application of your committee to the committee of the British 2urial Ground Fund Association for the custody of the remains of James Smith- son, with the reply. B. Copy of the application of your committee to the prefect of the province of Genoa for permission to remove the remains of James Smithson to the United States, with a copy of the decree permitting such removal. C. Copy of a certificate made by the British consul-general at Genoa, at the request of the municipal bureau of hygiene, stating that no objection existed on the part of the British consulate-general to the removal of the remains of James Smithson. D. Certificate of the acting mayor of Genoa that all the requirements of the existing regulations on mortuary matters had been complied with. E. Copy of the final certificate of the American consul, given to your conunit- tee on board the steamer Princess Irene as she was about to leave Genoa: for New York. I. Copy of letter from Lieut. Commander J. H. Gibbons, U. S. Navy, deliy- ered on board the stenmer Princess Trene upon her arrival at quanantine, notifying your committee of the action of the Navy Department in detailing the PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XXV U. S. S. Dolphin to convey the remains of James Smithson from New York to Washington. ' G. Copy of the remarks of your committee at the Smithsonian Institution January 25, 1904, in handing over’ the remains of James Smithson to Senator Frye as the representative of the Board of Regents, together with the reply of Senator Frye. H. Copy of report of Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, M. A., concerning the corre- spondence which resulted in the cooperation of the United States Government in transporting the remains of James Smithson from New York to the Smith- sonian Institution in Washington, D. C. I. Copy of telegrams and letters sent by your committee to the President of the United States, and to the Secretary of the Navy, and to the Secretary of War, in acknowledgment of Government courtesies. J. Statement of expenses incurred in the removal of the remains of James Smithson to the United States. I may say that it is entirely due to the ability and energy of our consul at Genoa that the transfer of tlfe remains to the United States was effected at all. Without his earnest and intelligent assistance it would have been difficult indeed, if not impossible, for me to have accomplished the object of my mission abroad. No less than five dis- tinct permits had to be obtained from different government officials in Italy, besides a certificate from the British consul-general and per- mission from the British Burial Ground Fund Association. In addi- tion to the official permits required special difficulties were encoun- tered which at first sight seemed insurmountable, but which were successfully overcome by the tact and ability of our consul at Genoa. Respectfully submitted. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Committee on the Transfer of the Remains of James Smithson to the United States. Wasuincton, D. C., January 27, 1904. APPENDIX A.—Application to the committee of the British Burial Ground Fund Association for the custody of the remains of James Smithson, with the reply. EDEN PALACE HOTEL, Genoa, December 29, 1908. DEAR Sir: IT have the honor to request that the remains of James Smithson, now resting in the old cemetery on the heights of San Benigno, be delivered to me for transportation to the United States. : By the will of James Smithson the United States of America became his heir. The Government of the United States accepted the bequest; and, in conformity with the terms of the will created in Washington, D. C., an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men under the title of “ The Smith- sonian Institution.” It appears that an immediate necessity exists for the removal of the remains of this great benefactor of the United States from the cemetery where they have so long reposed; and it seems peculiarly appropriate that the body of Smithson XXVI PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. should now be taken to America and cared for permanently by the institution which bears his name. As the authorized representative of the Smithsonian Institution for this purpose, I respectfully make application for the custody of the remains. I am, sir, yours, respectfully, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. NoEL LEES, Esq., ‘Care of His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General, for the Committee, British Burial Ground Fund, Genoa, Italy. REPLY TO THE ABOVE. CARE OF His BrITANNIC MAJESTY’s CONSUL-GENERAL, Genoa, January 2, 1904. DEAR Sir: Your favor of December 29, 1903, to hand. On the 31st of the same month the remains of James Smithson, buried in the British cemetery at San Benigno in this city, were exhumed in the presence of the United States consul, yourself (representing the Smithsonian Institute), myself, and other witnesses. The remains were then formally handed over to you, and I now confirm the same in this letter, understanding that the remains will be trans- ported to the United States. I remain, dear sir, yours, faithfully, NoeEL LEEs, Assistant Secretary British Burial Ground Fund, Genoa. Dr. A. GRAHAM BELL, Eden Palace Hotel, Genoa. APPENDIX B.-—Application to the prefect of the province of Genoa for perniis- sion to remove the remains of James Smithson to the United States, with a copy of the decree permitting such removal. [ Translation. ] GENOA, December 29, 19038. The undersigned has the honor to request your excellency to grant him per- mission to remove from Genoa to Washington, United States of America, the remains of James Smithson, buried in the English Protestant Cemetery of San Benigno, at Genoa. With great respect and esteem, the commissioner charged with the same, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. UNITED STATES CONSULATE AT GENOA, ITALY, Genoa, December 29, 1908. I, the undersigned, consul of the United States of America at Genoa, hereby certify that Dr. Alexander Graham Bell is the person duly authorized by the Smithsonian Institution, ef Washingten, to take charge of the remains of James Smithson for the purpose of transporting the same to America. [ SEAL. | WitrtAmM HeNrRy BrsnHopr, Consul of the United States of America, REPLY TO THE ABOVE. [Form for authentication of signature. | CONSULAR SERVICE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, December 29, 1903. I, William TWenry Bishop, consul of the United States at Genoa, Italy, do hereby certify that the signature of the Marchese Garroni, prefect of the proy- ince of Genoa, at the foot of the paper hereto annexed, is his true and genuine sigiature, made and acknowledged in my presence, and that the said Marchese Garroni is personally known to me. In witness whereuf I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XeXGValil consulate at Genoa, Italy. the day and year next above written, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. [ SEAL. ] \ WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP, a Consul of the United States. {Translation of the prefect’s decree. | RoyYAL PREFECTURE OF GENOA. The prefect of the province, upon the demand of Mr. Alexander Graham Bell, bearing in mind the certificate of illness and the extract from the certificate of death relevant, as also the receipt No. 786/10641 delivered by the fiscal register of Genoa, on this date, for the required payment of the tax for a governmental permit to the amount of 560 lire. Bearing in mind the law concerning the care of hygiene and the public health of December 22, 1888, No. 5849, series 3, and the regulation of mortuary affairs of July 25, 1892; Decrees that there is authorized, subject to the observance of the existing sanitary requirements, the transportation of the remains of James Smithson, deceased of a malady not contagious, from Genoa to Washington (United States of America). Genoa, December 29, 1903. ; The prefect, N. GARRONIT. APPENDIX C.—Copy of u certificate made by the British consul-general at Genoa, at the request of the municipal bureau of hygiene, stating that no objection existed on the part of the British consulate-general to the removal of the remains of James Smithson. [ Translation. | CONSULATE-GENERAL OF GREAT BRITAIN, Genoa, December 30, 1908. There is not known on the part of this royal consulate-general any reason why the representatives of the late Mr. Smithson, deceased in the year 1829, should not remove his body from the cemetery of San Benigno, which has been expropriated, [ SEAL. ] ; WILLIAM KEENE, Consul-General. APPENDIX I).—Certificate of the acting mayor of Genoa that all the requirements of the existing regulations on mortuary matters had been complied with. [Form for authentication of signature. ] CONSULAR SERVICE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Genod, Italy, January 5, 1904. I, William Henry Bishop, consul of the United States at Genoa, Italy, do hereby certify that the signature of Bernabo Brea, acting mayor at Genoa, Italy, at the foot of the paper hereto annexed, is his true and genuine signature, made and acknowledge in my presence, and that the said Bernabo Brea is personally known to me. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the consulate at Genoa, Italy, the day and year next above written, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-eighth. [ SEAL. | WitttAamM Hrnry BIsHop, Consul of the United States. [Translation of the mayor's certificate. ] City HALL oF GENOA, OFFICE OF HYGIENE. The mayor certifies that the body of James Smithson has been inclosed in two coffins, the one of zine and the other of strong wood, and that there have been observed throughout all the requirements of the existing regulations on mor- tuary matters, articles 31, 32, 33. Genoa, January 4, 1904. For the mayor: BERNABO Brea, The Assistant. XXVIII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. APPENDIX EH. Final certificate of the American consul given on board the steamer Princess Trene as she was about to sail for New York. CONSULAR SERVICE, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Genoa, Italy. I, William Henry Bishop, United States consul at Genoa, Italy, hereby certify that on December 31, 1905, in my presence and in that of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and six other credible witnesses whose names are of record, the mortal remains of James Smithson were exhumed from the English cemetery on the heights of San Benigno, at Genoa, where they had reposed since his burial in the year 1829, and that they were placed, securely sealed, and under guard in the mortuary chapel of the said cemetery; and that, on January 2, 1904, they were delivered, accompanied by Dr. Graham Bell and myself, on board the steamer Princess Irene, of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company, to be conveyed to Washington, D. C., United States of America, by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, who had been especially commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution, of Wash- ington, to come to Genoa for that purpose. Given on board the steamer Princess Jrene, about to sail for New York, this 7th day of January, 1904. [ SEAL. | WiLturamM Henry BrIsHop, United States Consul at Genoa, Italy. APPENDIX F'.—Letter from Lieut. Commander J. H. Gibbons, U. S. Navy, in command of the U. S. S. Dolphin, delivered on board the steamer Princess Irene, notifying your conmittee of the action of the Navy Department in detailing the U. S. S. Dolphin to convey the remains of James Smithson from New York to Washington. U. S. S. DorrHin, New York, N. Y.. January 20, 1904. Sir: 1. I have the honor to inform you that the Navy Department has ordered the Dolphin to escort the Princess Irene to her pier at Hoboken, after which she is to receive the remains of the late James Smithson. 2. The commandant of the navy-yard, New York, will send a tug alongside the Princess Irene after she arrives at her pier, and has made the necessary arrangements with the health and custom authorities so that there will be no delay in-transferring the remains to the Dolphin. 3. The Dolphin will anchor off the Battery and remain there until early day- light of the next day after the remains have been received on board when she will sail for Washington, D. C. In case you wish to accompany the remains to Washington I am authorized to offer vou a passage on the Dolphin. It was the intention of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Professor Langley, to write to you in regard to this matter, so that you would receive the letter off quarantine. 4. In case there are to be any passengers for the trip to Washington it is requested that they be on board by midnight of the day on which the steamer arrives. This ship can be communicated with by telegraph or telephone by addressing the dock department office, pier 1, North River, at the Battery, where there is a comfortable boat landing. A steam Jauneh will be at this landing at intervals during the day and night, the last trip leaving the ship at 11.80 p. m. Very respectfully, J. H. Grrnons, Lieutenant-Commander, U. S. Navy, Commanding. Prof. A. GRAHAM BELL, Steamship Princess Trene, APPENDIX G.—Remarks of Alerander Graham Bell at the Smithsonian Insti- tution January 25, 1904, in handing over the remains of James Smithsov to Senator Prye as the representative of the Board of Regents, together with the reply of Senator I’rye. REMARKS OF A. G. BELL. Mr. SENATOR: I have the honor of handing over to the Smithsonian Insti- tution the mortal remains of its founder, James Smithson, fellow of the Royal Society of London, England, who died in Genoa, Italy, on the 26th of June, 1829. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XXIX For nearly seventy-five years the body of Smithson has lain in an almost forgotten grave in the picturesque little British cemetery on the heights of San Benigno, in Genoa. City imprévements have now rendered necessary the expro- priation of the cemetery and ‘the removal of the remains; and at the last meet- ing of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution I was appointed a committee to arrange for the transfer of the body of Smithson to the United States. Upon my arrival in Genoa - was afforded every possible facility for the accomplishment of my mission by the provincial and municipal authorities, by His British Majesty’s consul-general (Mr. Keene), and by the committee of the British Burial Ground Fund Association, in which is vested the ownership of the cemetery, as well as by our own consul, Mr. William Henry Bishop, to whom I am indebted for invaluable assistance. On the 31st of December, 1903, the tomb of Smithson was opened in my presence as the representative of the Smitbsonian Institution, and in the presence of the American consul, Mr. Bishop, and six other witnesses. The remains of James Smithson were reverently raised from the grave and placed in a metallic casket, over which the consul of the United States cast the Ameri- ean flag, while the witnesses stood around with uncovered heads. The casket was left in the mortuary chapel of the cemetery—securely sealed and under guard—until the 2d day of January, 1904, when it was placed in a coffin of strong wood, as required by Italian law, and was then removed to the North German Lloyd steamship Princess Irene, accompanied by the American consul and myself. The steamer Jeft Genoa on the 7th of January; and upon arrival in the United States the remains of James Smithson were received with national honors by direction of the President and of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War. The remains were transported to Washington on the U. S. dispatch boat Dolphin, and have been escorted to the Smithsonian Institution by United States cavalry. And now, Mr. Senator, my mission is ended, and I deliver into your hands, as the representative of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Tnstitution, the remains of this great benefactor of the United States. REMARKS OF SENATOR FRYE. Sir: The Smithsonian Institution receives with profound gratitude the remains of its distinguished founder. Providence, every now and then, seems to place in the world a man and inspires him with a purpose to elevate his fellow-men. Such a man was Mr. Smithson, the founder of this Institution. The spirit, sir, which prompted you to such earnest endeayor, resulting as it did in taking these remains from their resting place in a country foreign to him and foreign to us, and bringing them here, where for so many years we have enjoyed the rich fruits of his splendid benefaction, your countrymen will appreciate. His grave here will be an incentive to earnest, faithful, wise, and discreet endeavor to carry out his lofty purposes, and, sir, it will be to our people a sacred spot while the Republic endures. APPENDIX H.—WReport of Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor, M. A., concerning the cor- respondence which resulted in the cooperation of the United States Govern- ment in transporting the remains of James Smithson from New York to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Hursarp MrMortIaAL HALL, Washington, D. C., January 23, 1904. Dear Mr. BELL: I beg to submit the following report on arrangements for the reception of James Smithson. On January 7 I received the following cable- gram from you: * GENOA, January 7, 1904. ** GILBERT GROSVENOR, “Memorial Building, Sirteenth and M, Washington, D. C. “We bring Smithson’s remains steamship Princess Irene, touching Naples and Gibraltar. See Henderson, Hitt, Langley about formalities of landing and transfer to Washington. “GRAHAM BELL.” ‘ XXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. I thereupon consulted with Mr. Langley who assured me that all formalities were being arranged so that the remains might be admitted into this country without delay. On Sunday, January 10, I cabled to you at Gibraltar as tollows: “ BELL, Princess Irene, Gibraltar. * Congratulations. Formalities arranged. “ GILBERT GROSVENOR.” On Monday, January 11, I received the following cablegram from you: * GIBRALTAR, January 11, 1904. “ GILBERT GROSVENOR, Washington, D. C. “ Hope Smithson’s remains will be received with as much honor as those of John Howard Payne. Notify me at quarantine what to expect. “GRAHAM BELL.” Upon receipt of this message I called upon Dr. S. P. Langley and expressed your desire that suitable honors be rendered James Smithson upon the arrival of the remains in this country. I then addressed the following letter to the President of the United States, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt : “ HueBparp MEMORIAL HALL, “Washington, D. C., January 11, 1904. “Sir: The remains of James Smithson, the founder of. the Smithsonian Insti- tution, are now being brought to the United States by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, one of the Regents of the Institution. The remains left Gibraltar this morning on the steamer Princess Jrene, and are due in New York about the 20th instant. Dr. Graham Bell has cabled me urging that. the remains be received with as much honor as those of John Howard Payne. It would seem most appropriate that a Government vessel, a ship of war, a revenue cutter, or even a tug, be detailed to meet the Princess Irene when she enters the harbor of New York and receive Smithson’s remains. This official tribute from the American nation seems due a man who bequeathed his entire fortune to a people whom he had never seen. As the time is urgent I take the liberty of addressing you directly, rather than through official channels. I would respectfully beg, in case your honor does not deem it fitting to order detailed a vessel to welcome Smithson in the harbor of New York, that I be so informed at once, in order that private plans for paying honor to this illustrious benefactor may then be carried out. “T beg to remain, most respectfully, “ GILBERT TH. GROSVENOR. * Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, * President of the United States.” On Tuesday, January 12, I received word from the Secretary of the Navy that my request for a war ship had been approved by the President, and I was asked to send a formal application for the detail of the Dolphin. I thereupon for- warded the following application : “ JANUARY 12, 1904. “Sir: Pursuant to the request from the Secretary of the Navy, I beg herewith formally and respectfully to petition that the Dolphin be detailed to receive the remains of James Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institution, in New York Harbor and convey them to Washington. I beg to remain, “Most respectfully, * GILBERT H. GROSVENOR. “Tion. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, “President of the United States, Washington.” The Dolphin was thereupon detailed and ordered to New York. On January 18 I called upon the Chief of Staff, Lieut. Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, and requested a military escort to receive the remains of James Smithson when they reached this city, and on January 19 forwarded the following formal application : “ JANUARY 18, 1904. “Sir: The remains of James Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, will reach Washington on Friday or Saturday of this week, The remains PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XX XI are to be brought from New York on the Dolphin, which was especially detailed by the Secretary of the Navy _to proceed to New York. receive them from the Princess Irene, when the latter ship arrived from Genoa, and bring them to Washington. When the Dolphin reaches this city the remains will be conveyed without ceremony to Oak Hill Cemetery, where they will be deposited until action is taken as to their final disposition. It would seem most appropriate that an escort of 50 or 100 cavalrymen be detailed to accompany the remains from the dock to the cemetery. I have the honor to respectfully request, therefore, that an escort be detailed for this purpose. For your information I heg to inclose a copy of the letter addressed to the President, which was approved by him and led to the detail of the Dolphin. “Very respectfully, “ GILBERT TH. GROSVENOR. “Lieut. Gen. ADNA R. CHAFFEE, U. S. Army. “War Department, Washington, D.C.” On January 20 the following letter was received from General Chaffee, stat- ing that the military escort had been detailed : “ JANUARY 19, 1904. “Sir: I have just received your note of January 19, requesting an escort of cavalry for the remains of Mr. James Smithson, the founder of the Smith- sonian Institution, which are to arrive, as you say, on Friday or Saturday of this week on the Dolphin. JI lave instructed the commanding officer of Fort Myer to hold in readiness an escort of 50 men, properly officered, and an artillery caisson to convey the remains. In order to give further direction in this matter to avoid delay and to insure promptness, it will be necessary for you to advise me of the time and place the escort should be directed to report to receive the remains. Will you please make certain that I am informed of this matter at least twelve hours in advance? “Very respectfully, ADNA R. CHAFFEE, “ Lieutenant-General, Chief of Staff. “Mr. Ginpert H. GROSVENOR, “Editor National Geographic Magazine, “Hubbard Memorial Hall, Sixteenth and MW streets, 7 “Washington, D. C2? For your information, I sent you January 19, care of the quarantine officer, the following telegram : “Dr. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, “Passenger on Board Steamship Princess Irene, “Arriving New York January 20: Dolphin will meet [rene, fire salutes, and accompany to dock. The Dolphin will receive Smithson and carry to Washington. You can come by Dolphin or not. You are reelected Regent. Langley and Daisy meet you at dock. Elsie and I sorry we can not. * GILBERT H. GROSVENOR.” And on January 20 a second message, as follows: “Dr. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, “Passenger on Board Steamship Princess Trene, “Arriving Neav York January 20: “ave arranged military escort and caisson meet Smithson on arrival here. ** GILBERT H. GROSVENOR.” Letters to General Chaffee and Admiral Taylor follow : ~*~ JANUARY 22, 1904. “Sir: I beg to acknowledge with thanks your courteous favor of the 19th instant. Admiral Taylor, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation, informs me that he has already sent you word that James Smithson will leave the navy-yard Monday morning, January 25, at 10 o’clock. With much appreciation of your courtesy in this matter, I beg to remain, “Very respectfully, * GILBERT H. GROSVENOR, “Lieut. Gen. ADNA R. CHAFFEE, U. S. Army, “War Department, Washington, D.C.” XXXII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. ** JANUARY 22, 1904. “Sir: L wish to thank you most cordially for your courtesy in the matter of the marine guard for James Smithson, the founder of the Smithsonian Institution. “ Yours, very respectfully, “GILBERT H. GROSVENOR. “ Rear-Admiral H. C. Taytor, U. S. Navy, “Chief of Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.” The following letters from Admiral Taylor give the details of the arrange- ments at the navy-yard : * JANUARY 22, 1904. “Sir: I have the honor to inform you that instructions have been sent to the commandant of the navy-yard, Washington, to arrange for the debarkation of the remains of the late James Smithson, esq., from the U. S. S. Dolphin, about 9.30 o’clock, Monday morning, the 25th instant, and for their escort, with ceremony, from alongside the ship to the navy-yard gate, where they will be transferred to the custody of an escort of army troops. A copy of the said instructions is inclosed. “Very respectfully, JEG (One db aor “Aeting Secretary. “The PRESIDENT, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, “ Wushington, D. C.” “Navy DEPARTMENT, “Washington, D. C., January 22, 1904. “Sir: You will please give the necessary instructions for the remains of the late James Smithson, esq., to be landed from the U. 8. 8S. Dolphin, about 9.30 o'clock, Monday morning, the 25th instant, and escorted with ceremony to the navy-yard gate, where, punctually at 10 o’clock, the remains will be delivered to the escort of army troops which will be in waiting outside the gate. “As large a force of marines as may be available will be paraded as an escort, the Commandant of the Marine Corps having been directed to send a detach- ment and the Marine Band to report to you for this purpose. The customary detail of naval enlisted men as body bearers will be made, these to accompany the remains until the transfer to the army escert has been effected. “The Department desires as many officers of the station as may be spared from their duties to attend the ceremony. Uniform for officers of the Navy will be ‘ Dress,’ with or without overcoats, at your discretion. The Smithsonian Institution and the National Geographical Society have been notified of these instructions, and you may expect their representatives to be in attendance from the beginning of the ceremony. “When the army escort moves off with the remains, the part taken by the Navy in the ceremony will terminate. : “Very respectfully, EC RAY GOR: “Acting Secretary, “The COMMANDANT OF THE NAvy-YARD, “ Washington, D. C.” Very truly, yours, GILBERT TH. GROSVENOR. Dr. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Board of Regents, Smithsonian Jnstitution, Committee on the transfer of the remains of James Smithson to the United States. APPENDIX I.—Acknowledgment of Government courtesies made by your com- mittee to the President of the United States and to the Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of War. New York, January 21, 1904. Mr. Presmipent: I have the honor to announce the safe arrival in the United States of the remains of James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Institu- tion, by steamer Princess Irene, and to thank you for detailing the Dolphin to convey the remains to Washington. GRAHAM BELL, Regent in Charge of Remains. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, White House, Washington, D.C. aS PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XX XIIT 13381 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, ; Washington, D. C., January 25, 1904. My Dear Sir: At the last meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution I was appointed.a committee charged with the duty of bringing to the Institution the body of its-distinguished founder, James Smithson. As such committee allow me to express my deep indebtedness to you for the assistance rendered by the Navy of the United States in transporting the remains from New York to Washington and for the assistance rendered by the Army in completing the transportation to the Smithsonian Institution. Yours, respectfully, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, White House. 1331 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, Washington, D. C., January 25, 1904. My Dear Sir: I beg to inclose for your information a copy of a note I have addressed to the President of the United States expressing my sincere appre- ciation of the assistance rendered by the Navy in transporting the remains of the founder of the Smithsonian Institution from New York to the nayvy-yard in Washington, D. C. Yours, respectfully, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution. The SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, Navy Department. 1331 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, Washington, D. C., January 25, 1904. My Dear Sir: I beg to inclose for your information a copy of a note I have addressed to the President of the United States expressing my sincere appre- ciation of the assistance rendered by the Army in transporting to the Smith- sonian Institution the body of its founder, James Smithson. Yours, respectfully, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, Regent of the Sinithsonian Institution. The SECRETARY OF WAR, War Department. APPENDIX J.—Statement of expenses incurred in the removal of the remains of James Smithson to the United States (supported by vouchers, which have been handed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution). Lire. ORCA CIOMRUAN \ os Bi oe Ce ee By eles laspah 9, by a pped y EE 360. 00 (OMCLeTRa Gnesi Oy ene eal ie eS ee Leg. CICENI en ren) eae ee sr esl laite ta) MaAsonessoulll ==) ses = ee WANE Ne ee ee te Sr oy ee ee <= ALTE (00) Gardener’s bill, with his assistants____---____ eee ee ee ae ee FG Ou) Freight to New York from cemetery—_--—- Bee 2s eae, SN ee NS es _ 430. 00 Ota Se eee a a a a See UIST 6 tet) sm 1904——1i1 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION For rHe YEAR Enpine JUNE 30, 1904. To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Your executive committee respectfully submits the following report in relation to the funds of the Institution, the appropriations by Con- gress, and the receipts and expenditures for the Smithsonian Institu- tion, the U. S. National Museum, the International Exchanges, the Bureau of Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, and the Astro- physical Observatory for the year ending June 30, 1904, and balances of former years: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Condition of the fund July 1, 1904. The amount of the bequest of James Smithson deposited in the Treasury of the United States, according to act of Congress of Au- gust 16, 1846, was $515,169. To this was added, by authority of Con- gress, February 8, 1867, the residuary legacy of Smithson, savings from income and other sources, to the amount of $134.83 To this also have been added a bequest from James Hamilton, of Pennsylvania, of $1,000; a bequest of Dr. Simeon Habel, of New York, of $500; the proceeds of the sale of Virginia bonds, $51,500; a gift from Thomas G. Hodgkins, of New York, of $200,000 and $8,000, being a portion of the residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, and $1,000, the accumulated interest on the Hamilton bequest, savings from income, $25,000, making in all, as the permanent fund, $937,000. The Institution also holds the additional sum of $42,000, received upon the death of Thomas G. Hodgkins, in registered West Shore Railroad 4 per cent bonds, which were, by order of this committee, under date of May 18, 1894, placed in the hands of the Secretary of the Institution, to be held by him subject to the conditions of said order. . XXXV XXXVI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Statement of receipts and expenditures from July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904. RECEIPTS. Gashvnonvhandsduly a. 19032222252 eee $55, 507. 67 Gauss Coyon sHphael AhvUhyeal, Ih OR ye Ss 827, 964. 17 Interest on fund January 1, 1904__________ 28, 110. 00 —- 56, O74. 17 Interest to January 1, 1904, on West Shore bonds______ 1, 680. 00 $1138, 261. 84 ae fLOMASAleSVOLSPUpLICALIONS Ss = eee eee eee Sin}, aif USO Tea Voal Isa aaaKSINUNS, eeNelMT, Cie ee 10, 328. 02 10, 681. 39 Total: PECCU ES Ss ae we Se ee eee ee eee 123, 943, 23 EXPENDITURES. Buildings: Repairs, care, and improvements_______ $4, 128. 78 IM ONEMIYRUNREY Bal iis a — 467. 78 —- $4, 596. 51 General expenses : Postagerandsteleoran en Et 230. 7 Stationery eee 42e== Soe ee eee 584. 97 IncidentalsmGhuel sas Sete.) en 3, (27. 45 Library (books, sere tC) ees 4, 250. 84 SOC Sei se volte ae eee ee 2S oe Ash Slow to) Gallery 30h ante ee eee gh ies are Apeu eet 84. 40 Mectings2 = 2822s =e 2 = ee ee ee 569. 75 —— 35, 832. 00 Publications and researches : Snnithsoniamescontribuons=a==——— =e 2, 102. 85 Miscellaneous collections ___________-- , 4, 940. 74: IRGDOLtS. -22 S= 22 ees eee 1, 433. 13 Speciale nublicatiOn sm = = ee 201. 70 Explorations 22226 see eee 2, 176. 00 Researches. st ee eae 5, 486. 71 AD PALAIS! 2.22 ee ee 182. 95 HSloyekolkiocy: sinbngle. 2 ee ee 12, 625. 89 Teall a TEC Koer er ebbaWOl — e 1, 925. 50 ——___——— 29 075. 47 literary and: scientific exchanses= === === sa === 7, 790. 92 17, 294. 90 Balance nexpended) Inner sO. 190522 ee 46, 648. 3a aJTn addition-to the above $26,883.85, paid for salaries under general expenses, $10,790.18 were paid for services, viz: $3,928.94 charged to building account, 8179.2 50 to furniture and fixtures account, $2,804.21 to researches account, $2,713.44 to library account, $164.18 to reports account, and $999.96 to Hodgkins fund account. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXVII The cash received from the sale of publications, from repayments, Oo e ’ . . . . freights, and other sources is to be credited to the items of expendi- ture as follows: t 4 SIMTEHSONTATMMCOMUCIDUtIONS) seep een ee $44. 77 Miscellaneous= collections === 2 a ee 129456 VERS) OKO ELS Seg es Je tn Pen een 14S O04 ee SS ay BEC IAM POS) eee een ee a a a Te Mor ee Ol Sure MIN GI GC miei See nee ee a ee ee Peitele tere fee arenes 409. 69 TB. OM CON EST ICG) ANSI Ea ee ee eee Cae ee Se 200. 00 ee SORES SS The net expenditures of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1904, were therefore $66,613.51, or $10,681.39 less than the gross expenditures, $77,294.90, as above stated. All moneys received by the Smithsonian Institution from interest, sales, refunding of moneys temporarily advanced, or otherwise, are deposited with the Treasurer of the United States to the credit of the Secretary of the Institution, and all payments are made by his checks on the Treasurer of the United States. Your committee also presents the following statements in regard to appropriations and expenditures for objects intrusted by Congress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution : Detailed statement of disbursements from appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, and from balances of former years. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1904. RECEIPTS, Appropriated by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, “for expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and pe- TOKOKGNKERUIS) ? (Sb toveh ay ial ele, AVEO oy algl0R3)) 2 $26, 000. 00 DISBURSEMENTS. [From July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.] Salaries or compensation : HeACtINSP EM ACOE wl yom ONUMS, a tysbs2 es te eee £2, 700. 00 iL Goviae Cheeks AZ, mond Mey, Ble bliss she 2, 199. 96 IL Cleinlcs 12) Toavouota Sere halla) ee ee 1, SOO. 00 Relenkwel emo neh St raltar sill me eae oe LS OOHOO i lik, sh evermore fae HGH Se 1, 283. 26 ielerle 2 months at p02 sss ay ee amare 960. 00 NG ele kel SMONENS lt, Gp ee eee 660. 00 1 stenographer, 12 months, at $100______ eo eh OOOO , XXXVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Salaries or compensation—Continued. ies opne eres ial aavoyMO INS, Guy Stay Se $605. CO Votan, {lal vervovmucleys, Aug ARO 660. 00 It isaac, SO) icaomuast, Gue S640) 360. OO MP TTTESSE mee yal am O arte eli tec (ee ee 360. 00 HP NESSEME SI al Zy ran ONT Sey reas ey 300. 00 DS eey ae Gy VOU) OVE AYS}4 SIE, ayy ee eT Se a = 450. 00 IL Xa o (oy OKOVONHU, lin Nya ee ee SS ee 90. 00 i acting agent. 2 months, at $91-663 225 183. 33 Totalesalaries OR COMMEeNS Ait Onsen ae 15, 311. 55 General expenses : BOOKS) Ae See ee ee ee a ee $81. 11 2OX CSV eee a me Rae Paes Bar se 1, P2Y (CO) Mreicht) 226 = ee Se Set Oe ere 5, GAS. 97 Postage: 224.4 2 2S 2 eee eee 404, 00 Supplies.) =22225 6 ee eee 108. 91 Stationery s ===] 3225s eee ee 548. 51 8, 013. 50 INopmale Chis oyun S52 eae eee ee ee A By OS BalancessuilyedeWO041es222 > = ee 2 674. 95 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1903. Balanceviillyadle L903 asi pers G1) Or eee ee $i, 822. 14 Salaries or compensation : vareene @ inom, eye Wilsjc 2 ee $90. 00 Motale Salaries Or COMpensaltl OMe a= == $90. OO General expenses : SORES ae eee eS SR se EE ee Aree eae 335. 44 INGE Loh See oe ee ee ee 1, 294. 22 Stationery. 2. 220s 25 5) 2 he a ae eee ~~ T2528 Supplies 25222 ts eee ae eee ee 76 1, 702. 70 MO CAL GSD UES OT CTS ee ee a a ee ee 1, 792: 70 salance July; 190425222 ee eo eee ee ee ees 29, 44 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1902. Balance Iulive 1 LOS ase Wer sas er Cy Ole ese eee $0. 88 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 8090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 50, 1904. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 50, 1904, “for continuing ethnological researches among the American In- dians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, includ- ing salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and the REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XX XIX purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $40,000, of which sum not exceeding $1,500 may be used for rent of building” (sundry Civallmalcta, Mireles lO Ooi i= sere ee ee ee $40, 000. 00 DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries or compensation : 1 chief of bureau, 4 months, at $375; S months, at ESBS ae en pe aM a ae ee aig A acne Ar ee er $4, 166. 64 methnolosist ini charce:, 1 month, at S3ae.c0-— = SoonoO IFethmolosist Oo mmonths: ates200 222 = = 1, SOO. 00 1 ethnologist, 3 months, rat $166.67; S months, at $200_ 2, 100. 01 1 ethnologist, 4 months. at $166.67; 8 months, at $125_ 1, 666. 68 IFethnNOlOsist i months alte pilsossoeee eee ee 1, 599: 96 imechnolocist SomMonths: ait pila ee ee ee ee 1, 000. 00 imethNoOlOoISt a Months ait plone ee ee eee 1, 500. 00 1 assistant ethnologist, 4 months, at $75; 4 months, TUL sll OA) Bee eae Br wh Sie etn reefer. eat renee Os od TOO. 00 1 ethnologic¢ assistant, 8 months, at $100_~--__ ines 300. 00 TL ASSN. eimvoratcive. Ae Sle 750. OO il SHUR WEA aot lie SOW ee 2, 000. O4 IL Cxobiioy2, 12> mMVoMONEG wy SHON 2 1, 200. 00 irassistant editor, Guinonths 2 days; at sl002-=-2 === GOG. 45 IL ASSStouOLE ebiiok, sy alas, Besse — 2 ee 195. 00 il kek, & maven, Bye Ase oe a 375. 00 i Clea 2 amyO NOS, Ale SSalO ee SS ee 1, 200. 00 1 clerk, 3 months 9 days, at $100; 8 months, at $90___ 1, 049.35 Il. levelkes TI) MONON BUSS ee SIO Oe a ee 1, 200. 00 1 @l@ak, TIP imo mniney ane Sia ee ee ee 900. OO 1 stenographer and typewriter, 84 days, at G60_____ ~~ 67. 44 1 stenographer and typewriter, 25 months 14 days, at SG (() i ereereeee steeper) ape 3 yd ee ce ae se hE eer 147. 96 1 stenographer, 14 months 14 days, at $50__________ re 98. 33 1 typewriter, 53 months 16 days, at $50__—__--__-= 301. 14 iL SiEvikexal eWoyoyeere, 1 souvovonl hse Ge XO O)E = ee 720. 00 1 messenger, 7 months 3 days, at $50___________ Na Soo salht METMNESSEMS Tes yy NO Taal NS Seeley) ) ees ea were 250. 0O ieimessencer, 4 inonths 11 days! an spo = == 240. 86 1 laborer. 4 months, at $60; 2 months 8 days, at $50__ 352. 90 1 Jevoyonkeres, 112} soavoyarlos, Bub ay D540. OO MoOtUsecAlaAries Ol) COMPeNSAlONe == === == == ss ones 27, 716. 26 General expenses : BOOkCe== ae SEA AY fe SS, mee erry Ee $197. 93 Drinwines and wllwiStraiilOns=s= === == ss a 59. 20 Sei Cite ee eee ee ee ee 155. 04 Irene ie AIGR Invenio = 1SG6. G4 GING. see eee sae See eee 134. $3 PUENTE UES CTI epee ee ee ee 1, S886. 36 NuScellAaneCOUS! 22 2-) 22-22 b= ae Pee Bee We) Postage, telegraph, and telephone__-___-___ A318 Pipa cries Cunyel Yoptiaye inv Se SS aye ay: Rent pee ae. ae ee Se eee > 1, 375. 00 XL REPORT General expenses—Continued. Special" services. =.=) 22 eee Specimens Stationery Supplies Travel and field expenses_ -_-. OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Dix =) $719. QOeaalal 226. 73 45. 43 > 9D » oe DOO. at} —-——— $10, 376. 80 Total) ‘disbursemyentise SS oe Pes ee aa eee ees ee $38, 093. 06 Bal ar Ce Url sys UG A a a ee eee eee ae 1, 906. 94 AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1903 lex naversy dhelbyeals 1UGIORy, cals) josie even Wey MONe Se $3, 489. 99 DISBURSEMENTS. General expenses : Books-and-binding==24 22-2225 eS ee ee $501. 56 OVE aunyeeeeMaVSl NWR NOKOMIS 65. 00 Breighteandshawlines te = eee eee 239. OT UPI: Se ee ee ee ee ee 21. 50 iG hti e S ea ee ee ee ene ee ee ae 93. 18 Miscellaneoust== 83s oe eee 39) 13 Postage, telegraph, and telephone____________--=-___ Death Publica tlons t= see ee ee ee ee eee 270. OF Rent ies ee 2 el pees eee ee 125. 00 SpeciallsenyiGes=ee es aan ee eee a a ad ep 52. 50 Stationery se = See oe ee ee ee pe 493. 98 Supplies! 2284. == eet ee ee ee eee 88. 11 Abiehia lb eharslineyol esq nonses_ 2 Be 975. 65 Totals disbursements: =22 2 Bee Se ee ae ee ee eee 2, 800. 12 Balance July 1, 1904 LOU ST. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1902. Balance. July 1;°1903, as per last report —__---—- S2205 07 DISBURSEMENTS. General expenses : Books —__ Freight Miscellaneous) 2 =a eee Supplies Stationery ______ Travel —___ Total: disbursements—_ Balance 213. 93 6. S4 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 5090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. KT NATIONAL MUSEUM—PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, 1904. i a RECEIPTS. = 2? Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, “for continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from surveying and exploring expeditions of the Goy- ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensa- tion of all necessary employees, $180,000, of which sum $5,500 may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National Museuin and all other necessary incidental ex- DSRS (Qutarelee Chall Sees WIR RO 335 Il} ee $180, 000. 00 EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.] Salaries! or compensation ——--__=---_- = = $160, 730. 36 Speci aliesenvices==s0 5 sas ee eee 1 6085-25 Motalesalariessand: SOEViGeSe eee ee $162, 338. 61 Miscellaneous : SUD DIGS 2 ss wa aie ee ee eee 5, 660. 11 GA OLE IE; wee ee ee es ae 1, 440. 31 Mrershtrand) Cartages == 2 sss See 1, 626. 39 AURA CNG Tee ee 1, 740. 62 Drawings and illustrations_____-___ __ 1, 053.97 Motalesmiscellane ous ea es ee eee 11, 521. 40 Motaleexpenditune tO; MuUMNen Os OO4e ee ee ee 173, 860. O1 Balance July 1, 1904, to meet outstanding liabilities _____-__ 6, 189. 99 Analysis of expenditures for salaries or compensation. [July 1,-1903, to June 20, 1904.] Scientific staff : IFASSIStamMG Secretary. La MNonthS) esos oes a = $3, 099. 96 il Thyenvalcuneen roves I) innvanraneutsy cao seAg MLA = ee 3, 499. 92 HEA CUAL OA Le AI OMNES sayy p= Ol Oe ee ee ee 3, 499. 92 ,i head curator, 11 months 26 days, at $291.66________ 3, 452. 88 Ls GubeRtone AZ H aA SL ele oO ey a a 1, 200. 00 TL omy RaONES ZA Tahvo vO HE DSH ee RIN Sex O Oa eS Cl ee ee A OOFOO SC CunALOl el, mMOMtnNS ip OO Les = eee = eee 200800 IMGURALO ee IMOMmNS omc aye tas 0 Olam ee eee 2, 320. 00 1 curator, acting, 2 months 15 days, at $200_____- es 00, OO iL Chie Oe RIM uNE, TA Moraes wu Gyo 0 1, SOO. BO 1 curator, assistant 12 months, at Sib02- 222-222 1 800.00 , IRCUrATOM ASSIStanmt Ll) IMOnthsS ato s = =o 1, 800. 00 IL Quiros ASSialiNE, Ts TonVorhINS: BRE aN Se 1, S60. 00 INCHEATOLM ASSIStANE. 12 mMoOnehS, sat pl oOL = = eee se 1, SOO. 0O IMCUE MLO ASSISC Al om ON GIS; mel teenie) ee yee ee 1, 800. 00 CUP ALOLN AUSSISUAMt. U2 mMONGlIS mais pili2ey eee = = eee 1, 500. 00 1 curator, assistant, 12 months, at $133.53______ Sess, US SLES imeuraAtor assistant. 12 months, at SllloGG 2222 =. | 1, 399. 92 IRGUCATOMwASSiStant,, 12 months ab SlilG:66 _2 = = | 1, 399; 92 1 curator, second assistant, 12 months, at $100______ 1, 200. 00 XLII Scientific staff—Continued. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 1 curator, assistant, 9 months 15 days, at $133.383____ $1, 266. 63 1 curator, assistant, 3 months, at: $1666 5222222 =es= 1 curator, assistant, 2 months 15 days, at $133.33, CaS Oe LOL MONthSM Sra ays. altro OON Go) === iearded22months.vhe lOO {22— = =e eee IP EOL Tbovovaid okey Hou) eS ee Se Saas Heid wl QsmnonbiSsaitth So aoe Ces INOMENSateh ie ee 2 ead D2cmMOnNGhS SG OOS ee {Vaid 6G months, at-$452—. 222.0 eee Til! ID tino, An Ae Bi ee ee ea I RMGL WH TOWNE, Ain ciswiew = a ee ee Tk aUGl, 2 mao wings Ws Claas, Aw NW 22. Sani de sale2 anv ounGlyS raniterst OO eee ee ee ee ee aid; 12smon chs yang 0 =e Jb Binal ey ranvonannnsy HE Clanysh Ge Mepieeia = ae 1 aid, 9 months 15 days, at $100 dead Tem ont sates) ee ere oe ee eee aL anil, Dinero; tay Gays, ae Sl) ce Ieassistanity lemony 2m alaivisaect tay) ee ee ee IPAS SSE Tl sraONANEIN, GE SAAN = IARI, BF moO, Mie OO. = = =s = Tl GuiStiovabiabay, 1 spavovayelay 110) Glas ue spills Preparators : Tl joynvanrayacayaac, IZ) inoOmWis, Ale Gulyes—— === = ik mnodelkee, I imornmlnes. pur OL. a 2 i COONS, TH imopoudals, Ble AAON0) = jolene souKoNUMKere, BE wAKONMN OL Bln Gysk0 [OMA OVEAIKONE, 3) LUNOMDOSE EG Oe preparator, 10 months 9 days, at $60_--_--_--__-__- preparator, 2 months 27 days, at $402="= == === === DLEPALALOL Oo CLeUy Sey elites ps) 0 eee eee eee PLEPALATOTy Sou Cevsy clive) yess ee HeeORUECONR, GS} WwoKOMNAMS, Ble so jonecyorueainone, U2 maxowmdawsy, aie Sts jOURej oo MON, I) imUKoM MISS, Ele Spal OKO ee joaejopvemtcone, 2 sooo Oe, Ate os Se jarRejonuemone, IL jruvoyayslny (6) Glahys, Bur s2g10) —-- =.= JOUR SVAL EOE, 2A IKONS, Glo Aas ee preparator, 12 months; at $6022==2===" ies ae Ez preparator, 3 months, at $85, $255; 1,048 hours, at at 50 cents, $524 pa a a a i pp i joven, WZ vO, Ble aie = ee l preparator, 12 months; 1b 5502s U7 aye) peo, CS shoaymns) PA Glenys, ale SG) . = - = === 1 preparator, 9 months Wo days) ue ssoee == 1 preparator, 9 months 12 days, ats40)======s= === == : iL jayeyornaahwoye, IP) sonvopaybis, Ais SASO2 ee 1 assistant preparator, 3 months, at $40 _-_-__-_______ aba scoonksim, ia) woKopandoey eye KAO) I TAKIGeEMuSt. 12) mMOnthS, Ato) O0S2 =a 1 taxidermist (chief), 12 months, at $125----_—--____ B49. 98 983. 32 1, 200. 00 300. 00 2, 100. 00 1, 200. 00 1, O80. 00 40. OO 165. 00 617. 42 116. 00 90. 22 38. 33 270. 00 960. 00 1, 200. 00 840. 00 60. 00 100. 00 720. 00 779. 00 540. 00 600. OO 365. 32 S807. 50 376. 00 1, OSO. OO 120. 00 300. 00 1, 200. 00 1, 500. 00 $54, 250. 81 17, 264. 79 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLIII Clerical staff : 1 administrative assistant, 12 months, at $291.66_____ $3, 499. 92 1 editor, 12 months, at $167 Sees 3 ey ees ee ee 2, 004. 00 1 editorial assistant, 10 months’7 days, at $133.88... 1, 364. 41 1 chief of division, 12 months, at $200 pee ee ees 2, 400. 00 Pressman mMmonthss atipllGi ss =. ee 2, 004. 00 i disbursing clerks, 12 months, at $116.67 2___ -_ = _- 1, 400. 04 IPASSIStAMtelibranian 2 Monts: ati plo some seen a oe 1, 599. 96 ik sohmeaversiel aveltes IPA aKey oe) BUF be) ee Be 1, 500. 00 1epropertye clerks. sl2hmonths vat $90 S2 == =s = SS OSOsO0 IFStTEROSEADDErA MOM tS artes OO see ee ees eed 1, OSO. OO 1 stenographer, 8 months 27 days, at $175 -_--_--_____ 1,556) 56 1 stenographer and typewriter, G months 18 days, at (5 (0 Se aR ici IS mee Ww, RN Tate peand ea ee 394. 84 1 stenographer and typewriter, 1 month 7 days, Cilaheh GS eee nee ee See ee ee, a eb ee (1335 toot 1 stenographer and typewriter, 9 months 3 days, ELI pares © 0) ae ee EL et ee 546. 00 1 stenographer and typewriter, 12 months, at $83.383_ 999. 96 1 stenographer and typewriter, 4 months 15 days, Eat) (5 () Sit ele A Oat eee eae a oie Pe 270. 00 1 stenographer and typewriter, 5 months S days, DEMS) Seen eR ee ee aye eS ae wa we Syne 262. 90 1 stenographer and typewriter, 1 month 26 days, ete (0) te arene recy ae a A Des ee ae OMe, 1 stenographer and typewriter, 1 month 42 days, itech) ey ee se a ea ee eee eae ee ee eee SIG 119: 09 1 stenographer and typewriter, 1 month 18 days, EUG) () Sa tee a = Se ee ee ee eee 79. O35 1 stenographer and typewriter, 6 months 14 days, eACeites O ee eenate Fal e e ee 387. 10 1 stenographer and typewriter, 20 days, at $50______ SOMO 1 stenographer and typewriter. 31 days, at S$60_______ GOL. 42 1 stenographer and typewriter, 1 month, at $60______ 60. OO 1 stenographer and typewriter, 4 days, at $60_______ &. 00 1 stenographer and typewriter, 5 months 21 days, zee 5) See til, Es SE rN oc Pew St a er en oe he 239. 03 1 stenographer and typewriter, 4 months 15 days, Git Sa (yet oc) cae Bah ceed A Oe oe 2 a Og 225. 86 1 stenographer and typewriter, 7 months, at $75, SSO-45) 5, Hy ADNKOMANE OTS, CHE GeLOS aye eee ee Oe 975. 00 itypewriter, 2 months 28 days, at $4525----- == 132. 00 I typewriter, 11 months 26 days, at $65--—-__ === = 769. 52 TOS ABieT, IEE) TWVOVENOME,, Ale bio ee 1, 020. 00 1 typewriter; 12 months, at $7O0L-_-__- = == Spots oe S40. 00 IMClERK 2 INOMLAS) aie plOOR 2 se eee eee =e 1200200 i @lkerakes ale pannopenngs Ayr hie ee a ee ee 4?0. OO Ul eTeeml S a CllyiSy cll Naat = ee ee 54. OO i) @lemk. IA avons, Bhe Ato 0)e 28 oe ee x 720. 00 NmelerkAs amo melisaaite nite a ee eee ee 900. 00 i Glerdks aI sinyog is, Aue sna = = eee ee ee ee 900. 00 AM CLETs opel ONNOMENS abe ee a ee ee = 900. 00 1 Clank, Ghanrovnhe wes) oe ee 450. 00 ICLeT wet MONT NS! ab, olla a = ee 1, 500. 00 XLIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTER. Clerical staff-—Continued. aUeCe Kevidtes, N27 saavopaumacperne ool Vee se ee $1, 200. 00 tC] ere 2 SM OTS Sv eis tiv gs GO eee 720. 00 TH Co Keyes) igs 14 sauoyMplotse tee Oka 720. 00 AS Clerk e MNO MW DNS! 2B uC ayia elite sp) eee 470. 67 Ibo Wevdt, IAA saan asp BUR AI ieee Ee 900. OO IR ClerieomMNON TCHS 5 ORG aly Socal ss) 0) seen ee eee 298. 81 I Okada 74 ranroayd isp alias Ohba Gime Oe Se 125. 00 AP clerke U2 MOE Seat RNs (ee sae Lc 600. 00 I olkevlee AA inavounPlaNsh Gyo HO ee 600. 00 ILO Ken ate Mil) AngVoyayelalsty Pur oT Oi, Megas oun eee nh Se Ea) lf 600. 00 Ieelkeveltes, TIA} oavopal palsy ANG Maia te a A 900. BO IL Geral, GB) avons) ols} 742) CbayASe le, SOO) a 222.58 i elkevelice 124 soovovond ae, Che fallsbs ce Se ee 1, 380. 00 dL Ke)Keyeden, 02) saaXovon nas, OUR os (piete we ee Ee ee 900. OO i Clerks GAMMOMtMNS pala pili a Seek es re ee ee 750. 00 I @keyake, 30) monies! BIL CI SE Bie SS oe 605, 71 1 clerk, 10 months 15 days, at $40, $420; 1 month 16 Gays wat Gs SGio Swe. ee ee ee 487. 58 1 clerk, 7 months, at $50, $350; 5 months, at $75, S375_ 725. 00 1 cataloguer, 11 months 7 Gan Sancta 6) Eee ee oe es 673. 55 ik cof mzuloyenn(ere, oil GSS. elie SAMO) ee 40. 27 It Cayevloeqivse, 2 satoniinel Cay, Bie He 108. 33 ——_—_—— $47, 167. 60 Buildings and labor: 1 superintendent, 1 month 11 days, at $2502______=__ aster (A! 1 general foreman, 12 months, at $122.50____________ 1, 470. 00 I calptainirof watcha a2 sm OMG Sse ss OO meee eee 1, OSO. GO i hentenant or watch, 12) months) ab SOQ = ee S840. 00 I lieutenant of watch) 12 months, at S70m=2222 2s. =ss 840. 00 1 watchman, 10 months 60 days, at $55_-_-___________ 656. 46 1 watchman, 10 months 52 days, at $60___-_________ COZ BY al Wye wn., aI) iaexonlas, Che SKN a 720. GO IU \iehwolibavehay, 3) vedas) Ils) Cea air SRN) 330. 00 I \yyennClaviak wad, (Svinnvayonlays) Bry (laws, Ale Say 3874. 35 IL \yveheoluloatsh al, “7/7 soavoraynars; ws} Clos, Bue AY) 419. 14 i \yelKelaiinna, 12) soovoyMOns, Bue Seo ee 660. 00 iL \yveleelovonemn, 1 smyXovnudal tO) Channel Aue SSat0) 98. 39 I \yelecelnoneval, Sr inavopayclalsy tla) GkeigS, ait, SAO) 570. 00 ME \velwelovankaval, 12) vaayovayclbey, Aalie SAR 720. 00 I \igehelivgehiay, WF sonore Nsl, ane ROS = set : 720. 00 1 watehman, 3 months 18 days, at $55 _--- = = Fes. ore 196. 94 1 watchman, 1 month 25 days, at $55-___ == = = 100. 83 1 watchman, 2 months 3 days, at $55-_____ S aes 115. 50 1 watchman, 5 months 15 days, at $55, $302.50; 6 months 16 days, at $60; $3890:082_—2=_— == eet: 692. 58 1 watchman, + months 17 days, at $55____- EP. PAIS BUTE 1 watchman, 11 months 21 days, at $55_- E 642. 26 1 ywratchman,, 12) AMONG S yale ee eae be 660. 00 1 watchman, 3 months 29 days, at $5 -__-_--—- = 218: 17 1 watchman, 1 month 16 days, at $60_____ Rinne 90. 97 1 watchman, 7 months 15 days) at $o02s2 == L 413. 45 A DYCUTO Maven, I ronKormsdsy Gy AsekOe ee 480. OO REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Buildings and labor—Continued. 1 Ee fee jsy joy jes A pay pS ee je watchman, 4 months, at $55, $220; 8S months, at SO OSA S () tees oy emu Shee ete Neh ME OES te eee tS watchman, 4 months, ht $557 $220; 8 months, at Santee eo si eS ale eee watchman, 4 months 4 days; at $55=2-. 222-2. Eu VCCI NMS ala TenKOVONH NSS Bun ae a ee WER NONE V4 ONG Cleese ee WHET, 14 sae PSone WVaGlavaN Ni UPA Goo, Bue Wee Vie Nobel Ae SooKONTUEbIS, NE OW ee watchman, 5 months 303 days, at $60___________. ie skilledwlaborer) Samonths at $4022 22 ee SiNeol Uelloyopery, Wes aavonmelas, Bie SV skilled laborer, 4 months 29 days, at $60___________ skilled laborer, 6 months 16 days, at $55__________- Skalledslaborersdl 2 smomiliss. ate hom meee yee eee eee Skalledmlawonerc.eil mr Omibla Sa eats capes) eee Siaiikeral eiexotes SulilGehys ane Gul oS ee skilled laborer, 1 month 26 days, at $50___________ Cia bkeyel Vestoyortere, 123 conoakaney, Ale Misi) Ooo, BAe ENS Che Gulia Mee 8 ee eee nixon, GS Genus, pie Silene laborers le dansarats hil Om = eee aa eae Heoroy Rare, TUS). eS RUB ASI Oe ee ee ee Ie oKopReTE, IY TONS) Bp oe ee ate Il oeere, BUS Gly Blnio ga (ks ae ee [ADOPT eid AyiSe aici Ons an oe 2 a ieee eavaveeye,, 1 raaKonoylncy ype ee NSU OTE Tea is CL EUV Sea on yl Fees (Op ene ae enlovor ese. GE Ghent seein oll 55 0) es eS ees laborerwlOsndayss cuunpile as a ae ee ee Lalbone ra Sues Vlaiy Salty epillcey ee aes oe [ADORE AMS AAS, alta ile OL as Se eee laborer, 72 days, at $1-50____- tet Set SLE ee ele LN LHOneE OORT AVS aa pa seats em ee eee Ne as IN oyoReIPS BS (ole nyepeelie Anlgo 0 oe ee ee LAD OReTenlulerc ely Sere ta hime Seine: So ev er ee te eae laborer, 6 days, at $40, $7.74; 13 days, at $1.50 LOE preseason Pe LN SL el ahs eae See lelloxovivere, ales GR aSh Cho hel laa Oe es Se Se i LADORer A ee Mays at Sle Oe ses ae Se ee lA DOLCE Gays rat pil OL a le ees ee ee eee PATO TE Tooele CLARY Sane ete co lees (teen pages oe pa rep Ro Nea ox oy ewes va BEA aos tyrdshe Callen kG (ees ee ee ee Seat 165 days, at $1.75, $288.76; 116 days, at BUS 0 = yl (et eee Re eee ga ee PET eve Area ae IZ MONO BNE ose = ew Ietloxeneeies (Bae y Glenish welip eal aie oe a ee laborers Oudays: at pla. 2 222 tos BE ie laborer, 35 days, at ee 5) (ec ee ee Ie SE Sa laborer, 5 days, at $1.50____ Et ete Ce i ea a laborer, 9 months 15 AVS se aah 2 ee ees eg eS Seas “ $700. TOO. 9DO7 a 605. 660. 720. TSO. 660. 359. 360. 480. 298. aint 660. 600. 468 1) fod ts 471. 180. 471. OO O00 99 (. oo OO OO OO OO 00 05 00 00 OO 42 00 00 . OO 93. 600. 468. (os 7 471. O06 00 75 rita OO 28. 50 540. 470. 108. 480. 00 Or =v 00 OO DO 00 26 116. 25 108. € 45, 124. 5 Hale XLV XLVI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Buildings and labor—Continned. I TAD ORER BSS: CLAVISS Fly piles) Eee ee eee ene $499. 50 hdlaborerwola days. ate ale 0 eee 471. 00 i laborers s08s days atenlt 0 R=. See eee 462. 75 Telomere, Bis Ole ywsh ene Guleno) 514. 50 APTA borers Alb2 7m O MGS ats pa eee eee ea ee 480. OO 1 laborer, 11 months 16 days, at $45, $517.58; 15 days, in SaOe S20 Me os: Ses 2 a a Ae gneve 537. 58 i laborer: 12 imonths fap Os ee ee 480. 00 TL AE avo pence eS EAS CoN etal let5\ 0 ee ee 471. 00 1 lAborers3 day strat piled Ol a See eee a0) i laborer Olmonths!20 Nd anys sate 0 ere 426. 20 alia oxoneres. oleh Olesya oO 2, a Be 471. OO al exo eres eA S Osh, Bley hale O 471. 00 ft Taborer-s203 days at s4 02222 See eee 26) 45 1laborer; 45d ays; atiGi2bs-22 ss ee eee eee 5. 00 1 messenger, 4 months 15 days, at $20, $90; 7 months iby Gkbywsh Ble Mins GOP a= ee 352. 50 IL Aoneeieere, 7 TOMAS, Bie see - a . 210. 00 TL AMESSEM SEES MOMENI ed CleayiS sets) ee 61. 94 1 messenger, 2 months 20 days, at $20_______________ 5a. 33 1 messenger, 2 months 19) days, at $20-__-- 52. 67 i MeSsensery 2amMO MENS TAM GaySsy alts yee 88. 00 amnesoneere, Il non 20 Glens, Bie S202 32. 90 i messenger 9 months 28 days; at $2052 222 ees 198. 67 (Messen cere cay Gye alias eee een ern 138 JL WOIASSOESIE, fo) UNCONMUIONS, GUE GA 8 100. 00 ISOMERS, PB Ge nysh min we = 15. 23 1 messenger, 1 month 33 days, at $20_______________ 41.35 1 messenger, 2 months 30 days, at $25____-_________ 75. 03 1 messenger, 1 month 29 days, at $25_-________-=____ 49. 66 1 messenger, 6 months 3 days, at $20, $121.94; 5) TaKovaueursh, Ae Heo SSO a 271. 94: il MMS eakese, I24 weovonmUElOK, Gye SH 420. OO 1 messenger, 1 nee Or Clans, ght eee a ath Sy i messenger, 37% days) at $1222 "=-= 2 i a Seen LE 37. 50 1 messenger, 9 a Si eu Sill See ee ee eee 9. 00 Th imager, IU innvovonelny 7 Ch, air SAN 24, 52 1 mail carriers 12smonths ait say ee ee ea 540. OO 1 cleaners Zain OI Semaltn ssc 0 ee a RET Pats 360. 00 1 cleaner, 2 months 183 days, at aa ae 78. 50 1 cleaner, 9 months 85 days, at $35______ oF = 413. 14 cleaner 12am Oni hsseeltee he ) ee 360. 00 i eyehaveyen, abeaieavopnycltysy, fie Syst — se 360. 00 1 cleaner, 2 months 49 days, at $80__________- ae 108. 10 eleaners 12 MoOnGhsSsr alin ho a ee 420. 00 L cleaner, da) months! 2Sid ays) aie ee ee BoT. LO 1 attendant, 12 months, at $40_-_=—_——— aes EES eB hS s A480. OO 1 attendant, 157 days, at $1____ LAPEER TSE ed 157. 00 I Eharcosbholw mien leads Pl ool {0)e Sener ae eh nt 502. 50 ———— $42, 047.16 TRO TALI SCT Vl COS ease en pid SA oe ee le ee 160, 730. 36 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLVIL NATIONAL MUSEUM—PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, 1903. i é . * RECEIPTS. [RENAMED MS posse wea oe Iiedhye al aOR ee ee ee $9, 597. 20 EXPENDITURES. Salaries or compensation —____ ee ae ees $8. 00 SDECIallWeSerVviGeS= 2a =e ee 1, 182. 81 No LalgSeiyiCOsee Awe) ool Sur Eee ee ice ee de SEALS Miscellaneous : SUP DCS ae ee ee ee 5, 167. 98 SaiLlOnehy == see a awe os ee eee 1, 216. 16 eve nite ang a Canes eae ee eer es ee 582. 40 TMraviehinierexpenses os eee eee eee 182. 90 Drawaneseang wllwustratlonse.. = sees es Motalymuiscellancous expenditiness.= =.= ne 8, 006. 16 MotalvexpenditiiTres tos uneroOh OO. es eee 9, 196. 97 Balam Ceri geile O Ate eee eS Sees ee 400. 23 PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, 1908. Total statement of receipts and expenditures. [July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1904.] RECEIPTS. Appropriation: by Congress; Mareh 3, 190i] -2=2) 282222 5 ee ape $180, 000. OO EXPENDITURES. Salaries or compensaciomia =) = 2 2s = $162, 216. O4 SPECI SCLWCCSm = a ess ae ee 2, 283. 26 ARO GAISCEVICES = =ess sas fe ee ae eS eee $164, 499. 3 Miscellaneous : Drawings and illustrations _____-___ 2, 629. 71 Sup PlWeswean ssa ns Ja ea ee ee 8, 139. 07 Sitaitlom Given eet a ee oe S80552.35 ye TR) LN ge ee a 529. 79 DEY: ra Gs ase a eR 1, 746. 55 Total miscellaneous expenditure _______ ________ 1 OOEAT, NotaleexpendiuLe wo) ouness0. O04 ss ee 179, 599. 77 TSU) EU reed fb eg a USO Boe pn us Se en 400. 23 SEV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NATIONAL MUSEUM—PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, 1902. Balance as per report July 1, 1903 EXPENDITURES. Supplies 222-2 Js. ae Freight and cartage Total expenditure to June 380, 1904 26. O4 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 8090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, 1902. Total statement of receipts and expenditures. [July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1904.] RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress, March 3, 1901_________ = EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1904.] Salaries or compensation ———__ oe S| SOIR SOG SY) Special services == ee eee ee ee 2, 255. 36 Total sernvices! 22... ale Miscellaneous : Drawines and ilustrations=—— 207 == $2, (87%. 83 SU OMe See ee eae Leu caee 6, 608. 47 StATIONERY: aoa sae ee eee oe eR 2, 663. 02 MT AN Clipe tes ee ee ee eee 2, O2de 21 SMEG & lah ey ee eee 2 Tee 1, TO7. 48 Total miscellaneous expenditures__——___ pee eee ae eso $164, 153. 35 Total expenditure to June 30, 1904 Balance NATIONAL MUSEUM—FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, for ‘‘cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and szafe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em- or) ployees’” (sundry civil act, March 3, 1903) EXPENDITURES. Salaries or compensation __—— Special services __--- pet ee ee ROR a ee ee ee eee eee 53. 25 Total salaries and services__ Miscellaneous : STORASTE CASES Ses See Se eee ONO. 1Dhe ay abakersh = pie oa SEN is eee 50. 88 ID TAWCLS4 CULV S DOCS = = ee ee ee (DG reyes Frames, stands, miscellaneous woodwork. _ 100. 40 $9, 969. 06 $ 1 $180, 000. 00 9, 941. 36 58. 64 22, 500. 00 mids & REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTER. XLIX Miscellanecus—Continued. (CUES S 5a ea ae oe eee eS eee 2 SASS 26 Elana Cesena ae eet So ees be S07. 48 MOO ls esew ees Lee ee pile Mele ies ees 54. 73 Cloth cotton. (cic@eaa ss ee ee 167. 60 LGPL C Tee scene ee ee A Sey et ee 1, 870. 44 Paints, oils, glue, brushes________________ 181. 96 Office and hall furniture and furnishings _ 939. 65 eather enubberpeie: == == = ene ae 227. 95 SHWE Ce ei ee ee Seen ee oe 20. 42 JEN KGB Oba 2 1 ee eg Ree er, 2. 40 MNO tallies rnd S CONTETAE O Use a eee Retess £9, O98. 96 Aol: xg preroohhmouer roy Duane ctOy WHE a ee $19, O68. 02 Balance July 1, 190+, to meet outstanding liabilities... 3, 431. 98 Analysis of expenditures for salaries or compensation. {July 1, 19038, to June 30, 1904.] 1 superintendent, 2 months 12 days, at $166.66_____________ Breet oy $397. 82 1 supervisor of construction, 3 months 19 days, at $140_____________ 505. 81 igclenkelOsmonthss6rdayswat ol 002222 se eee eee ySee al, Tayi ls fou il Slavoya) ionemakenal, WP} waaay, Bib Meee 1, 020. 00 CAT PENLCH ONG ayiSabipoe = =e oe Sees eee See ee Ewes 276. 00 I CAnVeMtet yaa ManiSwidtvho 22. eee ae 2 a Se ee Ce ee fhe sonst 12. 00 NE CALDEMULCE: won lyS cc peeesee a = a eee ene Pa Be Ee Lene ee ep lat 219. 00 il Gaugoyerywere, ISO) Cle nysy fue type ee Eee ie ee oe eee 390. 00 HCA pCULCEAy OAV Smale noo= ae == le see eee ee eee ee 2 Soe 12. 00 NR CAnpeMlel ml GudayS nal poe = = ee es ee 554. 00 HecaArpenvery lo days, abigoss-2— = ee ee Ee. Ne ee 2 eee ee 39. 00 MCA TESTS T eA eC ANS elite ey ee aes eee I ype ee 72. 00 HMCAEPeHLERS dD enCaVvSs aivtiaas ana a Be ee ee ee 46. 50 MBCA HENCE OS OONG AY Seay epee ele are a ee ee eee te 900. 00 RCA CICE peat Ay Ss Doig oe en ie eee ee ee ee eS 72. 00 HeSilledalaporerdlsmombhns 2ONcaySeu a tics Os ae ee ee Rie em 1 skilled laborer, 7 months, at $90_._-_______ Mise Ne Rate Sh ol Re bac s aee 630. 00 ft skilled laborer; 18) days; at) $3.22 2-22 - pa Spee SU a err ns ee 54. 00 iesklled laborers WSndaysarady poe. a ee ae ee 54. 00 iL SUN! eayerere, NAP ioarepayearsy, Guy GSPN) So ae 750. 00 Hesoiledmiaborers: daly daiy.si ats jo ee ee ae ee ee 334. 50 Me Slaillecdel borer a is: dayiSeca tested ee eee Reo) See 286. 88 lepaimbters diemMonths 28s Gays. dt Sips. =a eee ey 893. 95 1 workman, 314 days, at $2_____- Se ee See a a eee 328. 00 il aborerucG: days; at ol b0e 2. ena ee eee ae oe ee ee 39. 00 PTR tei! agen mene eee ene ag R Sia ee ry eee ao BOSS Se SO SS 9, 915. 81 NATIONAL MUSEUM—FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, 1903. RECEIPTS. BalancemasmpeEnreporind ULy dal G0Ss= === = eee ae ee ee ee ee $1, 696. 24 sm 1904——IVv Miscellaneous: Cases, Cases, Glass Tools Cloth Leather, rubber, cork Drawings Slate Travel storage exhibition Drawers, trays, etc Frames and woodwork (ve) wu) On ° CNS OU CF —_— Aa ~ 689. 274. 4. 00 100. 72 114. L REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. EXPENDITURES. Miscellaneous : Drawers; trays, DOCS! -e ee e e eeenee $288. 98 Frames, stands, miscellaneous woodwork__---_______- Bul 7) GIASS ja Bess 2 BE Se ea ee ee See Beis Tard ware® sa. 23a eS Se ee eee 231. 49 GlOthe COLON, 1OCC ees esse See 2S EMD ei 225 = a5 a cay Ee ere ee 316. 95 > AIDES 5 2 OS 5g OU Cree ae ate ae a nee ae 0 net te 187. 79 (Opi HuaYol MORN sqnh av Ube, COs eee ey 210. 65 Rubbers Teather see ce ee ae Oa SR a afalt Jed buactayhakesunaatshnel gah lyse Sena ORC Nee ile er aid) No) Wes ranean sap ON ONC A Ul RICH aha tain rae ‘wee SUSPENSE sc) 41. 92 AKOueul Cogaeovebynbors io) Afi ek, Wee ee Balance. Filly: Ds M9 Ae ea Eee a eres fees sz an eg ne a Total statement of receipts and expenditures. [July 1, 1902, to July 1, 1904.] RECEIPTS. AN DATO HKG Joni, (Clovakeareasis, Aiea Vey wey EXPENDITURES. SALAS sy yes a ee ee $12, 342. 35 Special SCLviCes essai iene wen eee eres Sale 14. 6O Total, "SCEVICES |e Le EN oe en ee $12, 356. 95 $ 29 -—=—) 500. 00 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NATIONAL MUSEUM i a RECEIPTS. sf Balancerasspersreponur oul vad OQsetee ee ue se Dae eee Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section NATIONAL MUSEUM—-HBATING, LIGHTING, EYFC., 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, ioe expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for the National Museum’ , (sundry civil act, NAAT Tapas spel: 9) eee ee casa ee A Na en Soe a apie Se ee Rees een EXPENDITURES. Salanieszorcompensation=s== = sa= == mn oe $7, 681. 19 Specialy servicese 29 ae = ae ee ee ee 118. 75 Motalesalanvestran Oars 6lvil Cesar ee ee eee $7, 799. 94 Miscellaneous : CoaleandewOoda as 2a eee 4, 984. 00 CE i eR eA cy 790. 60 CCI Chb ye ee ee Eas ee ee 1, 428. 36 Ree phones) eee eee ee Bee ee ee 503. 91 MVE CiICaAkeSUp DIGS ee ee eee 627. 43 Rentalsotacallshoxes === eee: 110. 00 JB ISRAOONES “Sab yOy OMNES ee 921. 3: MRE] CEPA S sees eae ead Da Te ees ey 18. SO Total miscellaneous expenditure _________________ 9, 384. 48 NORE MPenadiGUEeetonruner sO; 0 O0te see eee Balance July 1, 1904, to meet outstanding liabilities_________ Analysis of expenditures for salaries or compensation. [July 1, 1903, to June 80, 1904.) RCN SINS Se MOM Sat Silos) ees a eee ee ee ea eS telephoneroperator, d2.months: at po0e= ees eee LelephoOnenopenraLol:, o2) Gays. abel oO2 == eens ee eee telephone operator, 6 days, at $1.50_______ Ea asian ay RPE EES LE HIKE DI SVONAVED Coy OVER, o) Clays Re jilsa0)s ee Se ee ee telephone operator assistant, 2 months 51 days, at $45___- _______ GlECERICIOMNMGGrGAVS alee d ee ee oe wee ee ee ee SME ei onsets). tanKONOR BUR SAO) oo ee Skailledalaporerwel 2am OMS sratyinie = = ea ee Sees ee Sklledmaponerigo Mr aay Seats oo ee eaten Be ee DIUMbeVsrassistantwolGs Gaysy ati p2 2505 wes ee see ee mina, UZ snore wie Moles es eee Pas avis eh Te eens hee i 1 1 1 il 1 i Jollee ksienrla, 2) soavoynidus) a3 Ces Bless a ee 1 1 1 1 1 1 HETIL Sea alti OO mmeces rave stig Htc me pine a ee ee ‘ FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, 1902. U7, LI $5. OT 3090, the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. 184. 815. 470. 600. 48. 9: fod is 135. 264. 126. 450. 900. 953. (ful 720. 101. by $18, 000. 00 58 00 00 00 00 DO 19 00 00 00 00 25 69 00 98 LIL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. il Tangenena, Zh waNVoMIOTS) HO) CHYS,, Clie INO Aa he Th ee LN ADORET S203 UO AySS salt Repl eh) ee ee ee seta eat vee I daboret, 23% days; atsgiko0 222922 ee ee NATIONAL MUSEUM—HEATING AND LIGHTING, 1903. $338. 32 89. 76 3D. DO 681. 19 RECEIPTS. EY MEHIES AS) over Key crore ou Ay ak TIO ee $1, 962. 63 EXPENDITURES. Specialtsenvicess 22222 eee $194. 75 NotalesalarilesMors Selva! COs eee a aeceel ee eee $194. 75 Miscellaneous : Coaland wo0d22 sa Sena Sar eee 621. 36 Gas! 22 See A ee ee ee 63. 70 Blectricity 22222 22 ea ee eee een ALO, 33 Telephones: == 2 Sa 2 ee eee 171. 65 DU Xenetceuh Gujey nies} = 2 296. 97 Rentalto® call \noxes= 2 30. 00 Heating supplies. 22 22s see 448. 61 elegrains! = 2-2 = Meee es = eee ee 9. 40 Total miscellaneous expenditure__________________ 1, 756. 02 ANG HA rq orsvaco liens 1) A ebove) GX0), TI se 1, 950. 77 Balancessuly ai 104s ae ee ee ee eee eee 11. 86 Total statement of receipts and expenditures. [July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1904.] RECEIPTS. Appropriation Dy, COnSTeSS re) UMC nz. lO 02 eee $18, 000. 00 EXPENDITURES. SRUlTEKSS Ce Ganamyoeraseniveyn $8, 224. 02 Special “Sservices2-. 2 25 ee eee 228. 91 Mo tail SOrViGeS! as 2) eee ee ee $8, 452. 938 Miscellaneous : CoalVand wo0d 323222222 ee 4, 529. 47 Gas* 2! Ce i 996. 40 Rental ote Calls Oe See 120. 00 HeCtrical Supplies eae eee ee 487. 18 leCuniclivae == Seren eel Sehr SS 1, 374. 388 Heatine isupplicss =e eee 1, 308. 35 'Telesrams), 2222 Se eel aie eee 47. 83 Telephones) 2434 5 ew ee ee : 671. 6O Motale MU SCe]UAMWEC OWS ee eee oda Total expenditures... =. -< 7-2. es ee ee 17, 988. 14 Balance; July; dl W904 =" 22) ee ee ee 11. 86 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NATIONAL MUSEUM—HBATING AND LIGHTING, 1902. i alam cemasmperenewolnteiU liye ak) pee eeenn ps ee ee LIL $1. 60 Balance carried, under provisions’ of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. NATIONAL MUSEUM—POSTAGE, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 50, 1904. “Por postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National NMMSeUIMin (SUNGry Ccivilvack March) ose1 O03) ee ee ee EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.] Hor postagels=— === a TS eS ag ys a a ep Ret ae NATIONAL MUSEUM-—-PRINTING AND BINDING, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1904, “for the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks, and for the ‘ Bulletins’ and ‘ Proceedings’ of the National Mu- seum, the editions of which shall not be less than 8,000 copies, and binding, in half turkey, or material not more expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by. the National Museum library’ (sundry civil act, March 3, 1903) _--._-_--____- EXPENDITURES. Bulletinsrotmther Muses] 2 ee eee D2, MOK OU Broceedine sor ehe visemes == as ay eee ee 13, 561. 44 1B 21) ls erent ae eB ct ey Lo See ee ee OE 153. 96 ISAAK uaYel Leo EWES es ee eee 268. TA ConeressionalmReCordas === = es ee ae eee 38. 00 ES 02 Gin Stee ete ae Bae a ee ee ee eee 177. 50 qbroyeall xq oreravobyronss roy diipbovey aiOy ae 8 ee ee BAAN cerulivarl sO Aces eee ee ee ee See ee NATIONAL MUSEUM—RENT OF WORKSHOPS, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, “for rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the National Museum” (sundry civil act, Mareh 3, 1903) —---------__- $500. 00 500. OO $17, 000. OO 16, 997. $4, 400. 5 (he) 00 LIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1903, to June 50; 1904.] Rent of workshops: SL ONAN SE SER OSTA S Woes ae eee ee $1, 999. 92 PALME SOVIETS CEC TSS WV eee a 1. OSO. 00 a0 uren ave | asi ley: INET SB RES RNY S60. 00 Ciba Watieibavkey Givens (Teepe) a 360. 00 AMON eH Wied q oxerora lq byes ikon dhbeorss axX0) Webs $4, 399. 92 Balam@e: Suiliy sel GOA es a a a el ee RE IONE . 08 NATIONAL MUSEUM—RENT OF WORKSHOP, 1903. Jaxauluinkexe Gish jovesriamsyooumg Alle al aOR ee a $0. OS LaxeW EE woVere yA fill hail legen 6S, 0 ener eles cacti Se eh oe en ee ee . 08 NATIONAL MUSEUM—RENT OF WORKSHOP, 1902. La EVOVERY GIS} joyerermNsyoyeyany dfmlhy dl: OR soe $0. OS Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. NATIONAL MUSEUM—BUILDING REPAIRS, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, “for repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, including all necessary labor and material” (sundry civil act, NA eB ekki are) |) es ar scene ee a ee ihe $15, 000. 00 EXPENDITURES. S2laniesmorcomipen Sait! oma =e $9, 960. 86 Special. tServilCesioeys-8 a he a 50. 00 Total salaries and services__=________ 2 eee $10, 010. 86 Miscellaneous : Repairs to roofs (by contract) ___---__- 1, 038. 26 Galvanized-iron ceiling cornice ________ 486. 78 enim ber 2 oe as es Se eee ea oe 93532 Cement, plaster, mortar, brick, sand, ete_ 86. 45 latenohieb ee, WOON (eOn = 298. 38 Paimtsiollss) SlWehs bis es mee eee 210. 97 Sk yi ot Sees Soe BC ae oe 63. 60 GLASS eae eae eas 2 41. 25 Drawings Se ee a ee 46. OO @loth: ete. 28252" Oa eee 270. 00 MevraZZOv pp Ave e Wty eee 66. 00 Lehobenoynakes none e ee aa a | Rubber: sete 23 = sae ee eee 15. 90 Total miscellaneous expenditure________________- 2, 520. 82 ALO EWE Cev-q oyeraYounbues qmoy Dhivarey SiO), aletowe 2,581. 68 Balance July 1, 1904, to meet outstanding liabilities-________ 2, 468. 32 te es sd es REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Analysis of expenditures for salaries or compensation. [July 4, 1903, to June 380, 1904, } isuperintendent, G months; ate Si6GG66) 50 92222 ee ee iL ek, DH rnsvorayelarsy BOGE RS, ENERO Le SEs fate Sen ye ea I ikontammamn, @) Mnxoowasteby Oknc bin Melis =o 22 5 MCAT) MLCT asl Aan Cl DVS Teel pepe eee et ea ee Ie ee RMCUEPeMteIna- 4a CaySer ate poe = eee oe ee aN ry ks oe GCA SMEG ORGAN Semel apes ue nee nk eee ree ee eke ae SPETMMSealt NEU ovov eer IGS ORs AS TCATEA Gee ere eke ee eee Stele len ovorreree BG: CES. ihe ese ae Su = a eee Skilled saboreryal Gadays,ateho oe ae = = ee ee ee Sai leel Meare Hees Ge Che oye aes ee ee es Sklledslaborerge(Gecl ays its pepe eee ee eee eee eee eee Skailledmlaborerpo+sedaysn dit Soe eee Ree ee ee | skilled laborer, 31 days, at $1.75, $54.25; 13 days, at $1.50, $19.50_ SLAM eae ab Oneal OnGl ays scab eke ees ere ee ee ee eee renee len Voy casa Ma aS AG ea tay eee Shall Cgal ADORE MOSACAV Se wall tyra en epee eae eer slledalabonrers slulemonmtise2Sid anys lity per eo ee Skilledmaborers leimomntthy 45 aiy.shr ata) eee ee Se Olknsmibieyel Ikiovareere, SEAGER YS: Gl h ye oh Ue ee ee ee (HiaWNeIe, Al amMYoyaE oY Al AOE Sheen e oN (kO ee ee Ee ee UMMA rsa TN OMNI Sell SetGl iyi Sewell tarsi) eee eee ee GUMTN OTA Oe CLE, Sauter ieee Su re ee Os eee Ee ok ate AIMS S SSE Sie! Chis. ane sls = ee ee DIASTEKEISeASS 1S Cena teeta Ss AIS: elite) 2 ee ee ee eee ee messenger, T months, at $20, $140; 5 ontne: tie EO ae spili sy () eae PAD ORES Cl Ay Sorel Ge shies) () cease Als a Oe jane Ree enn e Bee em ER ADORE MOS SAC UY Seale pillee) isa eee os eee ee ee ee ee TEA OT? 13 Pa el ae CLAY Sow elope il sey) Sates ee ee ee ee PAD OLE S ONC V Stevie pilen (Oy es tes ee a re eee y ee EE: Ile ovowexeres Buel bara bases tact ty chee LEC ieee ee ee Ae a DS ag es ae laborer, 221 days, at ce ee SIA IES eae gl tur oY ate we RR Raeefeas, Siee Ew ADORE wel Se Cl Ay Saw ite pile) eres 9 ee ey ey ee ae Pea als Be PMO CT eel i CLA Sea eN tine oil 6 (0) es et cee er ee es PO pee ed LY OYL i es Ee ach a Pe a oe Nee eR eee NATIONAL MUSH UM—BUILDING REPAIRS, 1903. RECEIPTS. JEU GMKES SIG (oa Oy diye Ie AN OBS es eee EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1908, to June 30, 1904.] STALIeS Ol -COMpPenSavlONe as. =o ee $7. 00 Specialtservyi Cese ae = ae eo eee 10. 00 hoa SRI We SOAs = ee eee See $17. 00 Miscellaneous : ] ABT OY YES ho eRe Tope ME 6a ees Oy eet a 104. 41 Cement, plaster, mortar, gravel, sand. CEO ap a eg a rape a I 1138. 25 $999. 160. € 861. 6 942. © 942. 90. 48. 98. 48. 136.5 ie) 8 LV aw, & 168.5 73. 75 30. alalite 204. 83352 194. 653. O 105. 250. 105. 549. 5 82. 290. C 61.5 95. 479. THORS 549. 5 386. 75 19.5 LVI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Miscellaneous—Continued. InleaiGlhwyaiRe, (Wools, wea pape fe $455. 19 Paints, oils, glue, chemicals____________ 36. 17 \Wiorovolnyarelle ee of pe ee, It, PS SkyliehtSs 2222. ee eee ee ee 251. 30 Glassy = 2222 ee Se eee 81. 31 : G@lothietes 2: £52 Sie See ee ee eee ees il. a) Noval omiseellaneows Me xq eS Ce UN Ce $1, 453. 93 Total expenditure to June 380, 1904_.________ Sate eee ee Pn Hl De? WC OYSKO SS avelllahaxers’ djiplyy, Di, ISIE se re jot ben 2 ee eee ee DS. O04 Total statement of receipts and expenditures. a [July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1904.] RECEIPTS. ANP PLOP LIA ONS Dye COMSESS yc Uli eel (2 eee ee $15, 000. OO EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1904.] Salaries OM COmpPensei 10 oee eee $10, 174. 89 Special SErvillCeSu ses ene eee ee ee ee 309. SO Total” Services: se ses oe es ee a $10, 484. 69 Miscellaneous : LMM ei as-is ee eee Lee Doze oil Cement, plaster, gravel, lime, sand, YOUNG) G21 pie oe a, SO Ge emer pe arly ae Ie S195 26 Hardware, tools, ete_ 2 _- gies irae Ns TAGS 32 Paints sons cliey bushes sss ae 941. ST IWViOO ChiwiO Te kee es eee SS ae ee is 97. 23 Skylights and ventilators=—22 == 22" == 679. 30 GYASS ye a Bak SE he oe Pe ee 166, 16 (HOO, C@ornwom, Qne 2 Pr, IS IPA Cres Bi ea ie ear eee ee re 40. 50 FOP AW NG Ss 5 teen PS eee le ee ee Oe 355. OO Slatine: Took. 222s. ee eee 750. OO Steel beams). 2.222222 35 eee 47. 77 STUCK WOT ee oS ee ees en ge ee 106. 00 Totalimiseellaneouls 2s 22s = sss see ee eee 4,457. 27 MNotal’ ExpPena EUS Oy MINE ws Oe (4 we ee eS ell LOAN Ct Balance. July a NOOR ee ee ee ee oa en ee og ee 5S. O4 NATIONAL MUSEUM—BUILDING REPAIRS, 1902. Balance as per report July 1, 19038__________- = a ee $27. 25 Balance carried, under provisions of Reyised Statutes, section 8090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. LVIif NATIONAL MUSEUM—-GALLERIES, 1902. 1 Balan Cepasnpetere DOLtr Ul eel lOO eee ee ee Se a ee Sly Balance carried, under proyisions’ df Revised Statutes, section 8080, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 80, 1904. NATIONAL MUSEUM—BOOKS, 1904. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1904, “for purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in the National Museum ” (sundry civil act of Congress, March 3, FO ()3)) eee ane eee ee eee fe a be yh ae VEE Se ee $2, GOO. 00 EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1903, to June 80, 1904.] A) lEGQYORE,, jopuooolMlksuce RyaXel jorenaKovohe iy 2 Se ee M20) Balance July 1, 1904, to meet outstanding liabilities___-_____ 772. 40 NATIONAL MUSEUM—BOOKS, 1903. RECEIPTS, Balance as per report July 1, 1903_____ ee er ae i or oe perpen oo AP $606. 62 EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1908, to June 380, 1904.] Hor bookss pamphlets; "etes= =.=) == es SUI A ein De ERS Pld ED 2 556. 86 FAT AM COV My erles| O QA es see Seer pee ae 49. 76 NATIONAL MUSEUM—-BOOKS, 1902. RECEIPTS, BrilenaGa AS joe weloyorn dk als wR ee eS ee eee ee $198. 27 EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1908, to June 380, 1904.] JBYOONIS|, oR NoNjo Mies, Ghavall porevavorelh(euiss— 165. 89 Balancegs 22s s ssa Se BN BR ae oe 32. 388 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 80, 1904. NATIONAL MUSEUM—PURCHASE OF SPECIMENS, 1904. RECEIPTS, Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, “for purchase of specimens to supply deficiencies in the collec- tions of the National Museum” (sundry civil act, March 8, 1908) — $10, 000. 00 , LVIIi REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTER. EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904.] OL |PULCHASCHO TNS TCC LIT GTS ease meee ee ee ce Balance July 1, 1904, to meet outstanding liabilities NATIONAL MUSEUM—PURCHASE OF SPECIMENS, 1903. RECEIPTS, Balance ‘asiper report galiy.as WOO Ses oe oe eee ee ae ee ee EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1993, to June 30, For purchase of specimens Balance July 1, 1904 NATIONAL MUSEUM—PURCHASE OF SPECIMENS, 1902. RECEIPTS. Balance as per report July 1, 1903 EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 1903, to June 30, HOT: SPC ris wees Sears a re ir en Balance -l wt) 1, 482. 27 $4, O00. € 3, 650. . 00 . 26 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904. NATIONAL MUSEUM—PUBLICATION CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL HERBARIUM, 1903. RECEIPTS. Jags EVES FASS foyer! REVO LONME Ub Th, WOR $3, 972. 51 EXPENDITURES. [July 1, 19038, to June 30, 1904.] ETAL Ss {CO TNE AD UIE OT Se ee 5, 969. 80 BSBA TN C!d Siu ty A eS OR eee a ee ee eS etal NATIONAL MUSHUM—PLANS FOR ADDITIONAL BUILDING, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. DALANCE AS! PELE COI ill ye ile SS eee ee $43. 20 Salem @e iam ye Ws, Da a ee ea a aE 3. 20 ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, “for maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the diree- tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assist- ants, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making observations in high altitudes, printing and publishing results of researches, not exceeding 1,500 copies, repairs and alterations of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, $15,000 ” {sundry civil act, March 3, 1903) necessary 1904. $15, 000. 00 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. LIX DISBURSEMENTS. i Salaries or compensation : - 1 aid, 12 months, at $200.42 22-3
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REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Wages of mechanics and ae ete.—Cont’d.
1
laborer, 46 days, at HES 0; 321 days,
EH Bab ey] eat oe re ie eye
1 laborer, 3443 days, at $1. Ep muene Pee Seat
eS pore pe for ye ery a ey fn psy fay pe
ra a a
ee
1
laborer, 205 days, at $2; 42 days, at
HAboOnrers luis dialysate. niles () eae ee
laborers 2962 days> at ji p0be ese
laborer, LO9kdays; at Sih 5O=2 2s 2S" sae ee
laborer, 3463 GEA Bie Sila) ee
laborer, 328 days, at $1.50_________ eos
laborer, nea Gaiysaratipile 5 0ae ee ee Bene
ln NORE, BAYS, GENYS, Ble bola)
laborer, 294 days, at ol j0h2 2 oes
laborer, 195? days, at $1.50--__-______ —_
laborer, coe CWE Bip IRR see Bee oe
laborer, 62% days, at $1.50; 308? days,
at eo = SSE IS Ji, ee eRe ees nee
laboreryoOs Gays mak olen la es ae
ADOC OSNCayiSyecibepilccy Osa ae ee
laborer, 733 days, at $1.50; 164% days,
GBB tis 3) Wa De ees esl RN SRR ise ne ge an aes
LAWOTET SDs ays alts oils ee ee ee
laborer, 194 days, at $1.50; 1544 days,
Elita op lejos pean eee et MeL hs SRE eae, Relea
laborer, 45 dayssiat $ie5022- = ==
FADORE TA Man Clety; Ses cilia cpil ent towel ee nel
IEMoyoreerRy Glove GRINS fle Gl le tele Se
LAbOLerioGOsnOay.Sy alte ple ae ee es
lAbOKLerw a2 says cab ep lee ole eee
laborer, 54 days, at $1; 2833 days, at
SSE Gy pees ee re a me ath Ae ele Mea te
laborer, 127 days, at $1; 209% days, at
SZ ee ee aie Sat es ee ee
attendant, 289 days, at 75 centsl___-_-
attendant, 69 days, at 75 cents_________
helper, 38 days, at 75 cents; 384 days,
water boy, 40 days, at 50 cents_________
stonebreaker, 44 cubie yards, at 60
COIS ren. - hae eal oes Pa oe eh aa BE
stonebreaker, 14 cubic yards, at 60
COMICS eee eer ce EU pe re Ae Re ee
wagon and team, 92 days, at $3.50_____-
wagon and team, 367% days, at $3.50___
wagon and team, 55 days, at $3.50_____
horse and cart, 1 day, at $1.75_____ Sails
HOrserandscarie i Gays, ac piletoes =e
horse and cart, 97 days, at $1.75___.—-_
horse and cart; 23 days, at $1.75_______
horse and cart, 1202 days, at $1.75___=_
horse and cart, Gays; aie spilevoe
$6306.
516.
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999
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365.
441.
293
548.
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445,
163.
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XIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Wages of mechanics and laborers, ete.—Cont’d.
1! horse and cart, 322 days, at $ijb222 223 SANio Bill
1 horse and cart, 734 days, at $1.75______ 128, 63
1 horse and eart, 15$ days, at $1.75______ PA (es 33.6)
i horse; 337 days, at 50 cents=2-2 == 168. 50
Rotaliwacesror mechanics wet Cae $30, 042. 52
abo ie sghis oynbneKespaverncs) — ee a US
Balance: duly de 19042 e028 ae ee 14, 484. 97
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1908.
1s¥nilenaves dfmmilhy il, TSYOR}. ay pysre JASE TREVOR ee $4, 755. 04
DISBURSEMENTS.
General expenses :
Billings, Sls fea eS eee eee $104. TO
Men cin es CAS ew Nate Teall ey CC ee ee eee 829. 89
RO0d:, = 5s2: 222 sie Boe be aes ee ee eee 1, 246. 29
Hreight and transportation of animals==— 92922 = = 370. 50
ATUL ee, 2 2a eee re a ae 2 Ee a 546. SO
urn GUnel, So SS es ee a en i ee ee ee 3. 50
ILM bei See es Se ee Oe ee 301. 52
Machinery cools met@s== === 22 = eine Peo eee 170. 31
MMR Cee hae ONS! SinyooihiGts ee ee 252. 42
PATTIES MOUS eu ESS Ce G eee rs a ene ee Goyal
Postage, telegraph, and telephone______________ EteRe~ 87. 67
Purchaserofcanimalss se: = Se 2 ae Sa ee eee 160. 13
JeoRGl auaueerael Phavol Caceiehhaye oe 179. 46
Stalon ery books eC aeaseeee es a ee 60. 65
oan Gs, Se ER ee a Ee ee ee 53. 30
‘TBreess plants. Cle. s24 2 Shes Sk 22 SE eee ee (6 335)
Wiaiter Supply ands Se wie ia ge anes es ee eee 109. 42
Speciali@servicest= = 2)" = ee ee eee 2. 00
MNotalyGdisbursenie risen et eS eee 4, 551. 42
Balance July-4l, 1904-222 eee eee eae ee ee ee 208. 62
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1902.
eM ehaeer a hphyells TIGRE fs) joer Iie me oop. 8 $7. 26
Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the
Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1904.
ELEPHANT HOUSE, NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1903.
Balance July, LO0S aspen laStane po tte ee ees $64. 40
DISBURSEMENTS.
General expenses :
Building materiales 2 eee ee eee ae eee 927. 09
Weneim ois eta Le i ee ee ee Ee ere ee ee hae 36. 77
Total disbunSemvenvts ss 2 oo See eee ey ae ee uo ee 63. 86
Balance Julyeds T90tse 228 os 28k ac a ee ee a eee . 4
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. LXV
RECAPITULATION.
i
The total amount of funds administered by the Institution during the year
ending June 30, 1904, appears frony the foregoing statements and account books
to have been as follows:
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Hrom balance of last year, July 1, 19032__--_________- $55, 507. 67
From interest on Smithsonian fund for the year_______ 56, OTA. 17
From interest on West Shore bonds_-________________ 1, G80. 00
Bromysalessob.publicahlonsee 22 = 2s See Sy Dl
rom repayments. tre1ehty ets. == = ee ea 10, 328. 02
$1238, 943. 23
APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTED BY CONGRESS TO THE
CARE OF THE INSTITUTION.
International Hxchanges—Smithsonian Institution :
Hrom’ balance of 1901—2-—_--__ __= a ie a, A ae $0. 88
[Brtovaol: Joy evayeey Cin. SIR ae ee eee 1, 822. 14
Hron appropriauon for (90340 ses ee ee 26, 000. 00
27, 823. 02
American Ethnology—Smithsonian Institution :
]reoan joven akerey Crean Soe PPADS FET
Home balanceroty, d902=342) 55 2a NS ee Pea 3, 489. 99
Hrom: dppropLiavionr ton 903 =e see ee 40, 000. 00
———_———_ 48, 710. 76
Preservation of collections—National Museum :
ROME Dal ance: ose OO l= 2a ee ee ee eee 159. 16
]Mitonany “| oyslleuaversy Cope! ale\) PA aio a eee 9, 597. 20
Hrom appropriations tor LQ03=— ees Se eee et 180, 000. 00
———_—— 189, 756. 36
Furniture and fixtures—National Museum :
Bromabalancer of O01 =—2e- ee ee ee ee 5. OT
From balance of 1902-—3_—~_____ Ie pens Sah ee 1, 696. 24.
HrOMPeappropriation for 190342222 eae eee ee 22, 500. 00
24, 201. 31
Heating and lighting—National Museum :
Hromebalance of elOQl= 2 Ss ee 1. 60
From balance of 1902-3____- Ree Mba ADE Ca ee eet aes 1, 962. 638
Kromvappropriavion® for V903—4 ess 18, 000. 00
2 19, 964. 23
Postage—National Museum :
MrOMeapPLOpLIaAvion fon 1 O03—-= sae a es ee ee ee ee 500. 00
Printing and binding—National Museum:
From appropriation for 1903—4____._________ REE Ra MOR el at 17, 000. 00
Rent of workshops—National Museum :
jieogaay Joyey bau overesroe 1 tS\0 Ly re ee ee ee O08
HrommbalamcesotnlOO2= 3 seme ce ee eee ee a 08
Hromeappropriawon for lO03—2 a= ses eee 4, 400. 00
————— 4, 400. 16
Building repairs—National Musewn :
From balance of 1901—2_____ secede PS RIE ee CRE ae 2.23
HroOmenalance. Of 1902-32" 2. == == Sees eee Ze 1, 528. 97
From appropriation for 1903—4___-____--_-____- — 15, 000. 00
—————— 16, 556. 20
sm 1904——v
LXVI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Galleries—National Museum:
lias apvenaveer dou tl, wR
Books—National Museum:
Jadoo LOREM Cpe I Oni — es $198. 27
Hromebalaneceioi 902-32 = a eee 606. 62
Prom appropriation for 1903—-42_ === 2, 000. 00
Purchase of specimens—National Museum :
rom balancevotelOOl— 2a a eee 55. 26
Brom balan Cegeitiesl QOD — ener ee ee 4, 000. 69
HromTappropriavlon store G05 — Aes ee eee 10, 000. 00
Contributions to National Herbarium—National Museum :
Krone balancer July elke OS sass ee eee ee ee eee
Plans for additional building—National Museum:
Brom: balancer aly. sl: ssl OOS eee ee eee ee
Astrophysical Observatory—Smithsonian Institution :
rom Dalancexot e190 i 2 ees ee ee ee 1, 3238: 22
Eom) palancerof, 90 2— 3s eee eee ee i, chiles, 7Al
Mrom! Appropriations Ors lOO 5 — 4 eee ae 15, 000. 00
Observation of eclipse of May 28, 1900:
Krom balancer july 9032 5== == S22 Se ee ee ee eee
National Zoological Park:
rom balanceyotl 90-22 esas sss eee i. 26
Doren lokAeS Ort WOR s 4, 755. 04
Hromeappropriation fon 903 422. == 95, 000. 00
Elephant house—National Zoological Park:
Davao oven eh avereved ful hyatals aS Oe ee
SUMMARY.
Simiuingrornighay 1OnSiipalOya 2 ee a ee See $128, 943. 23
Inxchanges_____ De ESE ace Se ee ee Alin tetas
Hthnology --22-224. 222252 2 SS 5 ee eee 2, (10. 76
[MASE Eee Cur (COLUlecnKoOS 189, 756. 36
MUrniture ane ACIS = 2.2 aac ee a ee ee 24, 201. 31
Heating and lighting: =2- =< =e ee 19, 964. 23
Bostages.- Sneha s 2h Se ee ee ee eee 500. OO
LeyemTu aes fIMvG jovMONH Nae oe ee » 17, 000. 00
Rent of -workshops2=+=.-222522 22253252.) 4, 400. 16
Building repairssss = = 242 eee 16, 556. 20
Galleries____ Bu Ses es oe eee ie ley
BOOKS: -. 2S 2 teeta eek Se ee 2, 804. 89
Furchase-of speciens2—=-25-——]) ee 14, 055. 95
Contributions to National Herbariume——=-—==2 === === 3. Of2. 01
BE HNS Kope BxqKsitKoyorsll Voybuakohovee 98 ee 43. 20
Astrophysical Observatory——-~ ~~ ee ee ere ead ip lose Oo
Observationvol eclipse! 222. = = 755. T4
NatlonaleZOOLOTIGH earn === a ee ei 99, 762. 30
National Zoological Park—Elephant house__—-_~ ee 64. 40
$1.17
2, 804. 89
17, 738. 93
99, 762. 30
64. 40
$607, 054. 36
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. LXVII
The committee has examined the vouchers for payment from the
Smithsonian income during the year ending June 30, 1904, each of
which bears the approval of the Secretary or, in his absence, of the
Acting Secretary, and a certificate that the materials and services
charged were applied to the purposes of the Institution.
The quarterly accounts current, the vouchers, and journals have
been examined and found correct.
Statement of regular income from the Smithsonian fund available for use in
the year ending June 30, 1905.
FS Ce wa Ulyg ele OO Aes se es Se ete see Se eee See re Sn $46, 648. 338
Interest due and receivable July 1, 1904___-___________ $28, 110. 00
Interest due and receivable January 1, 1905___________ 28, 110. 00
Interest, West Shore Railroad bonds, due July 1, 1904__ 840. 00
Interest, West Shore Railroad bonds, due January 1,
1 UD, See ee ee seen Ee Se a RE ee OS 840. 00
————— 57,900. 00
Total available for year ending June 30, 1905_______________ 104, 548. 33
Respectfully submitted.
J. B. Henperson,
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL,
Rosert R. Hrrv,
Executive Committee.
WasuineTon, D. C., January 21, 1905.
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS RELATIVE TO THE
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ETC,
{Continued from previous Reports.]
[Fifty-eighth Congress, second session.]
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, Vhat the vacancies in the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other
than Members of Congress, shall be filled by the reappointment of
John B. Henderson and Alexander Graham Bell, residents of the
city of Washington, whose terms of office expire on January twenty-
fourth, nineteen hundred and four. (Approved January 27, 1904;
Statutes, XX XITI, 582.)
SMITHSONIAN Deposir [Lisrary or Coneress|.—For custodian,
one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant, one thousand two hun-
dred dollars; messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; mes-
senger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand
seven hundred and eighty dollars. (Approved March 18, 1904;
Statutes, XX XITT, 95.)
Excuance or Pusiic Documents | Liprary or Coneress |.—For
expenses of exchanging public documents for the publications of
foreign governments, one thousand eight hundred dollars. (Ap-
proved March 18, 1904; Statutes, XX XIIT, 96.)
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES.
For expenses of the system of international exchanges between
the United States and foreign countries, under the direction of the
Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all
necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and _peri-
odicals, twenty-seven thousand dollars, and for the fiscal year nine-
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LXxX ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
teen hundred and six estimates shall be submitted hereunder em-
bracing all sums expended for this service out of other appropria-
tions made by Congress. (Approved April 28, 1904; Statutes,
XXXITI, 461.)
Navan Opservarory.—For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and
fences, furniture, gas, chemicals, and stationery, freight (including
transmission of public documents through the Smithsonian ex-
change), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all
contingent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. (Approved
March 18, 1904; Statutes, XX XIII, 120.)
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY.
For continuing ethnological researches among the American In-
dians under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including
salaries or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase
of necessary books and periodicals, forty thousand dollars, of which
sum not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used
for rent of building. (Approved April 28, 1904; Statutes, XX XITT,
461.)
That the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution is hereby author-
ized to apply any unexpended balance of the appropriation “Ameri-
can Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution,” for the fiscal year ending
June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, to the payment of labil-
ties existing against the appropriations “American Ethnology, Smith-
sonian Institution,” for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth, nine-
teen hundred and one and nineteen hundred and two, respectively,
and the same is hereby reappropriated and made available for ex-
penditure for the purpose herein mentioned. (Approved April 27,
1904; Statutes X XXIII, 397.)
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
States of America in Congress assembled, That hereafter the bulletins
issued by the Bureau of American Ethnology shall be in octavo size
instead of royal octavo. (Approved March 29, 1904; Statutes,
XXXIIT, 585.)
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY.
For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direction
of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the
purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making nec-
essary observations in high altitudes, printing and publishing results
of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, repairs
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LXXI
and alterations of buildings and miscellaneous expenses, fifteen thou-
sand dollars. (Approved April 28, 1904; Statutes, X XXIII, 461.)
NATIONAL MUSEUM.
For cases, furniture, fixtures, and applhances required for the exhi-
bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum,
including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty-
two thousand five hundred dollars.
For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and _tele-
phonic service for the National Museum, eighteen thousand dollars.
For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the col-
lections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Govern-
ment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of
all necessary employees, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars, of
which sum five thousand five hundred dollars may be used for
necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National
Museum, and all other necessary incidental expenses.
For purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals for reference in
the National Museum, two thousand dollars.
For repairs to buildings, shops, and sheds, National Museum, in-
cluding all necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars.
For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the Na-
tional Museum, four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Mu-
seum, five hundred dollars. (Approved April 28, 1904; Statutes
XX XIII, 461, 462.)
For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing labels and blanks,
and for the “ Bulletins” and “ Proceedings” of the National Mu-
seum, the editions of which shall not be less than three thousand
copies, and binding, in half turkey or material not more expensive,
scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the
National Museum library, twenty-five thousand dollars. (Approved
April 28, 1904; Statutes X X XITT, 512.)
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water sup-
ply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and other-
wise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and
inclosures and providing seats in the park; care, subsistence, pur-
chase, and transportation of animals; including salaries or compensa-
tion of all necessary employees, the purchase of necessary books and
periodicals, the printing and publishing of operations, not exceeding
LX XII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
one thousand five hundred copies, and general incidental expenses not
otherwise provided for, ninety-five thousand dollars, one-half of
which sum shall be paid from the revenues of the District of Columbia
and the other half from the Treasury of the United States. (Ap-
proved April 28, 1904; Statutes, XX XITT, 462.
POWER HOUSE FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
For the preparation, by the superintendent of the library building
and grounds, of preliminary plans and estimates of cost for the loca-
tion, construction, and equipment of a power house with distributing
mains for heat, steam, and electric power to the existing and projected
Government buildings on the Mall and in the vicinity of the White
House, said superintendent to report thereon in full to Congress at
its next session, five thousand dollars. (Approved April 28, 1904;
Statutes, X X XIII, 511.)
LETTERING OF OFFICIAL VEHICLES.
No part of any money appropriated by this or any other act shall
be available for paying expenses of horses and carriages, or drivers
therefor, for the personal use of any officer provided for by this or any
other act other than the President of the United States, the heads of
Executive Departments, and the Secretary to the President: Pvo-
vided, That this provision shall not apply to officials outside of the
District of Columbia in the performance of their public duties. This
paragraph shall not take effect until July first (nineteen hundred and
four. (Approved March 18, 1904; Statutes, XX XIII, 142.)
No part of any money appropriated by this act shall be used for
purchase, maintaining, driving, or operating any carriage or other
vehicle, other than those authorized for personal purposes in section
two of the legislative, executive, and judicial approprtation act for
the fiscal year nineteen hundred and five, unless the same shall have
conspicuously painted thereon at all times the full name of the Execu-
tive Department or other branch of the public service to which the
same belong and in the service of which the same are used. (Ap-
proved April 28, 1904; Statutes, XX XITI, 518.)
SALARY PAY TABLE.
That the annual compensation of officers, agents, and employees of
the United States for services rendered subsequent to June thirtieth,
nineteen hundred and four, shall be divided into twelve equal install-
ments, one of which shall be the pay for each calendar month; and in
making payments for a fractional part of a month, one-thirtieth of
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LXXIIl
one of such installments, or of a monthly compensation, shall be the
rate to be paid for each day. For the purpose of computing such
compensation each and.every month shall be held to consist of thirty
days, without regard to the acttial number of days in any month, thus
excluding the thirty-first day of any month from the computation,
and treating February as if it actually had thirty days. (Approved
April 28, 1904; Statutes, XX XIII, 513.)
RENT OF WORKSHOPS, LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION.
GOVERNMENT Boarp, Lourstana PurcHAse Exposrrion: The act
of Congress approved June twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred and two,
entitled “An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of
the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen
hundred and three, and for other purposes,” is hereby amended by
inserting at the end and asa part of the paragraph making an appro-
priation of eight hundred thousand dollars for a Government exhibit
at the Lowisiana Purchase Exposition to be held in the city of Saint
Louis, in the State of Missouri, the following words: “Provided fur-
ther, That the said United States Government Board is authorized to
rent such workshops and storage and office rooms in the District of
Columbia as may be required for temporary use in connection with
the preparation and safe-keeping of the said Government exhibit.”
And the accounting officers of the Treasury Department are hereby
authorized to allow any reasonable expense heretofore incurred by
said Government Board im the rental of workshops and storage and
office rooms in the District of Columbia for the purpose named.
(Approved February 18, 1904; Statutes, XX XITI, 19.)
LEWIS AND- CLARK CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
AN ACT to authorize the Government of the United States to participate in
celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the exploration of the Oregon
country by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in the years eight-
een hundred and four, eighteen hundred and five, and eighteen hundred and
six, and for other purposes.
Whereas by an act duly passed by the legislature of the State of
Oregon, approved January thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three,
said State authorized the holding at the city of Portland, Oregon,
commencing May first, nineteen hundred and five, and ending
November first, nineteen hundred and five, an industrial exposition
to appropriately celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of the
exploration of the Oregon country by Captains Meriwether Lewis
and William Clark, and “ by means of said exhibition to benefit the
people of the State of Oregon by way of the advertisement and
development of its agricultural, horticultural, mineral, lumber, manu-
.
LXXIV ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
facturing, shipping, educational, and other resources ” of said State;
and
Whereas under and by virtue of said act of the legislature of the
State of Oregon a commission consisting of eleven members, residents
and inhabitants of said State, was authorized and appointed, known
and designated as the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition Com-
mission, and the Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific
Exposition and Oriental Fair, a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of said State, have jointly undertaken the inaugura-
tion of the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition at said city of
Portland, to be held under the joint supervision, control, and man-
agement of said commission and corporation, as provided by said act;
and
Whereas a number of States have enacted laws for and appropri-
ated money to enable them to participate in said exposition, and other
States have signified their intention of so doing, and satisfactory
assurances have been given by representatives of foreign governments
that their governments will make interesting and instructive exhibits
at said exposition illustrative of their material progress during the
past century, and it 1s believed that the commerce of the United States
in oriental and oceanic countries will be materially aided and devel-
oped by such exposition: Now, therefore, for the purpose of contrib-
uting to the success of said exposition and enabling our insular posses-
sions and also oriental and oceanic countries to exhibit of their prod-
ucts and resources at said exposition,
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles that
shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhi-
bition at said exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs
duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or
charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall
prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exposition to
sell for delivery at the close thereof any goods or property imported
for and actually on exhibition in the exposition buildings or on the
grounds, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue
and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treas-
ury may prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or
withdrawn for consumption in the United States shall be subject to
the duty, 1f any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in
force at the date of withdrawal, and on articles which shall have suf-
fered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and neces-
sary exposure the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the
appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumption, and the
penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any person
guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LXXV
Sec. 2. That there shall be exhibited at said exposition by the
Government of the United States from its Executive Departments, the
Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, and the Library of
Congress such articles and material as illustrate the function and
administrative faculty of the Government in time of peace and its
resources as a war power, tending to demonstrate the nature of our
institutions and their adaptation to the wants of the people; and the
Bureau of American Republics is hereby invited to make an exhibit
illustrative of the resources and international relations of the Amert-
ean Repubhes, and space in the United States Government building
shall be provided for that purpose, and to secure a complete and har-
monious arrangement of such Government exhibit a United States
Government board shall be created, whose duty it shall be to select
from the Government exhibit to be made by such Executive Depart-
ments at the city of Saint Louis, at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
tion, in the year nineteen hundred and four, such articles and things as
they may deem advisable, and transport the same to the city of Port-
land, Oregon, to be there exhibited as a part of the Government
exhibit at said exposition; and said United States Government board
shall also be charged with the selection, purchase, preparation, trans-
portation, arrangement, safe-keeping, exhibition, and return of such
additional articles and materials as the heads of the several depart-
ments, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Director of
the National Museum, the Librarian of Congress, and the Director
of the Bureau of American Republics may respectively decide shall
be embraced in said Government exhibit. And said Government
board is hereby authorized to rent and use such building or buildings
in the District of Columbia as may be necessary in the preparation
of said exhibit. The President of the United States may also desig-
nate additional articles for exhibition. Such Government board shal!
be composed of one person to be named by the head of each of the
Executive Departments, one by the head of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion and National Museum, one by the Librarian of Congress, and one
by the Director of the Bureau of American Republics. The Presi-
dent shall name one of said persons so detailed as chairman, and the
board itself shall appoint its secretary, disbursing officer, and such
other officers as it may deem necessary. The members of said Gov-
ernment board, with other officers and employees of the Government
who may be detailed to assist them, including officers of the Army
and Navy, shall receive no compensation in addition to their regular
salaries, but they shall be allowed their actual and necessary trav-
eling expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsistence, to be
fixed by the Secretary of the Treasury, while necessarily absent from
their homes engaged upon the business of the board. Officers of the
Army and Navy shall receive said allowance in lieu of the subsistence
.
LXXVI ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
and mileage now allowed by law; and the Secretary of War and the
Secretary of the Navy may, in their discretion, detail retired army or
navy officers for such duty. Any provision of law which may prohibit
the detail of persons in the employ of the United States to other service
than that which they customarily perform shall not apply to persons
detailed for duty in connection with said Lewis and Clark Centen-
nial Exposition. Employees of the board not otherwise employed
by the Government shall be entitled to such compensation as the board
may determine, and such employees may be selected and appointed
by said board. The disbursing officer shall give bond in such sum
as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine for the faithful
performance of his duties, said bond to be approved by ‘said Sec-
retary. The Secretary of the Treasury shall advance to said ofh-
cer from time to time, under such regulations as the Secretary
of the Treasury may prescribe, a sum of money from the appro-
priation for the Government exhibit herein authorized, not exceed-
ing at any one time three-fourths of the penalty of his bond, to
enable him to pay the expenses of said exhibit as authorized by
the United States Government board herein created: Provided, That
so much of the Government exhibit herein authorized as relates to
forestry and irrigation shall be made in a separate building. to
be erected as hereinafter provided for that purpose, and said buuild-
ing shall be known as the forestry and irrigation building, and
shall be of sufficient size to accommodate forestry exhibits other
than the United States forestry exhibits: And provided further, That
the cost of said exhibit herein authorized, including the selection,
purchase, preparation, transportation, arrangement, safe-keeping,
exhibition, and return of the articles and materials so exhibited,
including the forestry and irrigation exhibit, and for rent of building
or buildings in the District of Columbia, shall not exceed the sum
of two hundred thousand dollars, which amount is hereby appropri-
ated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Src. 3. That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to
aid the inhabitants of the district of Alaska in providing and main-
taining an appropriate and creditable exhibit of the products and
resources of said district at the said Lewis and Clark Centennial
Exposition, and for that purpose he is authorized to appoint one or
more persons to supervise the selection, purchase, preparation, trans
portation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping, exhibition, and
return of such articles as may be exhibited from said district at said
exposition; and he is hereby authorized to select so much of the
exhibit of the district of Alaska at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi-
tion at the city of Saint Louis, in the year nineteen hundred and four,
as he may deem necessary for the purpose of making said exhibit at
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LXXVII
the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, and that the cost of said
exhibit of said district of Alaska, including such selection, purchase,
preparation, transportation, arrangement, installation, safe-keeping,
exhibition, and return of the articles so exhibited shall not exceed
the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appro-
priated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated.
Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause a suitable
building or buildings to be erected on the site selected for the Lewis
and Clark Centennial Exposition for the said Government exhibit,
including a suitable building for’an exhibit of the United States Life-
Saving Service, the forestry and irrigation building herein referred
to, and also cause to be erected a suitable building or buildings on
said site for the use of the district of Alaska, the Territory of Hawai,
the Philippine Islands, and also oriental and oceanic countries that
may desire an exhibit of their products and resources at said expo-
sition. Said buildings shall be erected from plans prepared by the
Supervising Architect of the Treasury, to be approved by said United
States Government board; and the Secretary of the Treasury is
hereby authorized and directed to contract for said buildings in the
same manner and under the same regulations as for other public
buildings of the United States, but the contract for said buildings
and the preparation of grounds therefor and the lighting thereof,
inclusive, shall not exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated. The Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized and required to dispose of said buildings, or the mate-
rials composing the same, at the close of the exposition, giving prefer-
ence to the city of Portland, or to the said Lewis and Clark Centen-
mal and American and Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair cor-
poration, to purchase the same at an appraised value to be ascertained
in such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury may determine.
Sec. 5. That the allotment of space for exhibitors in the building
or buildings erected under authority of this act for the use of the dis-
trict of Alaska, the Territory of Hawan, the Philippine Islands, and
also for the use of oriental and oceanic countries, including the space
not occupied by the Government board in the forestry and irrigation
building, shall be done and performed without charge to exhibitors
by the Government board authorized by section two of this act.
Sec. 6. That upon the approval of this act the Secretary of the
Treasury shall, upon the request of the Lewis and Clark Centennial
and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair Company, cause
to be coined at the mints of the United States not to exceed two hun-
dred and fifty thousand gold dollars, of legal weight and fineness, to
LXXVIII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS.
be known as the Lewis and Clark Exposition gold dollar, struck in
commemoration of said exposition. The words, devices, and designs
upon said gold dollars shall be determined and prescribed by the See-
retary of the Treasury, and all provisions of law relative to the coin-
age and legal-tender quality of all other gold coin shall be applicable
to the coin issued under and in accordance with the provisions of this
act. That the said coins shall be disposed of by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the said Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pa-
cific Exposition and Oriental Fair Company at par, under rules and
regulations and in amounts to be prescribed by him. That medals
with appropriate devices, emblems, and inscriptions commemorative
of said Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and of the awards to
be made to the exhibitors thereat shall be prepared by the Secretary
of the Treasury at some mint of the United States for the board of
directors of said exposition company, subject to the provisions of the
fifty-second section of the coinage act of eighteen hundred and ninety-
three, and upon the payment of a sum not less than the cost thereof;
and all provisions, whether penal or otherwise, of said coinage act
against the counterfeiting or imitating of coins of the United States
shall apply to the medals issued under this act.
Src. 7. That the United States shall not be Hable on account of said
exposition for any expense incident to or growing out of the same
except for the construction of the building or buildings hereinbefore
authorized and for the purpose of paying the expense incident to the
selection, preparation, purchase, installation, transportation, care,
custody, and safe return of the exhibits made by the Government, and
for the employment of proper persons as officers and assistants by
the Government board created by this act and for other expenses,
and for the maintenance of said building or buildings and other con-
tingent expenses, to be approved by the chairman of the Government
board, or, in the event of his absence or disability, by such officer as
the board may designate, and the Secretary of the Treasury, upon
itemized accounts and vouchers: Provided, That no lability against
the Government shall be incurred and no expenditure of money ap-
propriated by this act shall be made until the officers of said exposi-
tion shall have furnished to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Treasury proof that there has been obtained for the purpose of com-
pleting and opening said exposition bona fide subscriptions to the
stock of said exposition company by responsible parties, contributions,
donations, or appropriations, from all sources, a sum aggregating not
less than six hundred thousand dollars.
Src. 8. That the United States shall not in any manner or under
any circumstances be liable for any of the acts, doings, or repre-
sentations of said Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific
ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LXXIX
Exposition and Oriental Fair, or the commission created by the act
of the legislature of the State of Oregon, herein referred to, their
officers, agents, servants, or eniployees, or any of them, or for service,
salaries, labor, or wages of said officers, agents, servants, or employees,
or any of them, or for any subscriptions to the capital stock, or for
any stock certificates, bonds, mortgages, or obligations of any kind
issued by said corporation or said commission, or for any debts, Ha-
bilities, or expenses of any kind or nature whatever attending such
exposition corporation or commission, or accruing by reason of the
same,
Sec. 9. That nothing in this act shall be construed so as to create
any lability upon the part of the United States, direct or indirect,
for any debt or obhgation incurred, or for any claim for aid or
pecuniary assistance from Congress or the Treasury of the United
States in support or liquidation of any debts or obligations created
by said United States Government board in excess of appropriations
hereafter made by Congress therefor. (Approved, April 13, 1904;
Statutes, XX XIII, 175.
Roe O Ree
OF
Se Ps EANGEEY,
SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1904.
To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to present herewith my report, show-
ing the operations of the Institution during the year ending June 30,
1904, including the work placed under its direction by Congress in the
United States National Museum, the Bureau of American Ethnology,
the International Exchanges, the National Zoological Park, and the
Astrophysical Observatory.
Following the precedent of several years, there is given, in the body
of this report, a general account of the affairs of the Institution and
its bureaus, while the Appendix presents more detailed statements by
the persons in direct charge of the different branches of the work.
Independently of this, the operations of the National Museum are
fully treated in a separate volume of the Smithsonian Report, and the
Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology constitutes a volume
prepared under the supervision of the Chief of that Bureau. The
scientific work of the Astrophysical Observatory is recorded in occa-
sional publications.
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
THE ESTABLISHMENT.
By act of Congress approved August LO, 1846, the Smithsonian
Institution was created an Establishment. Its statutory members are
the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United
States, and the heads of the Executive Departments. The preroga-
tive of the Establishment is ‘‘the supervision of the affairs of the
Institution and the advice and the instruction of the Board of Regents.”
sm 1904——1 1
bo
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
A vacancy continues to exist in the Establishment caused by the
succession to the Presidency of Vice-President Roosevelt.
As organized on June 30, 1904, the Establishment consisted of the
following ex officio members:
THEopoRE RooskEvELt, President of the United States.
(Vacancy), Vice-President of the United States.
Mecvitte W. Futier, Chief Justice of the United States.
JoHN Hay, Secretary of Siate.
Leste M. Suaw, Secretary of the Treasury.
Witiram H. Tart, Secretary of War.
PuHILANDER C. Knox, Attorney-General.
Henry C. Payne, Postmaster- General.
Wituram H. Moopy, Secretary of the Navy.
Ernan AtLen Hircncock, Secretary of the Interior.
JAMES Witson, Secretary of Agriculture.
GrorGE B. Cortetyou, Secretory of Commerce and Labor.
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS.
The Board of Regents consists of the Vice-President and the Chief
Justice of the United States as ex officio members, three members of
the Senate, three members of the House of Representatives, and six
citizens, ‘‘two of whom shall be residents of the city of Washington
and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of
them of the same State.’
As organized at the end of the fiscal year, the Board consisted of the
following members:
The Hon. M. W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States, Chan-
cellor; the Hon. W. P. Frye, President pro tempore of the United
States Senate, acting as Regent; Senator S. M. Cullom; Senator O. H.
Platt; Senator Francis M. Cockrell; Representative R. R. Hitt; Rep-
resentative Robert Adams, jr.; Representative Hugh A. Dinsmore;
Dr. James B. Angell, of Michigan; Dr. Andrew D. White, of New
York; the Hon. J. B. Henderson, of Washington City; Prof. A. Gra-
ham Bell, of Washington City; the Hon. Richard Olney, of Massachu-
setts, and the Hon. George Gray, of Delaware.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS.
At a meeting of the Board of Regents held March 12, 1903, the fol-
lowing resolution was adopted:
** Resolved, That in addition to the prescribed meeting held on the
fourth Wednesday in January, regular meetings of the Board shall be
held on the Tuesday after the frat Monday in December and on the
6th day of March, unless that date falls on Sunday, when the follow-
ing Monday shall be substituted.”
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 3
In accordance with, the above resolution the Board met on Decem-
ber 8, 1903, January 27, 1904, and March 7, 1904.
The following is an abstract: 6f its proceedings, which latter will be
found in the annual report of the Board to Congress:
Regular meeting of December 8, 1903.
Senator Platt and the Chancellor made statements with regard to the
new building for the National Museum, and the Secretary read a report
which showed that with the advice and consent of the Chancellor and
the chairman of the executive committee, as required by the resolution
of the Board adopted March 12, 1903, a contract had been made, under
date of May 18, 1903, with Messrs. Hornblower & Marshall, architects,
of Washington, D. C., for the necessary architectural services.
With regard to the special report of the executive committee as sub-
mitted by Doctor Bell, and the report of the special committee which was
read at length by the Chancellor, the Board, after discussion, adopted
resolutions providing for the printing of these reports and their dis-
tribution to the members of the Board.
The Secretary presented the compilation of laws which had heen
prepared in accordance with a resolution offered by Senator Cockrell
at the meeting of March 12, 1903, and the manuscript was referred to
Senator Cockrell for his examination and decision as to printing.
The Secretary read letters from the Hon. William Henry Bishop,
United States consul at Genoa, Italy, and from the committee of the
British burial ground fund, explaining the urgency of action with
regard to the removal of the remains of James Smithson.
Doctor Bell renewed the proposition which he made at the last
meeting that the remains of Smithson be brought to this country
at his expense, and after discussion the Board adopted the following
resolutions:
** Resolved, That Dr. A. Graham Bell be appointed as a committee
to take charge of the matter of the removal of the remains of -lames
Smithson from Genoa to Washington, with the request that the nego-
tiations and removal be conducted quietly and privately.
** Resolved, That upon the conclusion of this duty all expenses in-
volved by it be reimbursed to Doctor Bell from the funds of the
Institution.”
OT
ANNUAL MEETING OF JANUARY 27, 1904.
The Secretary announced that on January 12 the Speaker of the
House had reappointed Representatives Hitt, Adams, and Dinsmore as
Regents for two years; and also that Senator Henderson and Dr. A.
Graham Bell had been reappointed’ for a term of six years by joint
resolution approved by the President January 27, 1904.
The usual resolution relative to income and expenditure was adopted,
and the Secretary presented his annual report of the operations of the
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Institution and its several dependencies for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1903.
The Board adopted the annual report of the executive committee to
the same date, showing in detail the financial condition of the Institu-
tion.
Senator Henderson, chairman of the permanent committee, made
statements in regard to the proposed bequests of Addison T. Reid and
Joseph White Sprague; also concerning the will of Wallace C. Andrews,
and the present status of the Hodgkins and Avery funds. He further
reported upon the expenditures incurred by the Secretary since the
last annual meeting, in continuing his experiments in mechanical
flight under the authority of the Board.
The Secretary made a statement concerning the publications in
preparation by the Institution and also with regard to aerodromic
experiments carried on by him.
He reported that Congress, under a clause of the sundry civil act,
approved March 3, 1903, had authorized the erection of a new build-
ing for the National Museum at a cost not to exceed $3,500,000.
He spoke of the work of the Bureau of American Ethnology and of
his efforts to place the Bureau upon a sound administrative footing.
He recalled previous efforts to secure a law for the protection of
antiquities on the public domain, and urged present action. The
Board thereupon adopted a resolution to that effect.
The Secretary reported upon the work of the International
Exchanges, the National Zoological Park, and the Astrophysical
Observatory.
‘The report of the special committee to consider the question of
defining the duties of the executive committee was submitted by the
Chancellor, but action thereupon was deferred until the meeting of
March 7.
At the evening session of this meeting Dr. A. Graham Bell sub-
mitted in full his report upon the removal of James Smithson’s
remains from Genoa to Washington, which is on file with the records
of the Board and a lengthy abstract of which will be found on page 7.
After remarks, the Board adopted the following resolutions:
‘© Resolved, That the Board of Regents desire to record in the min-
utes of the Institution their profound appreciation of the voluntary
service of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell in personally going to Genoa
and returning with the remains of James Smithson that they might
find a resting place in the grounds of the Institution he so nobly
founded ‘for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.’
© Resolved, That the Chanceilor and the Secretary, with the members
of the executive committee, be appointed a committee upon the ques-
tion of the final disposition of the remains of James Smithson and of
the monument to be erected to him, with power to act in the entire
matter,”
Or
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REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 7, 1904.
The Chancellor read .in “full the report of the special committee
appointed to consider the question of defining the powers of the
executive committee, which was very fully discussed and adopted.
Doctor Bell then read the special report of the executive committee
as presented by him at the meeting of December 8, 1903. After dis-
cussion the Board adopted Senator Cullom’s motion that action on the
report be indefinitely postponed.
The report of the special committee on the disposition of the remains
of James Smithson, in which it was recommended that a fitting tomb
should be erected in the grounds of the Institution and that Congress
be requested to make an adequate appropriation for it, was submitted.
After remarks the report was adopted with the understanding that the
committee was to pursue the subject still further.
The Secretary brought before the Board the matter of the will of
the late Harriet Lane Johnston, who left a number of paintings to the
Corcoran Gallery of Art until a national gallery of art should be estab-
lished by the Government. The Corcoran Gallery had declined the
pictures under these conditions, and the Secretary had been addressed
with regard to the probability of the Government establishing such
a gallery of art under the Smithsonian Institution. The matter was
referred to the executive committee.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
The Institution has been for more than half a century one of the
most important agencies in the intellectual life of the American people.
It has furnished a center for workers in every department of scientific
and educational activity, and it has been the chief agency for the free
exchange of books, apparatus of research, and of scientific intelligence
between this and other countries. Its publications, which include
more than 250 volumes, are to be found in all of the important libraries
of the world, and some of them on the work table of every scientific
investigator. Its library constitutes an important part of the Library
of Congress, and its museum is the rarest in existence in many branches
of the natural history and ethnology of the New World.
For nearly sixty years it has been in constant cooperation with the
Government, with public institutions, and with individuals in every
enterprise, scientific or educational, which needed its advice, support,
oraid. ‘The appreciation of the work of the Institution by the Ameri-
can people is best testified by their representatives in Congress. This
has been clearly demonstrated through many successive terms regard-
less of political change; by the judgement with which their representa-
tives upon the Board of Regents are selected; by the care by which
they protect the Institution in its freedom from political entangle-
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ments; by the discrimination with which the reports are distributed,
and by numerous evidences of interest and liberality.
The objects of the Institution were defined by the founder in the
broadest possible terms, and interpreted by its first Secretary, Joseph
Henry, in the words ‘‘to assist men of science in making original
researches, to publish them in a series of volumes, and to give a copy
of them to every first-class library on the face of the earth.” While
the field has been of necessity narrowed from time to time, or diverted
in first one direction and then another, the breadth of scope has never
been narrowed. ‘That many of the efforts have grown so large as to
require either direct support of the Government by the establishment
of independent bureaus, finally coming under the direction of the
Executive Departments, or aid to agencies which continue under the
direction of the Institution, though sustained by Congressional appro-
priation, is but a further evidence of the fact that the charter of the
Institution has been adhered to both in the spirit and in the letter.
The United States Weather Bureau, the Geological Survey, the Fish
Commission, and the National Herbarium grew out of its earlier activi
ties, and the National Museum, the International Exchanges, the
Bureau of American Ethnology, the Zoological Park, and the Astro-
physical Observatory are still directed by it. It led the way in the
organization of library work in the United States; it took the initial
steps and continues to support schemes for international cataloguing,
and it maintains a benevolent relation with the American Historical
Association and the National Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
Sixty years ago it was relatively the best endowed scientific institu-
tion in the United States and one of two or three of national scope.
The magnificent endowments in this time of so many universities and
colleges have changed this relationship to one of pecuniary inferiority,
yet without changing the nature of the Institution’s relations to these.
To the organizations aiding in the scientific advancement of the
country, which advancement has in large measure contributed to the
material welfare of the United States, the interests benefited thereby
have in return made large endowments for original research either
through the great universities and societies of the land or by the
establishment of new academies, institutions, and museums. ‘To all
of these the Smithsonian Institution holds out a friendly cooperation,
its aim being, while continuing its own work upon its accepted lines
and adapting them to new needs as occasion arises, to continue along
the established policy of preventing rivalries, promoting wise cooper-
ation, diminishing waste, and furthering the search for knowledge,
the recording of discovered truth, and its dissemination among the
people.
It must at no time be forgotten, however, that the Institution, of
which the Government is trustee, was not limited either by the founder
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or by Congress to the people of the United States, but was designed
for allmen. The spreadingabroad of the work done by scientific men
in this country, the bringing to the knowledge of our own workers
the researches of men of other lands, the aiding in international con-
gresses which take place from time to time in various countries, the
promotion, in short, of friendly relations and useful cooperation
among scientific men the world over, and the advice and support to
our Government in such relations wherever possible, may be counted
in no small measure among the important works which the Institution
is carrying on.
THE REMOVAL OF THE REMAINS OF JAMES SMITHSON.
The remains of James Smithson, founder of the Smithsonian Insti-
tution, who died June 27, 1829, at Genoa, Italy, were deposited in the
little cemetery belonging to the English church, on the heights of San
Benigno, a solitary spot planted with cypress trees, and looking down
upon the Gulf of Genoa. In 1891 the Secretary of the Institution
visited the grave, and, with the approval of the regents, deposited with
the secretary of the English church fund a small sum to invest in Italian
5 per cent rents, for its perpetual care. It was visited on two later
occasions by the Secretary, who placed a bronze tablet containing a
bas-relief of Smithson, in the English church,-and one also at the
tomb, whence it was subsequently stolen.
In previous reports mention has been made of the suggested removal
of the remains of Mr. Smithson to America, in view of the probability
that before many years the site of the cemetery might be required by
the Italian authorities. In accordance with the resolution of the
Regents adopted December 8, 1903 (see p. 3), appointing him a com-
mittee to take charge of the removal of the the remains from Genoa
to Washington, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, accompanied by Mrs.
Bell, sailed on the 15th of December for the port of Cherbourg in
France, and going thence to Genoa, commenced at once the arrange-
ments for the transfer of the remains, arrangements which would have
occupied a quite indefinite time and incurred a corresponding delay
except -for the aid given by the United States consul, Mr. William
Henry Bishop, which Dr. Bell gladly acknowledges.
On opening the tomb in the presence of Dr. Bell, the United States
consul, Noel Lees, esq. (official representative of the British Burial
Ground Fund Association), and other witnesses, it was found that the
remains of Smithson, represented by the skeleton, were in fair preser-
vation, although the wooden coffin in which they had been inclosed
had molded away. The remains were placed in a metal casket and
deposited in the mortuary chapel of the cemetery, where they rested
until January 2, when the casket was inclosed in a coffin of strong
wood and covered with the American flag by Consul Bishop. On this
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occasion Doctor Bell, Mr. Bishop, and the other witnesses again
assembled and the following remarks were made:
REMARKS BY WILLIAM HENRY BISHOP, ESQ., UNITED STATES CONSUL.
Dr. ALEXANDER GRAHAM Bei: You arrived here, my dear Dr. Graham Bell,
charged by the Smithsonian Institution with the mission of removing to Washington
the remains of the founder of that Institution, James Smithson, who has been buried
till now in the cemetery where we stand since his death at Genoa in the year 1829.
Having been invited by you and by the Smithsonian Institution to aid you, to what
extent I might be able, in this object, it has been a matter of great pride and pleas-
ure to me that I have been allowed to do so.
All the steps necessary to such removal have now been taken. We have received
the authorization of the governmental heads of the province, the city, and the British
Burial Ground Fund, in which latter'the title to the cemetery and the custody of the
grave of James Smithson are vested, and all of these have kindly cooperated with us
in the work.
The body of James Smithson has now been reverently raised from the earth; it
has been placed in a case securely sealed, and this case stands ready to pass into the
charge of the Steamship company which will convey it to New York.
J assure you that it is with a feeling of real emotion that I have just now cast the
American flag over the body of this illustrious man, this noble but as yet little
known benefactor, as it is on the verge of beginning its journey to the United States.
The flag adopts him already, as it were, in the substance, for our country, to which
he has so long belonged in the spirit. He is now about to reéeive there a portion of
the outward veneration and homage he so supremely merits, and which, owing to
the modest circumstances of his life, and his interment here in some sense almost
forgotten, he has never had.
Shall I admit that on taking possession of my post as consul at Genoa I did not
even know who James Smithson was? I may say that I was surprised to learn that
he was buried at Genoa; more surprised still that he was an Englishman, who had
never even set foot in America. He left his great bequest to the United States, then
in its infancy, through admiring confidence in our future. It is likely that many, or
even most, Americans are in the same condition as was I myself; for occasion has
rarely arisen for taking thought as to the personality of the man. Happily this unen-
lightened condition of mind is about to cease.
Dr. Graham Bell, I wish you a hearty God-speed across the ocean with your
precious freight. The American people will receive it with general gratification,
and, through the Smithsonian Institution, will soon delight to pay it great honor.
RESPONSE BY DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL.
Mr. Consut: It is with feelings of deep emotion that I undertake the transporta-
tion of the remains of James Smithson from the cemetery where they have so long
reposed to their last resting place in the United States.
On behalf of the Smithsonian Institution allow me to thank you, Mr. Consul, for
the unwearied zeal and care with which you haye given me your assistance. With-
out your active cooperation and without your personal sympathy it would have been
difficult, indeed, for me to have accomplished the object of my mission here.
On behalf of the Smithsonian Institution I beg to thank you, too, Mr. Noel Lees,
for your courtesy and attention, and trust that you will convey to His British
Majesty’s consul-general and to the committee of the British Burial Ground Fund
my thanks, and the thanks of the Institution I represent, for their ready assistance
in furthering my mission.
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The United States of America will provide, in Washington, D. C., a suitable and
permanent resting place for the remains of her great benefactor, James Smithson,
through the tnstrumentality of the Smithsonian Institution, the establishment
created by the Government to perpetuate his name.
REMARKS BY NOEL LEES, ESQ.
Dr. GRAHAM Bett: I beg to thank you heartily for the words you have said with
regard to the aid you have received from the burial board and myself. Although
we regret to lose the remains of James Smithson, we at the same time feel that in the
country to which he left his money, with such charitable intent, his remains will
receive the honor and glory which have so long been due to them, and we must
understand that our loss is America’s gain. To us it will always remain a pleasant
memory that, from the date of his burial to the present day, we have had in our cus-
tody in this picturesque little churchyard, the remains of a man whose foresight and
kindness have enabled so many in the New World to benefit.
On the conclusion of these remarks the remains were placed on
board the steamer Pr/ncess Irene, of the North German Lloyd Com-
pany, which brought them to America in the personal charge of Dr.
Bell, the vessel reaching New York on the morning of January 20.
By direction of the President of the United States, the U.S. S. Dol-
phin met the Princess [rene in the lower bay and escorted her up the
harbor.
In the presence of Dr. Bell and the Secretary of the Institution, the
remains were transferred to a naval tug and conveyed to the Dolphin,
and in the continued charge of Dr. Bell were brought to Washington,
arriving at the Navy-Yard on Saturday, January 23.
On Monday the 25th the remains were transported by the naval
authorities, with suitable ceremonies, to the navy-yard gate, where
they were taken in charge by a cavalry escort furnished by the War
Department, and, accompanied by Assistant Secretary of State Loomis,
representing the President, by the British ambassador, the Regents
and the Secretary of the Institution, and the president of the Board of
Commissioners of the District of Columbia, they were conveyed to
the Smithsonian Institution, where the coftin, draped in the American
and. British flags, was deposited in the center of the main hall of the
building.
Dr. Bell, addressing Senator Frye in behalf of the Regents, said:
Mr. Senator: I have the honor to hand over to the Smithsonian Institution the
mortal remains of its founder, James Smithson, a Fellow of the Royal Society of
London, England, who died in Genoa, Italy, on the 27th of June, 1829.
For nearly seventy-five years the body of Smithson has reposed in an almost for-
gotten grave in the picturesque little British cemetery on the heights of San Beningo,
in Genoa. City improvements have led to the expropriation of this cemetery and
removal of the remains, and at the last meeting of the board of regents of the Smith-
sonian Institution I was appointed a committee to arrange for the transfer of the
remains of Smithson to this country. On my arrival in Genoa every facility was
afforded me for the accomplishment of my mission by the provincial and municipal
authorities, by His British Majesty’s consul-general, Mr. Keene; by the committee
of the British Burial Fund Association, in which is vested the ownership of the
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cemetery, as well as by our own consul, Mr. William Henry Bishop, to whom I am
much indebted for his yalued services.
On the 31st of December, 1903, the tomb of Smithson was opened in my presence,
as the representative of the Smithsonian Institution, and in the presence of the
American consul and six other witnesses. The remains of Smithson were reverently
raised from the grave and placed in a metallic casket, over which the consul of the
United States cast the American flag, while the witnesses stood around with uncov-
ered heads. The casket was then left in the mortuary chapel of the cemetery,
securely sealed and under guard, until the 2d of January, when it was placed in a
coffin of strong wood, as demanded by Italian law, and was then transported to the
North German Lloyd steamship Princess Irene, accompanied by the American consul
and myself.
The steamer sailed from Genoa on the 7th of January, and upon arrival in the
United States, the remains of Smithson were received with national honors by diree-
tion of the President, and of the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of War.
The remains were brought to Washington on board the U. 8. dispatch boat Dol-
phin, and have been escorted to the Smithsonian Institution by United States cavalry.
And now, Mr. Senator, my mission is ended, and I deliver into your hands, as the
representative of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, the remains
of this great benefactor of the United States.
Senator Frye replied:
Sir: The Smithsonian Institution receives with profound gratitude the remains of
its distinguished founder. Providence, every now and then, seems to place in the
world a man and inspires him with a purpose to elevate his fellow men. Such a
man was Mr. Smithson, the founder of this Institution. The spirit, sir, which
prompted you to such earnest endeavor, resulting as it did in taking these remains
from their resting place in a country foreign to him and foreign to us, and bringing
them here where for so many years we have enjoyed the rich fruits of his splendid
benefaction, your countrymen will appreciate. His grave here will be an incentive
to earnest, faithful, wise, and discreet endeavor to carry. out his lofty purposes, and,
sir, it will be to our people a sacred spot while the Republic endures.
The brief but impressive ceremonies of the occasion concluded with
the following prayer, offered by the Rev. Dr. Randolph H. McKim:
Almighty God, eternal source of light and truth, by whose wise providence all
things in heaven and earth are governed, we give thee thanks that thou didst put
into the heart of thy servant whose dust we receive with reverence here to-day, to
lay the foundation of this school of science, and we pray thee that it may more and
more be instrumental in the true interpretation of the laws of nature, and in unveil-
ing to the mind of man the glory of God in the work of his hands, to the end that
for all the generations to come this Institution may bea beacon light of truth and of
progress, to the glory of God and to the good of mankind. All this we beg through
Him by whom all things were made, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The remains rest temporarily in a room which contains the few per-
sonal relics of Smithson, until their final disposal by the Regents.
ADMINISTRATION.
In view of the ever-increasing responsibilities imposed upon the
Institution, both by the administration of its own fund and the several
dependencies placed by Congress under its direction, a system has
been from year to year carefully worked out, which, while retaining
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in a central office under the Secretary’s supervision, the general plan
of the whole Institution, has rendered it practicable to leave the carry-
ing out of details to those in immediate charge of the work of the
bureaus. I record with gratitude the ever-increasing aid rendered me
by the Regents, as evidenced not only through the increased amount
of time given to the policy of the Institution, but by their advice and
help in all matters, whether of policy or administration, in which their
aid has been sought.
BUILDINGS.
The ceiling of the large anthropological hall in the main Smithsonian
building has been practically reconstructed and the hall has been
painted and decorated anew. There has thus been practically made
available for use the largest single exhibition hall in the building, and
it is expected that the valuable archeeological collections of the Institu-
tion will be seen to better advantage than ever before. It is to be
regretted that the uncomfortable tread of the steps and the absence of
an elevator may deter many persons from visiting this very attractive
room.
The repairs to the roof of the main Smithsonian building have been
completed, and much-needed repairs were also made to the roof of the
Museum building.
FINANCES.
The permanent funds of the Institution are as follows:
BYXOLOVESIE Out MSV OU IH ONS (ON OV, od cys Mo) ane ee en SU ee eA Ne eco ey ee $515, 169. 00
Residuanyaleoacyronnomiutnsomen | S67 eee eee seer eee eres ee ae 26, 210. 63
IDS OSI AyRoNaM-SEINTANAAS CON WO(NOTINS, WO S555 cone Sshesesdoosedscue -oouesee 108, 620. 37
Bequest danmmesy lati tOmsnls (oles) aac rel ee d1, 000. 00
Accumulated interest on Hamilton fund, 1895 ..........---- 1, 000. 00
= 2, 000. 00
BSCE Oe Siianverover ISkoell WGK) ae ee ee eee aoe ee eoedeeudeeese 500. 00
Depositurom™ proceedsiofeale ot bonds, 188ily a= 2 ye en a eee 51, 500. 00
GChiits Oy Aarons, Er 1Slorsleateiney Webley eas Geos Gonoboskeese seeuoseeoe 200, 000. 00
Portion of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1894 .......---.--- 8, 000. 00
Depositeinomysayines oOhameconnes 90 Smysas see see eee ee eee a erle 25, 000. 00
RoOtalMermanemtuium done ere cies ne ae eee een eee 937, 000. 00
The above fund is deposited in the Treasury of the United States
and bears interest at 6 per cent per annum under the provisions of the
act organizing the Institution and act of Congress approved March 12,
1894. In addition to the permanent fund, the Regents hold certain
approved railroad bonds which form part of the fund established by
Mr. Hodgkins for investigations into the properties of atmospheric air.
At the beginning. of the fiscal year, July 1, 1903, the balance, as
stated in my last report, was $55,507.67. During the year the total
receipts by the Institution were $68,435.56. Of this sum, $57,754.17
was derived from the interest and the remaining $10,681.39 was
received from. miscellaneous sources.
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The disbursements during the year amounted to $77,294.90, the
details of which are given in the report of the executive committee.
The balance remaining to the credit of the Secretary on June 30, 1904,
for the expenses of the Institution was $46,648.33. A considerable
part of this balance is held against certain contingent obligations which
may be expected to mature as a result of various scientific investiga-
tions and publications in progress.
During the fiscal year 1904, the Institution was charged by Con-
gress with the disbursement of the following appropriations:
International Exchanges: 22525. 222 Bas 5 es ote ee eae a eee $26, 000
AmericantE thnolopys2. 2155 te oe eta eae See eee rears 40, 000
Astrophysical Observatonyo2 2-2 = 32045 = eee oe ee ee ee ees 15, 000
United States National Museum:
Murniture-anc csetinesh esa. eee eae see ae eee $22, 500
Heating and lighting 2. 2 eres eee seen eee eee 18, 000
Preservation omcollection si sae 180, 000
Purchase of 'specimens!2: 5: asc see oe eee eee 10, 000
ROS) ie See eae ew open here eeoseatooucosaas 500
181010) (ds eee eee Oty Pe Seen eee le Be ei eee oe Ne St Ses 2, 000
Rent-of-workshops)- ce so ees ees 4, 400
Repairs\to butldingss= os. 2 seen so ee eee ri ORS ee Rae 15, 000
| a eh oll 0 eer ele tae ans eee eek Pela ee acim Rees Mami ye A 17, 000
—— 269, 400
National’ Zool og icellig ear yey arse eee tre ol ar ere eee eee ee 95, 000
TRG Gea ee oa a peas eve A os Se Ct ae pa ee 445, 400
The following estimates were forwarded, as usual, to the Secretary
of the Treasury for carrying on the Government’s interests under the
charge of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1905.
This table shows the estimates and sums respectively appropriated:
Appropria-
Estimates. one!
International Exchanress-seccstece oreo tee ae eaeee ee Cerne ae seer $26, 000 $27, 000
American Ethnoloeyas. oss sseccne fee eee eae see eee eee eee 50, 000 40, 000
Astrophiysicali@ bsecvatowvie == paces eee ee eee eee eee eee eee ee ere 15, 000 15, 000
National Museum:
Hurnituretand fixturessss5-2-n cae ceee ceetseceoshe nee ae ee eae | $22, 500 $22, 500
Heatingand lighting. + oor ones ee se eee ane | 18, 000 | 18,000
FRITS ANNO Oi COW HARON 5 .co54 550s ssesbeobasnaaseb sossasacas | 210, 000 | 180, 000
Purchase of/specimensss.c.-- == 242 -- Bai cle staneie theteyaisteletate teeters | OOOO Re irate. .Fers
BOOKS Mia eestor aeee ee ners Jikan hae ae Ne ae ee | 5, 000 2, 000
POSED Or css crepare trot a eI eat oe oe NO a eo | 500 | 500
Buildimge repairs; so