i Ny iy Aly ne a4 ) : - iif i OP Y i opel ae fora < ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SHOWING THE OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES, AND CONDI- TION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906 W ASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1907 LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONTAN INSTITUTION ACCOMPANYING The Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1906. SMITHSONIAN Instirurion, Washington, May 13, 1907. 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 ending June 30, 1906. I have the honor to be, very respectfully. vour obedient servant, Cuas. D. Watcorr, Secretary. III ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906. SUBJECTS. 1. Proceedings of the Board of Regents for the sessions of Decem- ber 5, 1905, and January 24, March 6, and May 16, 1906. 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, 1906. 3. Annual report of the Acting Secretary, giving an account of the operations and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1906, with statistics of exchanges, ete. 4. General appendix, comprising a selection of miscellaneous mem- oirs of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institution, teachers, and others engaged in the promotion of knowledge. These memoirs relate chiefly to the calendar year 1906. Iy CONTENTS. Page. Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents : TE) CSOT TSS Se a eg eS ee III Generalesubjectss Ole tne: Amniual Weporte. = = ss es ee IV WOMECTILSAO Lamm CIO Nae Oe ee ee ed ee 2 ee ee Vv TRIS Ge DRA See Ss ee ee ee ee ee eee ee VIL MeniInErsie eno TC OrObtnemOs tablishiMenit === === == ss se ee a VUL RESeMiStOLethes Smithsonian en StICUGlON =: == een = ee IX PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS: Meetings of December 5, 1905, January 24, March 6, and May 16, TIS Oye OS ea eS ea ae el oe ee ee eee Oa ee eee XI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE for the year ending June 30, 1906: MONGTLOTEO fale OM Oe UL ye ole Oye ee ee ee XXIII Receiptseand expenditures tor the years == s= = ee 22. “Sy: APPLOpRiation tor: lntermnational sxchanies= == ss =e ee XXKV Detailsrolexpenditures! Ob Same! === Seen se XXV ApPpPLOpLiahion: form American Hi hnoOlogy= — ss ee eee ee XXVII Details ofexpendituresvOr Samets 22 se se = ee ee XXVII Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatery—..-_______.___________ XXVIII DetalscoMexpendituresiOb Sam Ges se se ee DOI Appropriations for the National) Museum: 2322222225 2 ee NNON Detail SOL expendinites-of Samers sss =. lies ee DO. Appropriation for the National Zoological Park____--_---_________- XLI DetalscoL expenditures, Ofsames 2 = a ee ee eee XL VEC SMU GLO Ne = eae oe eee ee Sa eke ee eee XLII (Graal ciate eet Se ee Se ee eee eee XLV ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS relative to Smithsonian Institution, (QMOR otek et pe ae ae ees ee ee ee ae es See XLVIL REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. HSE SMSO MMM Shu On een ae al ee ee Se a ee ae 1 Peer Stalbais hinae mips Soe Cee Be et Se ee ee ee os + Dav LEYGR ROP ont avert Se eee ee ee ON ee eee ee ee eee 4 Graeme rake COMSIG Cialis] OTe tee eet re et a 5 PAGINA SESE CLO TG eee caer eee ene eo eo te ee ee 8 RATTAN CS pee ner ae os een da ee ee ene CENT SE ee ee ee me ee 9 Researches : SOME SO MPa Mae Oe cere ee ee eB 2 ee Se ee iat OU Sein Sieh Gl eee ee ee ee A Se ee ie 12 HN SAE [Sa ec eee de ee es 14 SUD Cait ONS pane re eee Med eee = oe ee Le 16 [DOVES 1 Ball OVS tA) op ee Oe ee es Re a ee es ee cee Ee Lee Oe ee ee il International Catalogue of Scientific Literature____________+_______ 2 PresenyanlonnlOk American AnMOGUbeS== = — es ee ee ee ee 23 GiktsSetonuheslnstituiiones === == ee se eee SEN 1 SER 24 Gloreeasy noni ve Nees se 8 ee eee 24 Expositions, congresses, and celebrations__-_____________~-__~------ 25 Miscellaneous —.--_.---... a ee Pe Rel mo Pr So ae 26 vI CONTENTS. Nakiana) Galery Oben hea tS Se eee Phe sre collections of Charlies i. Breer... = => 2 ee eee There collection of Harriet Lane Jobnston—--- === 252 o2 ees =s NetLignat) SCO oe eee eee Buresaw oF American Bihnolocy-- -_- SS ee PeCTNALIONAl WNCHANSES = Se eee National Zoolotieal, Park. <==) 22. a ASEPGpuysical ODSerya tony. 2 8 ee ee eee Appendix : I. Report on the United States National Museum______-_________ II. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology________________ III. Report on the International Exchanges_____=-_______________ IV. Report on the National Zoological Park_____~ oon ee ae VY. Report on the Astrophysical Observatory___________ at VI. IREpOrmon.thne Tiprary = eee age ae Vite Report on the Publications... = ee Se es VELT. Report on the Lewis and Clark Exposition__-_—-._= === = GENERAL APPENDIX. ihe Smithsonian institution =... 22-0 eee eee Modern Theories of Electricity and Matter, by Madame Curie___________ ahosciyicy. Dy Eran: Himstedt.—-—- =) Besse ee eee Recent Advances in Wireless Telegraphy. by G. Marconi___-____________ Revisions of the Theory of Electrolysis, by H. S. Carhart_______________ Recent Progress in Astronomical Research, by C. G. Abbot______-__-____ AStronomy on Mont Blane by . Radau =e The Problem of the Metalliferous Veins, by James Furnam Kemp________ Tron Ore Reserves, by Charles Kenneth Leith... -_-- =~ -§- = == The Geology of the Diamond and Carbonado Washings of Bahia, Brazil. By Orville A. Derby: 2 5. 22 yi ee The Eruption of Vesuvius in April. 1906. by A. Lacroix__________________ To the North Magnetic Pole and through the Northwest Passage, by eG@ald A MmUNOSON Sa Iceland: Its History and Inhabitants, by Herr Jon Stefansson__________ The Recently Discovered Tertiary Vertebrata of Egypt. by C. W. Andrews_ Polyembryony and the Determination of Sex, by E. Bugnion____________ A Contribution to the Morphology of the Mammoth, Elephas primigenius Blumenbach; with an explanation of my attempt at a restoration, by E. Pfizenmayer Heredity, Dy i. Cucnolsa2 |= es te a ee eee The Bisons of the Caucasus, by A. Yermoloff._________- The Founding of Colonies by Atta sexdens, by Jakob Huber_____________ Quaternary Human Remains in Central Europe, by Hugues Obermaier___ The Origin of the Slavs, by Professor Zaborowski Scalping in America, by Georg Friederici_____________ === Zoology and Medicine, by Raphael Blanchard_________-_______-_ The Role of Chemistry in Painting, by Eugene Lemaire________________ Oils, Varnishes, and Mediums Used in the Painting of Pictures, by A. P. PanTie! 2-8 ee ee ee eee National Reclamation of Arid Lands, by C. J. Blanchard____________ international Science, by Arthur Schuster_____________________________ Samuel Pierpont Langley, by Cyrus Adler a a ee ee a LIST OF PLATES. ASTRONOMICAL RESEARCH (Ab- bot) : Pte oe. Sao Pater h iy se ee ee DIAMOND AND CARBONADO W ASH- INGS AT BauHra (Derby) : ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS' IN APRIL, 1906 (Lacroix) : Plater eee eee ee ee Blate ha ae 8 ae Pinterthe = =. 3 2eeere ss Piste siVi = =. Se eee Pigte ayia 2 ee ee ABT ISS (Cee eee eee Seen BCE LBs > = Se ea tev o e e ate UN oe PERO NS 2a et a So eee a lZi phi 2.6 pees eee ee ee Nae ow es es Ses Plate XIII Plate XIV NorktH MAGNETIC POLE AND NORETHWEST PASSAGE (Amundsen) : Plate I (colored) Pa a a ee ee Plate III Plate IV Plate Vi aan Eres ae Plate VI MorPHOLOGY OF THE MAMMOTH (Pfizenmayer ) : [3 0) ol re Pe BISONS OF THE Cascasus (Yer- moloff ) : FOUNDING OF COLONIES BY ATTA SEXDENS (Huber): 12) TE (eee a ee ee 2) Gy 97 fh es 5 eee PB Ger Rie ee Peck oes ee eae ig Dies ee ee ee ROLE OF CHEMISTRY IN PAINT- Ine (Lemaire): OILS AND VARNISHES IN PAINT- Incs (Laurie) : RECLAMATION OF ARID LANDS (Blanchard) : Vil THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. MEMBERS EX OFFICIO OF THE “ ESTABLISHMENT.” June 80, 1906. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, President of the United States. CHARLES W. FaArRBANKS, Vice-President of the United States. MELVILLE W. FULLER, Chief Justice of the United States. ELinv Root, Secretary of State. LESLIE M. SuHaw, Secretary of the Treasury. WILLIAM H. Tart, Secretary of War. WiLiiamM H. Moopy, Attorney-General. GrorcE B. CorTELYou, Postmaster-General. CHARLES J. BONAPARTE, Secretary of the Navy. ETHAN ALLEN HitcHcock, Secretary of the Interior. JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. Victor H. Mrercatr, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. REGENTS OF THE INSTITUTION. (List given on following page.) OFFICERS OF THE INSTITUTION. (Vacancy) Secretary. RIcHARD RATHBUN, Assistant Secretary, in Charge U. S. National Musewm (Acting Secretary). Cyrus ADLER, Assistant Secretary, in Charge of Library and Exchange. VIII REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. By the organizing act approved August 10, 1846 (Revised Statutes, 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 Representatives, 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 THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906. Term expires. 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: CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS, ex officio March 4, 1905________ Mar. 3, 1909 United States Senators: SHELBY M. CULLOM (appointed March 24, 1885; March 28, 1889; December 18, 1895, and March 7, 1901) ----_________ Mar. 3, 1907 HENRY CABOT LODGE (appointed December 7, 1905) _—-__ Mar. 3, 1911 AUGUSTUS O. BACON (appointed December 7, 1905)_-____ Mar. 3, 1907 Members of the House of Representatives : ROBERT R. HITT (appointed August 11, 1898; January 4, 1894; December 20, 1895; December 22, 1897; January 4, 1900; December 13, 1901; January 12, 1904, and December ae TRG. OS) ico san eet og ie ES oh oe Re ee ee a Dec. 25, 1907 ROBERT ADAMS, Jr. (appointed December 20, 1895; De- cember 22, 1897; January 4, 1900; December 13, 1901; January 12, 1904, and December 13, 1905. Died June 1, AG 9) eee rece es eee eg ee ee Pe HUGH A. DINSMORE (appointed January 4, 1900; Decem- bere 190l and damvery 25904) aoe Ss ee eee Dee. 27, 1905 WILLIAM M. HOWARD (appointed December 13, 1905) _____ Dee. 25, 1907 JOHN DALZELL (appointed June 12, 1906) -______________- Dec. 25, 1907 x REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Citizens of a State: JAMES B. ANGELL, of Michigan (appointed January 19, 1887; January 9, 1893; January 24, 1899, and January De OOS) er = eee en a ee ANDREW D. WHITE, of New York (appointed February 15, 1888; March 19, 1894; June 2, 1900, and April 23, 1906) -—- RICHARD OLNEY, of Massachusetts (appointed January 24, 1900} andehebruanye23 6906) ea a a GEORGE GRAY, of Delaware (appointed January 14, 1901) - Citizens of Washington City: JOHN B. HENDERSON (appointed January 26, 1892; Jan- ine Ph eis keys fal dienanbenay AG, NO) a ree ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (appointed January 24, 1898, ING TANNA Y e210 OF) ee ee ee ee ee Executive Committee of the Board of Regents. JOHN B. HENDERSON, Chairman. Term expires. . 23, 1911 . 21, 1910 27, 1910 ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL. ROBERT R. HITT. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906. 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 Wednesday 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 fellowing Monday shall be sub- stituted. In accordance with this resolution, the Board met at 10 o’clock a.m. on December 5, 1905, and on January 24+ and March 6, 1906. A special meeting was also held on May 16, 1906. REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 5, 1905. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; Rep- resentative R. R. Hitt, Representative Robert Adams, jr., Represent- ative Hugh A. Dinsmore, Dr. Andrew D. White, the Hon. John B. Henderson, the Hon. George Gray, and the Acting Secretary, Mr. Richard Rathbun. The Acting Secretary announced that the Secretary was unable to be present on account of illness. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the meeting held March 6, 1905, were read in abstract and approved. DEATH OF SENATOR O. H. PLATT. The Chancellor said: “ It becomes my sad duty to bring to the attention of the Board a matter which is undoubtedly in the minds of us all—the departure of our friend and late colleague, Orville H. Platt. He died in the midst of his labors, cut like a diamond with its own dust. In view of his long and eminent career, and of the many years of faithful, intelligent, and useful service rendered this Insti- tution, I suggest that we put upon our records a minute expressive of our sense of loss.” Judge Gray then offered the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: | Whereas the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution is called upon to mourn the death, on April 21, 1905, of Orville Hitchcock Platt, a member of the Board since 1899; Be it resolved, That the Regents give expression to their sense of loss in the xI XII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. demise of a man of exemplary rectitude, who discharged all his duties with wisdom, fidelity and conscientious care; a statesman of the first rank whose services to his country are of enduring worth. This Board has lost a colleague whose interest in the affairs of the Institution was ever keen, and whose sery- ices were always helpful. At the meetings of the Board, on committees to which he was appointed, and in the Senate Chamber, his voice was always given with that combination of progressive thought and conservative judgment which so distinguished his character. In his death the nation has lost a wise states- man, the Institution a valued counsellor, and the members of the Board a cherished friend. Resolved, That this resolution be entered as a part of the journal of the Board, and a copy thereof be transmitted to Mrs. Platt. THE FREER ART COLLECTIONS. The Chancellor brought before the Board the offer of Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, Michigan, to bequeath or make present convey- anee of title to his art collections to the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government, as indicated in his letter to the Secre- tary of December 27, 1904. The Acting Secretary read a letter from Mr. Freer, acknowledging the resolution adopted by the Board at its meeting on March 6, 1905. After an extended discussion it was, on motion of Judge Gray: Resolved, That in view of the difficulties concerning any action by the Regents in reference to the offer made by Mr. Freer, and of our high appreciation of the generosity exhibited by him, the Secretary be instructed to write Mr. Freer asking his permission to make public the correspondence between him and the Regents regarding his said offer. The following resolution was also agreed to: Whereas the special committee appointed to visit Detroit and examine the art collection of Mr. Freer reported that ‘it was mutually agreed that, at some early period during the next session of Congress and at the convenience of the Board of Regents of this Institution, Mr. Freer would visit Washington and exhibit such portions of his collection as might properly and fairly represent the whole; ” Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to provide a suitable place in the building of the Smithsonian Institution or the United States National Museum for the exhibit of such collections as Mr. Freer may desire to bring to Wash- ington, and that he communicate with Mr. Freer to ascertain what time would be most convenient for the exhibit of a representative selection as agreed upon between Mr. Freer and the committee of the Board of Regents. DEFALCATIONS OF W. W. KARR. The Acting Secretary submitted to the Board, on behalf of the Secretary, a statement of the defalcations of W. W. Karr, for many years the accountant and disbursing agent of the Institution, involv- ing a serious loss to its income. After remarks by Senator Hender- PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XIII son, chairman of the executive committee, and others, the following resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the matter of the Karr defalcations be referred to the execu- live committee with a request that they will consider it fully and make report at the next meeting of the Board. NEW BUILDING FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. The Acting Secretary reported progress in the construction of the new building for the National Museum. The first stone was laid on August 21, 1905, and the walls and piers of the basement were approaching completion. The steel girders for the main floor were at hand, and it was expected that the walls of another story would be finished before the end of the fiscal year. ANNUAL MEETING OF JANUARY 24, 1906. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; Sen- ator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator A. O. Bacon, Representative Rob- ert Adams, jr., Representative W. M. Howard, Dr. J. B. Angell, the Ton. Richard Olney, the Hon. George Gray, Dr. A. Graham Bell, and the Acting Secretary, Mr. Richard Rathbun. APPOINTMENT OF REGENTS. The Chancellor announced the appointment of Regents, as fol- lows: By the Vice President, on the part of the Senate, December 7, 1905: Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in place of Senator Orville H. Platt, deceased; and Senator A. O. Bacon to succeed Senator Francis M. Cockrell, whose term of service in the Senate had expired. By the Speaker, on the part of the House of Representatives, December 13, 1905: Representatives R. R. Hitt and Robert Adams, jr., to succeed themselves, and Representative W. M. Howard to succeed Mr. Hugh A. Dinsmore, whose term as Representative had expired. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the meeting held December 5, 1905, were read in abstract and approved. THE SECRETARY *S ABSENCE. The Chancellor read a letter from the Secretary explaining that ill- ness would prevent his attendance at the meeting, and asking the indulgence of the Board for his absence from his post. The Secre- XIV PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. tary stated that his last annual report to the Board had been com- pleted prior to his illness and would be laid before the meeting, and that he was confident that the affairs of the Institution were well in hand and its work would go forward. RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE. On behalf of the executive committee Doctor Bell offered the fol- lowing resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That the income of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, 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 Acting Secretary submitted the annual report of the Secretary to June 30, 1905, which was accepted. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Doctor Bell submitted the annual report of the executive commit- tee to June 30, 1905, which, on motion, was accepted, with the under- standing that it might be brought up at the next meeting for adoption. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PERMANENT COMMITTEE. The permanent committee reported, through Doctor Bell, as fol- lows: Hodgkins fund.—The case of Smith v. O'Donoghue has been set tor hearing on the 13th of February next. This case, in which the Institution is interested as residuary legatee under the will of Mr. Hodgkins, involves the hability of the residual estate on a warranty deed of certain property in New York City conveyed by Mr. Hodg- kins in May, 1871. It was decided in favor of the Institution in the appellate division, and the chances are considered excellent for suc- cess in the court of appeals. Andrews will case.—The hearing upon the application of the exec- utor to have the Andrews will interpreted was had in the New York supreme court, and a decision has been handed down establishing the right of the Andrews Institute for Girls to receive the legacy pro- vided in the will, thus depriving the Smithsonian of the residual legacy of perhaps one and a half million dollars. Counsel of the Institution are of the opinion that though the decision in the lower court is unfavorable to the Institution the prospects of success in the appellate division are good. It is the intention to join with the heirs in appealing the case. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XV Avery bequest—Offers have been received during the year from private parties for the purchase of several of the Avery properties, but as they were deemed inadequate, the proposals were not consid- ered. An appraisement of these properties shows an estimated total valuation of $35,500. Sprague and Reid bequests ——There have been no changes in the status of the Sprague and Reid bequests during the year. On motion the report was accepted. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ON THE DEFALCATIONS OF WwW. W. KARR. Doctor Bell, on behalf of the executive committee, presented a report based upon their examination into the defalcations of W. W. Karr, in comphance with the resolution of the Board of December 5, 1905. The methods employed by the former accountant in abstract- ing funds and the amounts embezzled were fully set forth. The pecu- lations consisted mainly in appropriating miscellaneous receipts derived from the sale of publications, repayments of moneys, ete., though approximately $4,000 had been taken from funds received for the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature and $7,400 from Government appropriations for the National Museum. The latter sum, however, was immediately repaid by the company by which Karr was bonded. The capital of the Institution, in view of the manner of its investment, could not be touched. Immediately upon the discovery of the defalcation Karr was appre- hended. Later he was indicted, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary. The report concluded with a statement of the safeguards which had been adopted to prevent the further misappropriation of funds, and with a draft of the following resolution : Resolved, That the executive committee be authorized to employ an expert sccountant to act as clerk of the committee in connection with its examination of accounts. The resolution was agreed to and the report accepted. Doctor Bell expressed the opinion that the Institution was respon- sible for the amount abstracted by the accountant from the funds of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature, which amount should have been forwarded to the London office by the Institution, in accordance with its agreement to act as the American representa- tive for the collection and transmission of subscriptions. This view was accepted by the Board, and on motion of Judge Gray the follow- ing resolution was adopted: Resolved, That the executive committee be instructed to make application to Congress, as they may see fit, for an appropriation to cover the amount col- lected by the Institution for the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature and embezzled by its former accountant. XVI PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. THE FREER ART COLLECTIONS. The Chancellor laid before the Board a letter from the President, urging the acceptance of the Freer collections, and inclosing a com- munication from Mr. Freer, dated December 15, 1905, reciting the terms and conditions of his offer as then made through him. These letters are as follows: THe WHITE Howse, Washington, December 19, 1905. To the Chief Justice of the United States, Chancellor of the Smithsonian Insti- tution. and Member of the Board of Regents: Sm: I herewith inclose a copy of a letter sent to me by Mr. Charles L. Freer offering to bequeath his art collections to the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government. together with $500,000 in money to construct a suit- able building; or if it is deemed preferable, to make a present conveyance of the title to such Institution or the Government and a bequest of the sum of $500,000 for the building. The offer is made upon certain terms and conditions which, in my judgment, are proper and reasonable. It is impossible to speak in too high terms of the munificence shown by Mr. Freer in this offer: and it is one which the Government of the United States should at once close with as a matter of course. Mr. Freer’s collection is liter- ally priceless; it includes hundreds of the most remarkable pictures by the best known old masters of China and Japan. It also includes hundreds of pic tures, studies, and etchings by certain notable American artists, those by Whistler alone being such as would make the whole collection of unique value— although the pictures by the Chinese and Japanese artists are of even greater worth and consequence. There are other art pieces which I need not mention. Any comptent critic can testify to the extraordinary value of the collection. I should suggest that either Doctor Sturgis Bigelow or Mr. John La Farge be sent to Detroit to examine the collection, if there is any question about it; although I assume that every member of the Board of Regents is familiar with its worth. The conditions which Mr. Freer imposes are in effect that nothing shall be added to or taken from the collection after his death, and that the col- lection shall be exhibited by itself in the building to be constructed for it with- out charge to the public; furthermore, that he shall have the right to make such additions to the collection as he may deem advisable, but not to take any- thing away from it after April next. the collections remaining in the possession of Mr. Freer until his death and then in the possession of his executors until the completion of the building. These conditions are, of course, eminently proper. All that is asked of the Government or the Regents of the Smithsonian now is that they shall accept this magnificently generous offer. Nothing whatever else is demanded at present. When Mr. Freer’s death occurs land will, of course, have to be allotted for the erection of the building—a building which will itself be a gift of great beauty to the Government—and when the building is com- pleted and the collection installed therein, and not before, Congress will have to take some steps to provide the comparatively small sum necessary to take care of what will be a national asset of great value. I need hardly say that there are any number of communities and of institu- tions which would be only too glad themselves to promise to erect such a build- ing as that which Mr. Freer is going to erect, for the sake of getting this col- lection. The offer is one of the most generous that ever has been made to this Government, and the gift is literally beyond price. All that is now asked is PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. eV LT that we shall agree to accept on behalf of the nation the great benefit thus to be bestowed upon the nation. I hope that the Regents of the Smithsonian will feel warranted to close with the offer; for they are the national guardians of such a collection. If in their wisdom they do not see their way to accept the gift, I shall then be obliged to take some other method of endeavoring to prevent the loss to the United States Government, and therefore to the people of the United States, of one of the most valuable collections which any private individual has ever given to any people. Sincerely yours, (Signed ) THEODORE ROOSEVELT. WASHINGTON, D. C., December 15, 1905. To the PRESIDENT: Permit me to repeat my offer to bequeath my art collections to the Smith- sonian Institution or to the United States Government, and also the sum of five hundred thousand dollars in money for the purpose of constructing a suitable building in which to house them, upon the following terms and conditions: First. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars shall be paid by my executors to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government promptly after my decease, and shall be used forthwith for the construction of a fireproof building connected with the National Museum, the construction of which has been recently authorized, or reasonably near thereto. Second. The interior of this building shall be arranged with special regard for the convenience of students and others desirous of an opportunity for uninter- rupted study. A suitable space shall be provided in which the Peacock Room shall be reerected complete. The whole interior arrangement of the building shall be agreed upon between the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and myself within a reasonable time after the acceptance of this offer. Third. The collections, with such additions thereto as shall be made during my lifetime, shall be delivered by my executors to the Regents immediately after the building is constructed and ready to receive them. Fourth. The collections and the building shall be cared for and maintained perpetually by the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government at its own expense. Fifth. No addition or deduction shall be made to the collections after my death, and nothing else shall ever be exhibited with them, or in the same build- ing, nor shall the said collections, or any part thereof, be removed at any time from the said building except when necessary for the purpose of making repairs or renovations in the building. Sixth. No charge shall ever be made for admission to the building or for the privilege of examining or studying the collections. Seventh. The collections and building shall always bear my name in some modest and appropriate form. In lieu of the foregoing offer, I am willing, upon the conditions above expressed, to make a present conveyance of the title to said collections to the Institution or the Government, and a bequest of the sum of five hundred thou- sand dollars for the building, provided : 1. The collections shall remain in my possession during my life, and in the possession of my executors after my death until the completion of the building. 2. I shall have the right to make such additions to the collections as may seem to me advisable or necessary for the improvement of the collections, or any of them. sM 1906——1iI XVIII PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 3. On or before April next, I will file with the officials of the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government a descriptive inventory of the objects belonging to the collections. 4. Both I and my executors shall be free from any liability on account of any loss in, or danger that may accrue to the collections while in my or their charge, even though such loss or injury shall occur by reason of my or their negligence, or the negligence of my or their servants, agents or employees. The exact form of the bequest or gift, and the details for carrying it into execution, are legal questions that can be agreed upon by counsel representing the Institution or the Government and myself. I am, with great respect, very sincerely yours. 2 CHARLES L, FREER. This offer differed from that made directly to the Secretary of the Institution under date of December 27, 1904, in omitting the word “changes” in section 3 of the proposition to bequeath, leaving to Mr. Freer only the right to add to the collections, section 2 of the offer to make present conveyance being also modified to the same effect. Under the offer of present conveyance an additional clause, numbered 3, had been added, as follows: “ On or before April next I will file with the officials of the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government a descriptive inventory of the objects belonging to the collections.” After a discussion of the significance of these changes and of reso- lutions offered by Doctor Bell looking toward the acceptance of the offer, the following resolution was adopted : The Board of Regents, recognizing the great value to the people of the United States of the art collection so generously offered by Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, Michigan, Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution do hereby accept the tender of Mr. Freer to make present conveyance to the Institution of the title to his art collection, and to bequeath to the Institution the sum of five hundred thousand dollars for the construction of a fireproof building in which to house it—under the terms as stated in his communication to the President of the United States dated December 15, 1905. REQUEST OF BELL & CO. FOR REIMBURSEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH THE BARNETT FORGERIES. Doctor Bell read a letter from Messrs. Bell & Co., bankers, request- ing that the Institution submit an estimate to Congress for the sum of $525, with interest, to reimburse the bank in that amount, which had been paid on forged indorsements of Frank M. Barnett while an employee of the Bureau of American Ethnology. Doctor Bell said that the letter had been considered by the executive committee which had resolved to submit it to the Board of Regents with a recom- mendation that it be referred to the attorney of the Institution for examination and report. On motion, the letter was so referred. PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. XIX REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 6, 1906. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; the Vice-President, Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Senator A. O. Bacon; Representative Robert Adams, jr.; Representative W. M. Howard; Dr. Andrew D. White; Dr. A. Gra- ham Bell, and the Acting Secretary, Mr. Richard Rathbun. DEATH OF SECRETARY LANGLEY. The Chancellor announced the death of Secretary Langley, at Aiken, South Carolina, on February 27, 1906, and designated the Vice-President and Senator Lodge as a committee to draft a suitable minute to be spread upon the records and to be transmitted to the family of Mr. Langley. The following resolution was subsequently adopted by a rising vote: Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution express their profound sorrow at the death on February 27, 1906, of Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the Institution since 1887, and tender to the relatives of Mr. Langley their sincere sympathy in their bereavement ; That in the death of Mr. Langley this Institution has lost a distinguished, efficient and faithful executive officer, under whose administration the interna- tional influence of the parent Institution has been greatly increased, and by whose personal efforts two important branches of work have been added to its care—the National Zoological Park and the Astrophysical Observatory ; That the scientific world is indebted to Mr. Langley for the invention of important apparatus and instruments of precision, for numerous additions to knowledge, more especially for his epoch-making inventions in solar physics, and for his efforts in placing the important subject of aerial navigation upon a sci- entific basis ; That all who sought the truth and cultivated science, letters, and the fine arts, have lost through his death a coworker and a sympathizer ; That the executive committee be requested to arrange for a memorial meeting to be held in Washington ; That Dr. Andrew D. White be invited to prepare a suitable memorial which shall form a part of the records of this Board ; That the expenses of the funeral of Mr. Langley be provided for out of the income of the Institution. APPOINTMENT OF REGENT. The Chancellor announced the reappoitment of Mr. Richard Olney asa Regent by joint resolution of Congress approved February 23, 1906. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING. The minutes of the annual meeting held January 24, 1906, were read in abstract and approved. xX PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. The report of the executive committee for the year ending June 30, 1905, presented and accepted at the annual meeting, was adopted. REQUEST OF BELL & CO. FOR REIMBURSEMENT. Doctor Bell, on behalf of the executive committee, reported that in accordance with the action of the Board at its last meeting the request of Bell & Co. had been submitted to the attorney for the Institution, who had expressed the opinion that the Institution was neither morally nor legally obligated. The matter was referred back to the committee for further inquiry and consideration, and Senator Bacon was designated to act with the committee. INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. Doctor Bell, on behalf of the executive committee, referring to the resolution adopted at the last meeting, authorizing the committee to apply to Congress for an appropriation to cover the amount collected for the International Catalogue by the Institution, and embezzled by the late accountant, reported that it was deemed inadvisable to make such application, but recommended that Congress be asked to appro- priate funds for the continuance of the catalogue on behalf of the Government. He offered the following resolutions, which were sepa- rately adopted: Resolved, That there be paid to the Central Bureau of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature at London, from time to time as the funds permit, the sum embezzled by W. W. Karr from the subscriptions to this Cata- logue collected by the Institution. Resolved, That it is the sense of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution that the work for the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera- ture be continued, and that application be made to Congress for a sufficient annual appropriation to enable this work to be carried on under the direction of the Institution. RESOLUTIONS OF THE AERO CLUB. The Acting Secretary read the following resolutions regarding the aerodromic work of the late Secretary, which had been adopted by the Aero Club of America on January 20, 1906: Whereas our esteemed colleague, Dr. S. P. Langley, Secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution, met with an accident in launching his aerodrome, thereby missing a decisive test of the capabilities of this man-carrying machine, built after his models, which flew successfully many times; and Whereas, in that difficult experiment, he was entitled to fair judgment and distinguished consideration because of his important achievements in investi- gating the laws of dynamic fiight, and in the construction of a variety of successful flying models: Therefore be it PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. xXXI Resolved, That the Aero Club of America, holding in high estimation the contributions of Doctor Langley to the science of aerial locomotion, hereby expresses to him its sincerest appreciation of his labors as a pioneer in this important and complex science; and Be it further resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and to Doctor Langley. ELECTION OF A SUCCESSOR TO THE LATE SECRETARY LANGLEY. May 16, 1906, was fixed by the Board as the date for a special meet- ing for the election of a Secretary. SPECIAL MEETING OF MAY 16, 1906. Present: Mr. Chief Justice Fuller (Chancellor) in the chair; the Vice-President, Mr. Fairbanks, Senator S. M. Cullom, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Senator A. O. Bacon, Representative R. R. Hitt, Rep- resentative Robert Adams, jr., Representative W. M. Howard, Dr. J. B. Angell, Dr. Andrew D. White, the Hon. J. B. Henderson, the Hon. Richard Olney, the Hon. George Gray, and Dr. A. Graham Bell. The Chancellor stated that the meeting had been called by the action of the Board at its last meeting for the purpose of electing a successor to Secretary Langley. The Board then went into execu- tive session, Judge Gray acting as Secretary. DONATION OF MR. S. P. LANGLEY’S MEDALS AND TOKENS. The Chancellor read the following memorandum from the Acting Secretary : IT am sure you will consider it of interest to announce to the Board of Regents that the heirs of the late Secretary Langley have presented to the Smithsonian Institution all of the medals and other tokens received by Mr. Langley in recogni- tion of his contributions to the advancement of knowledge. Among these are gold medals from the Royal Society of London, the Institute of France, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. It is proposed to assemble these, together with some of the earlier pieces of apparatus with which Mr. Langley began his memorable observations on the physics of the sun, in a case in the National Museum, alongside of those dedicated to the memory of Professor Henry and Professor Baird. ELECTION OF A SECRETARY. The question of the election of a Secretary was then taken up, and, after discussion, it was “moved by the Vice-President that the election of a Secretary be postponed to the next regular meeting of the Board.” So voted. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION For THE YEAR ENpDING JUNE-30, 1906. To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: Your executive committee respectfully submits the following report in relation to the funds, receipts, and disbursements of the Insti- tution and the disbursement of the appropriations by Congress for the National Museum, the International Exchanges, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the National Zoological Park, and the Astro- physical Observatory for the year ending June 30, 1906, and balances of previous appropriations. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Condition of the fund July 1, 1906. The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which it has been derived are as follows: DEPOSITED IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES. BEC UESErOt a SI TUNSO Tyee 64 gate ee ee ee $515, 169. 00 Residuary lacacysor Smithson 1867222 = ee 26, 210. 63 DepOsit from tsuvings sof income. I8Gfe==— "= 2s eee ss ee 108, 620. 37 Bequestiot James Hamilton? 1S fo2s2 2 = $1, 000. 00 Accumulated interest on Hamilton fund, 1895__________ 1, 000. 00 a 2, 000. 00 Bequesicot Simieon! EaneligiSSO sas = aoe a ee ee ee 500. 00 Deposits from proceeds of sale of bonds, 1881_____-___-___________- 51, 500. 00 GiltoOf hnOmasyG-) FOOL KINS wl Soles 2s Se ee eee 200, 000. 00 Part of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1 SO 8, 000. 00 DEPOSIE MLOMeESAVInES "OL INCOME)? 190322. 222s sen ee ee es 25, 000. 00 Total amount of fund in the United States Treasury_______ 937, 000. 00 HELD AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Registered and guaranteed bonds of the West Shore Railroad Com- pany pact of lesicy, oft homas! G, Hogrkine== 2 Ss 42, 000. 00 Totlempernianent dwn =— o> = fee a ee a 979, 000. 00 XXIII XXIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. That part of the fund deposited in the Treasury of the United States bears interest at 6 per cent per annum, under the provisions of the act of August 10, 1846, organizing the Institution, and an act of Congress approved March 12, 1894. The rate of interest on the West Shore Railroad bonds is 4 per cent per annum. By the final settlement of the estate of the late Thomas G. Hodg- kins during the past year the Institution received, in May, 1906, the balance of the residuary legacy left by this benefactor. It amounted to $7,850, in the form of registered bonds of the United States, now recorded in the name of the Smithsonian Institution, and held subject to the order of the Board of Regents. Interest had accumulated on these bonds to the amount of $3,225.55, which sum was paid in cash and deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the cur- rent account of the Institution. Statement of receipts and disbursements from July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906. RECEIPTS. Cash on deposit in the United States Treasury July 1, 1905_________ $5, 153. 92 Interest on fund deposited in the United States Treasury to July 1, 1905__________ $28, 110. 00 Interest on fund deposited in the United States Treasury to January 1, 1906_______ 28, 110. 00 $56, 220. 00 Interest on West Shore Railroad bonds to January 1, SLOG): pees = eee ER Seemed Cae PEN. Le Oe oa 1, 6SO. 00 Accumulated interest on Hodgkins residuary legacy_____ By, LRA), YD Real-estate rentals, Avery bequest____.________________ 440. 41 Repayments, cash from sale of publications, ete_________ 6, O96. 43 67, 662. 39 RO tal=Treceip tse Saks a Ts See 14, SING, Bl DISBURSEMENTS. suildings, care and repairs_______ Se oe eo TA A OO esi MOMS EME) THURS So ES Oh ee 368. 87 General expenses: Salaries ee eee ob kee Abal te ois, Ue BLM $15, 615. 28 Meetings ______ Base See er ee 699. 20 Stationery; = ae SE 568. SO HOStag emai datele csc saan en 279. O09 HRSA a) cee oe eam, see rs Meer eee ed te vs 139. 66 incidentals: =< CLS: PIES he eee 3, 316. 17 20, 618. 20 Library : Purchase of books, binding, ete __________ 826. 00 SS Dares ee A EO ee OF 1 ce eee 1, 193. 00 ———— 2,019.00 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXV Publications and their distribution: Contributions to knowledge______________ $73. 06 TCDOLLS sean = we ere ame Se oe ee 482. 02 Miscellaneous collections ___-_____________ 5, 094. 90 Bubkcationesuppliess A822! 28 oe 58. 37 Seer see ek cere eens 9 ak 6, 319. 00 — ———$12, 027. 35 ESplOrahions sand! sesearenes=— ae ae Tee ee 1, O54. 66 Hodgkins specific fund : Researches and publications 2-2-2. 2 e 3, 906. 66 Invernationall exchangsege—* -2- 2 ee eee eS 2, 110. 78 International Catalogue of Scientific Literature: Silani@Sye 22 2 2S ee 2 eee ae ee 3, 760. 34 SHU DLW CS ese ee a Bee 153. 38 er oie ee NSEC) ee ee ee ae ee ee 1, 069. 82 Obituary expenses, Secretary Langley _________ a i ee 1, OSO. 81 EST Sat ative eee ee er ee ee ee ee 10, 000. 00 SS RS IS Balance June 30, 1906, deposited with the United States Treas- Wire Se ee Ce bee ee Se ee ee ee ae ee ee ane ea 10, 184. 13 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 Institution, and all payments are made by checks signed by the Secretary. Your committee also presents the following statements in regard to the appropriations and expenditures for objects intrusted by Con- gress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution, based on expendi- tures by the disbursing agent and audited by the Auditor for the State and other Departments. Detailed statement of disbursements from appropriations committed by Congress to the care of the Smithsonian Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906, and from balances of former years. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For expenses of the system of international exchanges between the United States and foreign countries under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaris or compensation of all necessary employees and the purchase of necessary books and peri- odicalse (Sundin, cCiviltact Marches, 190s) 252 ee ee $28, SOO. 00 DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries or compensation : 1 assistant secretary, at $225___.________ $2, 700. 00 iRclenicwaie yi) 0 a= =e ee ee 1, 800. 00 PAPC ORICS es clitcar piled 5 nek meee ea PS ed 1, 750. 00 Keil REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Salaries or compensations—Continued. fclerk 3a $116:6622 2-22 ee $1, 399. 92 2 Clerks + at. S00 ao oe 1, 886. 66 imclerk sat S102 see ee eee 835. 34 fe clerk ail: S652 25—-e nes Sen ee ee 780. 00 1 stenographer, at $110 and $125________ 1, 402. 50 iecarpenter at: p01. eee 84. 93 AP WOLKMA Vatu (Se = eee ee ee 840. 00 IR PACKEE ats oo ee eee ee ee 512. 42 ieskilled) laborer. at fs02 40. 00 1 skilled laborer, at $45 and $55_________ 140. 75 1 messenger, at $30 and $35__________-__ 387. 50 2 messenger DOYS, dt 20-2 267. 50 1 messenger boy, at $20 and $25______-_- 267. 50 ieacent at SO6:004——- == eee 800. 00 ieavent ateplos. s-s ae a eee 180. 00 AS CIG aie eee ee eee ee 900. OO Motalisalaries om compensations .— === =a $16, 975. 02 General expenses: JEXOYO eS) see a ee ee ee 76. 15 IB OXCS Steen Se. Se Se eS 1, 319. 00 Hireignt Cte <2 2s ob ee eS 8, 503. 6! MNCL R ee a ee ee 14. 05 Postage ie hey st hou st 29s ine le Re ee 400. 00 Srpples electricity. cte2—-— 299. 03 Stationery: -ciC@== == ee eee 307. 20 10, 919. 03 Total GdiSbursements S52 ss ree ee ee ne ee $27, 894. 05 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities_________ 905. 95 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1905. Balance July 1.1905, ‘as per’ last report eee $4, 513. 95 DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries: lvagent ath Sipe 2) ee ee eee $450. 00 ivagent.) at -$66;66% = =e ee 400. 00 agent ate) 2 = ee 90. OO otal sSalaries = ess = 232 ee ee eee $940. 00 General expenses: Mreight. .etem = = ei ea A ee 2, 676. 49 IBORCS Ss os Sb eo ee 442.50 MMe a2 Se ser Fee Lee ee 29. 50 iehtin eves a ee ee a ee 30. 94 Miscellaneous supplies —_ = 104. 35 Stationery, books, printing, etec___________ 290. 11 ———— ay dete! Balance July 1) 19062 eee ioe eee 0. 06 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXVII INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1904. Balance Gules Loa er IaAst RepORts= = 9 2 ee $10. OS Balance carried -under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1906. AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians, under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, in- cluding salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, $40,000, of which sum not exceeding $1,500 may be used for rent of building” (Sundry civileacrenlarchio+ 1OOR) =e a ee Se ee $40, 000. 00 DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries or compensation : NECHICi a binacoo: seas ae ns 2 ee SSS OOONOG Pen ROlLOSISteat ene Ones ee eee ee 3, OOO. OO MeeEnnoOlocist at S200. 22-2" Se eee 2, 400. 00 Wethnolocist-cat $2002 2 = 2, 400. 00 IPERHNOLOLISt aio oo = a ee 1, 599. 96 JeCLINOLOAISt etl wilson ee ee 1, 599. 96 PReWINOLOSIStS. athlete ee ee 3, OOO. 00 PHNUStrAtOr, at) o166.68 2, 000. O4 MGLCT Kwa ios ee a ae 375. OO IWRECHCOLORISE Ab plUQS= === ees ee ae 450. 00 ReCITOR salts pl OOE a eee ee eee Ee 443. 33 1 editor and compiler, at $100___________ 356. 67 Leneadeclenks at e100 S22. ne 1, 200. 00 PEC] CUES melita pil ere ee age ee 2, 400. 00 1 stenographer and typewriter, at $100__ SOG. 67 iMiEvpewinitenr: Mie sOb.=s 2.2.22 2 Se see SI 637. OO ItERDe WEIR vat po0L = oe ea ee 250. 00 iiskuledwaborer- at S60222 25). 2s 720. 00 I SMESSEN en sah hop sae 8 ae ek 660. OO Messen Sei diy pol ease ee 501. 67 [PADOTET: cath pA pws nee Otome ees 540. 00 2 WaADOFeLS al ol. 50) per adaye =e = 120. 75 i aborerneatapl.2oy pel Gaye === 37. 50 iwlaborereatcoioper day.) ==. 1. 50 Rotali salaries orsconipensation= = a= ae $29, 500. O1 General expenses : Books, binding, ete Drawines maps etCs=— = ee 179. 95 Le CERIC type tees re ee Oe 3800. 71 Breishies hawling ete. se ae 218. 52 ES UST tytn eee es a Se Ee ee ee 219; il IWIEKO DEE OPS ee Se ee ee oe eee 1, 714. 76 NMiscellanecousi = = n= = ee 191. 36 XXVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. General expenses—Continued. Postage, telephone, and telegraph__-~_~~ $132. 70 Vent alles ee ee ee 1, 500. 00 Specialisenvi cesa= = ee ee S225 SDE CIMET Sii Ss = eae a ee SS oe 605. 00 Stavionerny. == ee fate oe ee eee 530. 44 Sup piles! = ares ee ees 2 eee 494, 09 Travel and! eld vexpenses asa ee ee 1, 704. 54 $9, 877. 71 Total ediSbursements eas 2 es ee ee Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities____-___ AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1905. Balancersuliv ds 1905s ase pers last epOnts === a DISBURSEMENTS. __ $643. 26 eh ae Sena te te oe ee nae $59. 57 SMUT tee ee eS Pe a ee ee ee 10. OT GTN Cae OE ae Pe ee ee eee 83. 40 INGISGCIIAMNECOUS = 62-5. Se ene ee ae i eee ees TY, (395) Rosie telephone; sand stele eu ai} ee ee ee 67. 48 emis sae MIE, TE eo eS eee 125. 00 SDECIAlk SCRVIGES Het... Be Ss 2 eee ee oe eee ee 26. 69 Staionenvye ibOOkG-CiCs = ss a se ee 130. 56 DS TUIIBOTO IL SS rte gr ps ee a A ee Bo WY) iramely-and: tel dice xpenSes. ==" 92) 2 ae ee ee eee 45. 60 otal rdishursementS2 =.= -- ee ee ee ee eee 638. 86 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities_____________ 4. 40 AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1904. Blanes Able al IGOR ISS Gore WB Isie Teejorne ree $75. TO DISBURSEMENTS. JR EYEN <2) 0 i ee ee ng etsy OMe Shee a ee eek ee tT a eal ee a oe ge Te (BU STEEN CY Go pane meee Rees pe er ie a ee ae eee De ee 68. 03 Balance carried under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1906. ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN (UNSTITUTION, RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 39, 1906: “For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direc- tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assist- ants, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, printing and pub- lishing results of researches, not exceeding 1,500 copies, repairs and alterations of buildings, and miscellaneous expenses, $15,000 ” (sundry civil act, March 38, 1905) 1906. $15, 000. 00 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXIX DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries or compensation : [PaO ate ne te oe ee $2, 700. 00 LIUMOSVASSIStAME edb. plo = se ae 1, S00. 00 Iclerkeeate piezo so) = eer Se eke 125. 00 1 stenographer, at $116.66 ______________ il, atau, ARCOM ULC aie hSe. see a 477. 76 1 photographie assistant, at $70_________ 210. 00 IFDOLOMELELCASSIStaIt, ue PoOm = == = 111. 67 ihmessenser boyeradh woOs === == 360. 0O 1 instrument maker, at $120 and $100____ 1, 220. 00 eSioledeaboOrer an OQ ee eee 50. 00 ICALDCNCCR Ak pol = es Se LBS, ONT HESIolled el aborers ates ee ee ee 43. 99 IphiTmenlameneit. SOO 2 = ee ee ee See TO4. OO 1 electrician, at $4 per day_—__-___- 24. OO HEPAT VAs Pel Gays. 2822) a eee 18. 00 (Ghee alt. Say Del Cay =a. we Soe 14. 00 IeCleaNneErate sles Wer Ceiye = = ae see oe 163. 75 ie Cleaner waite silk Peeve se eae eee 11. 00 Total salaries or compensation_____-___--_______ $9, 6118. 05 General expenses : IN) alse See ee ee eee eee ee Ts) 80 Bookseand: Dindinges= 2 ee. eee 97. 92 CUS OC ees aut & er hae ae Bo FE Ex 28. 40 Drawninos tables: eles = = 22 - Se = eee 175. 00 HIGEIRIGitvT eis. Clea 522. ele 209. 15 Ueno eS Re i Se Se a 70. 20 RARER eters Se k= eee Se es 9, OO Vid Jil [QVC AR ep 6 a a a ed eee sleet Postage, telephone, and telegraph ________ 7. 92 SELION Cygne oe ee ee ee oe 58. 3 Supplies, chemicals, tools, ete_____--_--_- 611. 69 Travel-and field’ expenses=——2 === 5 === G57. 61 ————— 3,135. 87 INOTAIGISHUESeMents Bae eee se ee eS ee aoa 2 Le toes Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities_________ 2, 246. ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1905. Balancersuly: lem OOb ass per lasiten COR. = = =e eee ee $4, 188. DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries : 1 bolometric assistant, at $50 per month______________ $25. OO General expenses : JNO) OF G61 Cie ee So ee ee eee Se. SU es 1, 154. 92 SUL GGn oneness Se ee Te ee eee 38. 50 RUS In rer ee ee Peres es eee a ee ee 7.88 Nit pees eee re eee Oe ee ee ee 90. 00 SUTIN Clee eee ee ee ee pee Se eee Se 537. 88 Miscellaneous supplies, chemicals, tools, ete___-_______ 307. 73 XXX REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. General expenses—Continued. Postage, telephone, and telegraph _____-______________ $3. 46 Special (S@LviCes =a = a a ee 105. 00 Stationery, books, 'et¢==— =. =. 2 os SS 298. SO Travel, fieldsexpenses; ete*-_—= -- = _ === === = ee eee 1, 596. 96 (otal disbursements: —-_-s. -2 2 2s eee ee ee $4, 166. 13 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ 22. 39 ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1904. Balancesduly: tel G055 aS) pets laste Ort ae ee het e)2 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1906. PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 50, 1906: “For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including salaries or com- pensation of all necessary employees, and all other necessary ex- penses, $180,000, of which sum $5,500 may be used for necessary drawings and illustrations for publications of the National Mu- Sen. (Sundry ebvallacthot Mars 3.1009) = 25-2 ae ee $180,000.00 DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries or compensation______-__________ $163, 002. 81 Specialeservices=222 2 352 es 1, 199: 01 Total salariessandeSservicess 222. = === aa $164, 201. 82 Miscellaneous : Drawings and illustrations________-_ 1, 991. 98 Breicht andy Gartaces. = ee 1, 349. 78 SPECIMENS) os wes Se No ee eer 886. 99 Stationery (222-222 ees 1, 5382. 62 SUD plies we = 22 2s ee 5, 003. 71 Traveling .expenses=—— === eee 874. 40 otal miscellancous2===-- == -— =e eee 11, 639. 48 otal disbursements: 233.2 3-3 ee eee 175, 841. 30 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities_________ 4, 158. TO Analysis of disbursements for salaries or compensation. Scientific and administrative staff: imassistantesecretany.. al po0G00.. eee $3, 099. 96 1 administrative assistant, at $291.66________ 3, 499. 92 3 NEACIEUPALOLS Ab peolAbO Ss = eee 10, 499. 76 associate CULALOL ab 22002... 2 = Se 2, 400. 00 A CULALGES Wala cOU == aoe = AR ee ee 4, 800. 00 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Scientific and administrative staff—Continued. He CUT LOT pet g coil RO eee Se ee ee $1, 200. AT ASSISTANTACULALOES oie Oe = 2 - e 7, 200. DB ASSISTAMERCULATOES eatimilicecco ss = ee 3, 199. PPASSIStANEACHLALOPS. Ab pula) oo. se 1, 500. IASSIStAM PECULACOES RL oO LeO eS ce 1, 440. PASSISEADE, CURALOLS. itcedlG.662_- — 22 2, 799. 4 JassistaniyCuraors.: at, S100: = = 22 4, 200. issecond assistant ieurator, at SlO0L= ==) 2 aaa bey licassistant, Curator, tisee:50-—- = = 999. 1GCMeHOlGivisiony tb lOO 2-2 2 eee See 2, 400. Th SPECS DRO ey Ser AS aU fae ee nee ea 2, 004. imeditorialeassistant, at ploa-co—- = oe 1, 033. WEEE IS a Ecotec ee 2 oS Eee 2, 004. IkGishursine, agent: “Ai pilsol = 2 2) ee ee 1, 500. i assistant Uprarians at ploo.oo. = 1, 599. ee CL te Ota Dil CM) eee we See ar ue es Ae ea 840. Pa EEE O ASS P21 Bf Nota ca che i ae eee ce eee 1, 874. CULL Sgr cl bere hed sees Soe pee chs ee eS Ee a, 95: Seo ICS rel eA OU ee eas oe oe en eee ee ee 1, 680. ay EEK ES OPT Reats 3-5 0 eae ee es See Seat ft a ee ee CR 1, 799. Ogeechee Serene et Ee WA Cee 540. IGASSistait, clindosDel Oa yeaa ae ee ee ee 8 87. Preparators : ie puotoecrapher. atin ose ee ee 2, 100. 1 photographer’s assistant, at $50 PRC aE eS Oe AN 250. (eGhieta taxi CLM Sia it wkeo sae ee Se 1, 500. Meee MIGeLNISte ca tep le ea ee ee 1, 200. eta Germist wate 22-8 = a ee ee ee 720. eta ermist Apprentice, ab pads —— 299. HA STARE CH Le Testes epi k OM) ea tne a re ee ee ee. 1, 100. NMOSTCOLO SIS is ata nO seer a ee ee 1, OSO. LBpreparaormnats-pill Oy ee a 2 ee 1500! (ENLePaALalOk pb gue sea ne ee See ee ee ee ee 1, 200. PBOLCMALACOUS tabi ole ee eS a ee eee 2, 019. DEULCVULALOLS NOs = oe eee ee Se 1iGLS: iSpreparatonwa: 50 cents per houri222 2 516. HE PLOV AR ACO MAE OO pe ae ae a ee a Le 960. i “prepaLratorpab pila. 2-222. 2585 SS as Bea aS SRE PLE PAL ALO mabe oO ee ee oe 660. Le Prep Anat ea up eye ees ee ee ee 540. TS pPreparacone sates 0 Set ew Sel eee 480. PPLE PAL alo Te bop oe ee ess es Se 300. IASSIStanispreparatony ain pte 2 Se 538. ef CUSTOM Tala aiby nee a ee ee ee 287. ferclassitien, ates! OOS. = ae a ee ee 1, 200. 1PECOTGEIy aire yO == wees se ee ee eS 720. DE CALALOLIELSs ln pO = eee ens ek 870. CAT ALOSUET REM he) =e ate eee eee 522. So CaLAlorMersiiatsin oe oe 22 oe ee ah ee 335% itecathlocuercat ol Der Cays =. 2 a ee ee 18. MEEK EE VAG 251 DCL Cayenne a nae eens eo Ee 15. 92 00 00 84 00 67 00 SSS SSS SSS SSS SS SSSSSSSESSES for) ie) XXXI $67, 123. 39 23, 379. 71 XXXII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTER Clerical staff : jl tana, (Cladkee eyp sss oe ee ee $1, 500. 00 il jomojoereiy Clevals, fue GINO) ual SHO 1, 135. 00 il Goemment @ledk, Mil MH eee ee eects eee 660. 00 tl CSS el heer BOS Pe See ge ee ee Se ee 750. 00 TY SCO ele ts 3 OL og a ae Nr 1, 380. 00 a beet (rel geet eet 0) 0 |e renal st Ree Se ee a ee 1, 200. 00 MCL OTIGS Rtas (a= 2 Ane a ge eres ee ee hones ee 6, 297. 50 ME Cl Ore erat nh 10) eee esp ee ee ea 812. 00 AReCleTIES* aie nO) ee ee er ee os So ee es 2, 040. 00 £24 OMEN a teSIS Col Ia) een eee no a oe ee eee Pe Se Se oa 1, 190. 00 ClO eae ho ook 2 a> ee eee ee ee ee ee 420. 00 il leak ung! wyoewielier, aie Hyp 900. 00 il Geek Aine! jorseRneaOE, Ble tk = : 720. 00 STEN OST AME ara ey ee eee ee wen ee ee ee ree 2, 100. 00 iestenoorapher ate $9022 252s 65-2 Lae eee 1, O74. 00 TL SeTAYO ARAN] OUIES Cle bers ye ey ee 999. 96 1 stenographer and typewriter, at $90 and $100_______ 1,180.00 1 stenographer and typewriter, at $83.33____________ 166. 66 1 stenographer and typewriter, at $75-___-__________ 75. OO 3 stenographers and typewriters, at $60_____________ 1, 272. 00 5 stenographers and typewriters, at $50_____________ 969. 16 Pe iYPEWRLER Abi eSb= 2 = eee a. 2 a eee 1, 000. 17 AV EW RIEL, MA bot s= = 8a ee Pe oS ee ee 900. 00 EVE WRleR WAT SOOs oo 2 a es oe ee 712. 00 Shy PCWRILEE nal OHO L = 22 — wee wk eS eee eae ee 193. 33 it |SOuRINICAl ASSISiAiO, Ge S77 215. 00 1 loxoyeuakeaill Ere, Fane OSGi ea INT, BO I joougnnnezll elec, ehr Ghilsa0) joer Clyne 27. 00 OMIMESSENSENS | dit 1402222. a a Se 800. 00 DEM ESSENLELS altho waa ae ee ee ee oe 422. 92 A PIMmeSSeN era alt ho Oe aes eee a ee Sn eee es ee 60. 00 SMNeSSEN ers sat Noe = 9 eee eee eee 423. 83 5 MVESSEN SETS aire eee Se eS 447. 50 Buildings and labor: I CHOU Oe “yee, elie GW 1, 080. 00 2 IeuiOmeows CHE WECM, Bie SSL 2 1, 680. 00 aL Peeves CHINN ENT pre tig gs Oe) a ees ree 780. 00 oes Vea i ETN ES ke Eos Go) lee ve 15, 044. 00 Zevwealehimen ation) === —— == Cele Bye ear eee 550. 00 eS eneralle Oem aims ate piles 2s () meee ee 1, 184. 17 IME OREM EN heh ae Se ae oe ee a ee es eee 150. 00 imcarpentercwat SOl = 226 ale ee ee eee 57. 64 IEWOtkKMaAn Sate hoOl l= feos Ss). ee ee ee ee 598. 33 Ski ed Valores ait yng eee ees ere ae 660. OO 5) skilled Waborerss ate S50 22 = ee ee ee is, Oil lgsicilled Waborer aig h4 oe Sas eee ee eee 270. 00 DISK Ed LlabOners, ain pte. B= ee ee ee ree 465. 33 SSK ledgMaborer sate nope ae ee =e eee eee pee 302. 50 SESIMLEG MAD ORES) itech 2 ee = WA Oash os 3 Skilled laborers; at $1.50! per day == ae 605. 25 $32, 160. 53 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXII Buildings and labor—Continued. 1 skilled laborer, at $1 per day_____________________ $11. 50 Se 1classined Waborers, at S42 = ee ee 1, 585. 40 3 Classined laborers; at $4005 ee 1, O85. 00 i elassitied laborer, at S402" 20 eee 280. 00 ADORE Gre Hike wap ee eee e EE eee eo ee 6, 606. 82 mela ORE Terabe nse) ene eee Len eae ee ies PS 420. 00 Pi apOrerss ab sl 50 per Gay. = 2 Ss ets 891. 69 INIA HOrer Aten eo per day. 22-292) 2 2 eee bs Fa 6. 25 SUIAWOLELS sali ersGaya = 2 2 eee ee 1S 247459 esheets y amen See ee oe ee Re 832. 00 TP ACLEN GANT sates AONpen Cay == 22 = = =e 4 a 227. 50 1ORClGANCES Wath ehonss = eee eee 2, 959. 71 $40, 839. 18 ROT Esa aRiesTGl COMpPCUSa LONE =5 ae ee A ee 163, 002. 81 PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. RECEIPTS. Balancerauly do1505. asi per dast neport._- 9 -=-— = 2s see ek $6, 645. 34 DISBURSEMENTS. Drains sean UIStatiOns a. — aes ee ee ee ee $250. 6 reonieamMumeatta re ses = eee” EE ee ee 812. 28 SAAMeS Ore COMlpPCO Sat OMe =.= ts See See 6. 67 We Glall sSeihyi COS ee eo teats i ee 959. 64 NY OY SXCUECA EN NS ea DN a ea eee 437. 58 SOOM SS 2 Se ee a Soe ee ee ee ee 652. 36 SSUE(O) ORS) Se eae oe ee eee PG) rave limo exenses:= kn ses ee le A ee 727. 18 EO CaCI SW UGSCM CICS: 28 voor sees Lee ene Sree oe ee 6, OTA. 04 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__._______ 571. 30 PRESERVATION OF COLLECTIONS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. Balance uly it005) as per last repotie === 82) = ee $198. 99 DISBURSEMENTS. EEC ELS Ne am ACA bere OR ee See eS ee ee $68. 13 SPCC SCLVICOS 2am meee. a rere» ene, SEs ee ee eee ee 120. 00 ROTA GISHDUESeNentS 22 = Ee oe WS a ee 188. 13 ISCW EM OQer Lt? eee SN ee ee a ee ee eee eee a5 oe ee 10. 86 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1905. sM 1906——1II KX XIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS, Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “Wor cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhibition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary em- MOGs” (Katha, Gill per Weyren &, 105). = $ bo DISBURSEMENTS. 2, 500. 00 SHALTES MOL COMM CIS altel ON ee eee $11, 563. 09 SPeCalSehivil Cesena eee Se ets 333i, aS Motalesal Aries vain Gexsernvil CCSe ee $11, 596. 34 MiscelManeous : CASCSIStOnAS Cres ee = ae ee ane 1, 745. 71 Cloth eotion etes=2 2. eee 343. 71 DRAW EESS tGAySy WOKCSas 2 eee =, eee 2, 618. 86 IO RAW INES Pre a ee ee 18. OO Glassen eee ae = ee Se ee 168. SO GlassmaAquanhihO a. 22-2. 5a eee 6. 25 ABO WARG rs a8) Sa See ES 53. 92 JGR YS) Panes = ee See ee eee 690. 56 OMCesnuEnibureses= = ae ae ree il, WOES, OS AMES OLS DEUS CS ale UC mae en ee a 226. 30 PAR 22 peas eae ao a eee ae 24. 00 Rubber earher cor eee ee 336. 80 Slaten sos 22 ase Fs eae ae Seer ee 157. 42 ROO) See oe = a 181. 00 CUTE GCS) Us, Sa gy a er 30. 8O WYN Da CO i re pera ee eile 50) MoraleniScellanecOus == ee eee 8, 246. 68 TRO GAN CNS ONES TIN Ta tS ee neLcee ie Sees 19, 843. 02 3alance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ 2, 656. 98 Analysis of disbursements for salaries or compensation. i] Syby pevevayeroVeevaye, fie onion $999. 96 Me CLE eel te eee gh ee eee Sete, eee Baas 1, 320. 00 HeShoOprioremian, at: 90e 2 es = oe ee ee eee 1, O8O. 00 APCALDeNters | ab PObe= 2a. 2 = Sa eee ees 3h Oilae SO) PL) LUO Sag el yeep me ee = ore a et in ee al oe il, OS), OR ELAR YANN STW EUUEE SRC I a a ee ee 840. 00 (iF pavuinterishelpervat Shi sa ns oe ee 660. 00 ASkilled laborer, cat PillOQ0 e223 eS a es ee es Bo 550. 00 AGSIcilled laborer vat'S 6522-5 ok 28 ae ee 780. OO eslkilledwaborer ak S5p-2-0 = Se ee ee 550. OO Pe wOrlontal, ail boom =S2 2 Se = Ee ee ge eee 660. 00 ANON! SENIENNES Ole Gonjaengnnonml 11, 563. 09 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XXXV FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. RECEIPTS. Balances uly, 1905. as per Tash neport222 == $2, 769. 99 DISBURSEMENTS. Miscellaneous : ClOBH COLON tye 1G rest o> Be pen None e 2 ee ee $79. 20 IDTANVELS cba Vis DORCS se) se 23 fee oe eases 728. 75 GAMES Scan OSs elCe= =e ee are eee ee 5. 00 TTR VA ese eee ee ee ee eens ee i Eo 33. 6 Beatheror ib bermCOR Ke = = ee a5 2 Pe ee a 4. 50 LEON aa Oye) eS we ety e 5 BPE ed eae ea IEE got ee oe ee ee ee 87. 16 Oficesandyhally hunni tines = aoe aes ae ee 225. 3( LEER AY OSH. COT] Smee Se os SRS peas eI eR id oe Seer ey Se eee 13. 85 OURS Sls Nk See ee es Se er ee 2 Se ee 9. 30 SS CORA GO CAS CS a= ae ee es ee 863. 25 StruGhiralesteeliworke 2 92 ote ee eee ee 98. 84 ERGY OY IST C9 (C: = ee e Sie i eas De a ee ae Ne ee 432. 55 MOtAGISHULSEMENTS! 2 See a ee wae ee Pee ee ee 2 68s Balance, July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ 88. 68 FURNITURE AND FIXTURES, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. Balance July 1.1905, as per last report___<=-—_.-—_- = 2 eS $6. 94 DISBURSEMENTS. DT SO UES CN Espen ee ee eee Se ee ee ee ee None, Saal Sn) Come es eee Se en ee ee age ee Se es hl eee PN a ey a 6. 94 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1906. HEATING AND LIGHTING, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and telephonic service for the National Museum” (sundry civil act, Mair elise 3 29 OO) 0)) te Bile ere en ee Se A oo et $18, 000. 00 Salaries or compensa tiona= == se $8, 267. 34 Specialy Servi Ces uee eis et es ee Bes 80. 50 Motalmisalariesrand services sts. 22 seo 8 ee $8, 347. 84 Miscellaneous: AGVeGUISIN Ca se et ee ey ay oe ae 13. 95 CoalandewOo0d = 2 ee 4, 812. 70 Blectrical supplies =— = ee ee 343. 97 LC CERI Cb yiee = oe ee ee ee 1, 605. 44 XXXVI REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Miscellaneous—Continued. (CGS aS Se eee ee ee $568. 20 HeahinessUppli¢s== == === =—) saa Ble TE TReWHE Ore fell yosANs ee a 110. 00 Melesram Shs a Se eee ES eer 14. 57 Melephones "= s=2 2s 2 ee 413. 85 Motalsamiscellancous! ee. =S2—— ==. = ee eee ee $8, 255. 41 DRG Cale CLUS WME STING tise ee = mee ae eee oe ee ee $16, 603. 25 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities_________ 1, 396. 75 Analysis of disbursements for salaries or compensation. HOTU SAT CET eel bsg pil ys) ee oe ware eee dee ee $1, 500. 00 detelephoneroperator cat Sis. ae a ee eee 840. 00 MLE LED MOM ESTO MELA OLS eects ep ille sy (iio CTs Cl ei ees eee 39. OO im@elechr Ciamtate $4 pens (ay aes se ae ta. Se pe Bee ae ee 100. 00 RBA TIN ANE Ate GO) sete aoe is et ee ee i ee ee 720. 00 eb Acksnalth sete s GO ners tins es ae he 2 ee ee See eee 720. 00 ES Team relat po OMe ween 2s a a a ee ee 913. 34. TS plUMpersraASsIstant: atspGo = a= as ee ee ee 780. 00 deSkled laborers at ol002 = ee ee ee eS ee 600. OO eS kMledmlanoOrercaik poOe =e = alt 2 8 es ee ee 920. 00 ieSkilled: Waboner, tabs $602.-2— Saas a SD ee ee ee 120. 00 He ADORE. Ate p4OManG: S45 2= 2 ee ee ee ee 442. 00 i laborer. cat $40 ands $452 == = = ae 2 SS ee ee ee 519. 00 NMI ORE wat 4h 2a ee See os ss as Pe ee eee 54. 00 Motalesalariess Or COMP EMS alo Tle eee eee er ee 8, 267. 34 HEATING AND LIGHTING, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. RECEIPTS. Balance Julysie 1905; as per lastire porte $1, 469. 40 DISBURSEMENTS. Woalvand/pwood Se 22 ee ee ee, Be eee Be a eee $5. 90 Electricalisupplies| 422-22. = se eee 338. 46 Electricity. Ase 92 ee el ee 303. 22 OASIS oc SA al Ef ee 41. 20 ELE AGM SY ISTP YO CS a eS ee ine ae eo pee 330. 59 FREME ACAD ORES: = .- te) FEN sel ee ae ee 30. 00 Special services: =. <2 = he Ae eee 113. 38 UNE ESEA 0 Se eee eB ee aia (7 pRelephonwes! =: 2" Sa 2 ee eS ee ee eee 186. 90 ERO Cea «CLUS TUITE CaO rs Sa a a 1, 388. 38 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities___________ 81. 02 Balance, July 1, 1905, as per last report HEATING AND LIGHTING, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. - 48 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. AXXXVII DISBURSEMENTS. ESTSTSUTISS INVENT sg er ee ne eee ee ee ee None, FEES SUL ET Cee eae ae md ee a spe on ee $54. 48 Balance carried, under provisions of the Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1906. POSTAGE, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum an (Sundryscivill act = Marehss,, 1905) see =e ee $500. 00 DISBURSEMENTS. MOLRDOStASeEStaMp Se ans CALOS aes ees ae rene ee ee 500, 00 PRINTING AND BINDING, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “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 3,000 copies, and binding in half turkey or material not more expensive, scien- tific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired by the National Museum Library” (sundry civil act, March 3, 1905)____ $25, 000. 00 DISBURSEMENTS. Ue LNs 2Oie one wVEUSC UMN == =e ee ee $7, 413. 42 Proceedinesvor the MiMseume === oe ee 1 OSOL aK Gontributions to National Herbarium: 3-2 3, 045. 93 TE GEN) OYEUESS: ee Se a ae ae gegen 217. 39 Bl Micsean Oe CinGUlais += as 2 Sey Re eee ee 382. 29 ETO GARG OCMM CM US even es ee ee ee eee fie ESET CL eee ee See ee ee re ee ee ee Se BO, 2A FRCCOL CMD OOS mame ear a en ie ee ee ae 145. 40 RocalescishursementS = 2a e = == ee eee 24, 775. 93 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ 224. OF RENT OF WORKSHOPS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the National Museum” (sundry civil act, March 3, 1905) ~--_----____ $4, 580, 00Q DISBURSEMENTS. Rent of workshops: 431 Ninth street SW., 12 months, at $166.66_________ $1. 999. 92 217 Seventh street SW., 12 months, at $105__________ 1, 260. 00 309 and 313 Tenth street SW., 12 months, at $80_____ 960. OO 915 Virginia avenue (rear), 12 months, at $30________ 360. 00 LOtalerdishursement sees as See eee eee Po 4, 579. 92 3 silanes uiliy-al mel Oe es ca eo LS 0. 08 XXXVIII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. RENT OF WORKSHOPS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. RECEIPTS. Balance suly’ 1h; 190G==s 2" 2 et ee eee ee ee $0. OS DISBURSEMENTS. DDISHULSEMICMTS = ss Se a ee ee eee eee None. Balancechiliyw 3 900). =e SS ee eee $0. O8 RENT OF WORKSHOPS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. leymeravee dipdby 1, Wea, IS) Ose JIRIGIE Tey pou = $0. OS DISBURSEMENTS. LDS ORO RS YSN DENI FS a ee Ee he Bey ee ae ee een EGS None. BRE SAIL ANN CC pe ee a ee Le Gs eee $0. OS Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Departinent to the credit of the surplus fund June 380, 1906. BUILDING REPAIRS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For repairs to buildings, sheps. and sheds, National Museum, including all necessary labor and material” (sundry civil act, Marc higSy el 905) = ea 2 ee ee ee ee $15, 000. 00 SRIATIES TOL TCOMIpPSn Sait Ome ee $7, 452. 05 SpeClallisernviGes=ae= = se Pea ee = NE 8 48. 00 AME GRUEMIES BinGl “ReRGaS $7, 500. 05 Miscellaneous: EAST) Ha Gee = se ar rn gees ee tee ee 21. 50 (CEMEMIF WhRNWOe TROIS ot 230. 00 Clothe eee ee Se Se i ee eee 38. 25 GUaASS i oS ee ae cae Bo) ee 30. 65 EVAR Ware sab O ls eee ee 434.91 Iron and steel doors, steps, ete___________ 168. 50 Lime, plaster, sand, fireproof blocks______ 863. 55 TIM Dei ee ease ea ae ee ay oe 2eAL TS IPB HHAES, CUS allies Toeeiivess 221-59 Leiovenlommayer renenrerse ll PALS, 9) Repairs to roofs (by contract) ——~________ 144. 00 steel beams, angles, ete _2---2--) 40. 90 WViOOdWOr] = 5 == = sates eee ee 2 eee 12. 30 SNOUT Mabie VSO oe 2, T06. 47 Total disbursements 10, 206. 52 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ 4, 793. 48 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XX XIX Analysis of disbursements for salaries or compensation. ae Ssuperintendent, ate SlGG:G6_2 = 2 a $999. 96 MRLOLCM tire Leh) ramen wen ern. rein ce Aes 2 ees so ne 1, O80. 00 ASCENT] OSTINE ASD, EVP Yo 1 a EES as ee a a 1, 232. 50 SVU CCR apelin a ae ee ee ee Se re spline a SIORRNR EE ponte See me ha ee ee 725. 67 He SiaMlecml ao rerenaiti thi) = eee wee eee 2 ee ee 81. 67 IGlASSined ml aDOLeL gals OU eae ee ee ee ge ee 2 a ee 720. 00 IBIS Cera hl eee ee ee ee a oS Be ee te ee 600. 00 SETTLE SST LCC Dea eAiln yeh) eee Sc ee ae ee eg 120. 00 IE TE OTR, ABTS ce eS ee ee es oe ee ee 141. 00 TEP VEST OYON REN ee Noticed) 2s ce SD eee 480. OO Sa ADOLELS walked OO Ger dynos == Ss One Se eae eee = fet 153. 75 Morslesalariescor COMpPENSAuO Me sess ae ee ee 7, 452. 05 BUILDING REPAIRS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. RECEIPTS. Balances iuly.), 1905,,as per last reports = = $1, 800. 90 DISBURSEMENTS. Cement Mortar emurble; ete] = Be ee $37. 95 (HOSS). 2cacece ae ee alee er = ae ee ne cena 5. 70 IVECO LO OLS CCE Se a es ee ee ee 259. 20 UGG OST a Se et ee em TS es la a ee ee ee ee 12. 97 PaintserOuls: BClCa: 222207 225. ee ee oe ee a ee ee es BOM re En Ser aera Ss ee wee See ee a se ee 2 8832 Repaicse to coors. (Dy. COnbEACh) a= = ee Shee Se 438. 50 ANUS “Tilouess See ose es EE oe ee ee ee Fe 19000 INO EW HOS Ongena Ne eS Se re eee 1, 493. 31 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__.-_- = 307. 59 BUILDING REPAIRS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. Balancer Jilly lO0a = asepel Last re pORGs == = == = ee ee DOO DISBURSEMENTS. DDiSbuEsementsheeee = = ae ae eee ee ek ee ee oe = Sees None. al an COs = a ee ee a ee ee ge sr es ee nn, ee = D3. 34 Balance carried under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1906. BOOKS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “Por purchase of books, pamphlets, and periodicals, for reference in the National Museum” (sundry civil act March 3, 1905)_______ $2, OOO. 00 XL REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTRE. DISBURSEMENTS. Books AMP hletSy rane peLLO CNC ais ee ee $1, 262. 18 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities_____-_—__ 737. 82 BOOKS NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. RECEIPTS. Bailes diel Th GOs, IS oreo Mens, Teo a $965. 96 DISBURSEMENTS. IBOOK, jORVEMO MES, Ghaol je AO CNCRN. = ee a2 (90569 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities___-_________ 60. 27 BOOKS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. Balancer ulvanley a9 OS salina Creal este 10 O Teter a ee $18. 32 DISBURSEMENTS. BOOS, jOeianlfaywulestss eave! jovesmo kegs = = ee LOS a Balan Cer. A] 4 Sakae oes See eee a Se ee eee ee ee ee 7. 61 Balance carried under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 8090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1906. NATIONAL MUSEUM, TRANSPORTATION OF EXHIBITS ACQUIRED FROM THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION. RECEIPTS. alkenes: diwbky a, aes), GIS) javere JIRVSic age ore Say, Zaisy, 12 DISBURSEMENTS. MnrehtsandScarticehe= 2s) ees eee 5S re aso ee a 4, 063. 79 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ iL Wal, 33 PURCHASE OF SPECIMENS, NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1904. RECEIPTS. Balance July 1, 1905, as per last report______-___ 2) ea ed eS ee ee $614. 72 DISBURSEMENTS. DISDUESCIICHLS = 22 = 2 eee = eee ee ore on ae Le ee ees None. PES E11 as 2 a fa ES a ee ee ____ $614. 72 Balance carried under provisions of the Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department, to the credit of the surplus fund, June 30, 1906. REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1906. RECEIPTS. Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: “For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage, and drainage; and for grading, planting, and otherwise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase and transportation of animals; including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, the printing and publishing of operations, not exceeding 1,500 copies, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, in- cluding purchase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles required for official purposes, $95,000” (sundry civil act, Mareh oaamee OA) c) |) ee are ees ee a oes Eee an Yas Ee te eA et DISBURSEMENTS. Salaries or compensation : 1 superintendent, at $275 per month_____ $5, 8300. 00 1 assistant superintendent, at $166.66 per TO TG eee ee et Re A ee . 1,999. 92 2 clerks, at $125 per month______ Pe 3, 000. 00 1 stenographer, at $83.33 per month_____ 999. 96 1 messenger, at $50 and $60 per month__ 650. 00 1 messenger, at $45 per month__________ 540. 00 1 messenger boy, at $1 per day__________ 22a. 20 1 photographer, at $70 per month ______ 280. 00 1 head keeper, at $125 per month________ 1, 500. 00 7 keepers, at $65 per month ______ | 5, 421. 00 1 keeper, at $60 and $65 per month___-___ 750. 00 5 keepers, at $62.50 per month ________ __ 3, 750. 00 1 sergeant of watch, at $60 and $65 per TYG) GF] Ss ae See a ee ee eee ee 750. OO 1 watchman, at $65 per month __________ TSO. OO 4 watchmen, at $60 per month__________ 2, 850-00 1 attendant, at $22.50 per month________ 270. 00 1 attendant, at 75 cents per day___-____ a0) Total salaries or compensation__________________ $27, 071. 63 Miscellaneous : EG eS ee Nee Se Pe ee 4, 307. 47 Buuldinesmateriall 2a = eee 2, 638. 03 Rencinevcaresmaterialess = =" = oes sos 235. 84 Hoodstomanimials= sae = ene Se 14, 424. 60 Relea eae 2 ee ee ee a ee 479. 96 10S) Le Cae Se ee ee eee 1, 651. 83 UG GUC a2 ee eee ple! 186. 50 d Ei: OYE) ae ee es ee ee a Osean Dpto A SO a ee ee ee (Go tsifl MachinenyantOOlS: Cu@s = = eee 346. 16 XLI $95, 000. 00 XLII REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Miscellaneous—Continued. Miscellaneous 7 = =e ee $1, 235. 92 Panis TOUS: S1aSS (Olesen ee Filey 1188 Postage, telegraph, and telephone________ 215. 03 Pur chasevoLeaainalS =e a 1, 308. 41 Road material and grading._-__ = 515. 76 Stationery. books, ete2. === tse 256. 97 SRVeyIne. Plans) etee =e eee’ 340. 00 Travel and field expenses_______________ 220. 40 Brees 7 platits: CtGl—= = - os ae S82 ee 107. 08 Water supply, sewerage, etc_____________ 510. 84 FoLtalamiscellanecous +2 == 2 = SS ee $30, 236. 31 Wages of mechanics and laborers and hire of teams in constructing buildings and inclosures, laying water pipes, building roads, gutters, and walks, planting trees, and otherwise improving the grounds: 1 draftsman, at $100 per month_________ $150. 00 1 machinist, at $100 per month__________ 1, 200. 00 fi foreman, at Sis per month... -—__. . _— 900. 00 1 assistant blacksmith, at $60 per month_ 720. 00 i workman, at $60 and $65 per month___ 750. 00 1 classified laborer, at $60 and $65 per MI OUL ese ee 2 Re ee ee ee ee oe 748. 00 1 classified laborer, at $62.50 per month__ 750. 00 1 classified laborer, at $60 per month____ 720. 00 2 Aaborers, ab jo) per month] 2- === 1, 320. 00 2NADOTELS abs SHU spel MOM. LASS SD 2Alaporers, at $40 per month! == 2 = see 960. 00 i jpainter) at S75 per month =] = == 57. 50 ikpainter;, at.$3 per day]_=---- = == ss 55. 50 1 carpenter, at $3 per day and $75 per MOU Ch ee ene 2 ee eee 979. 50 S\Carpenters, at do per Gay. === == 216. 00 1 blacksmith, at $3 per day_______ eens 493. 50 af aborern at o2-25 per day=— 22s. 689. 62 8 classified laborers, at $2 per day_______ 1, 981. 00 2 laborers, at $2 per day___ = - = 782. 00. 1 classified laborer, at $1.75 per day______ 624. 75 AS MlADOTEES. Ab ole iD oper Gaya eee 6, 725. 70 HO MADOECES: iia 1-50) penday= = =e 8, 841. 52 2 aporers at oper Gay ee 156. 50 4 helpers, at 75 cents per day___________ Sie, (il 2 helpers, at 50 and 75 cents per day____-_ 376. 02 3 helpers, at 50 cents per day___--------- 67. 26 2 wagons and teams, at $3.50 per day____ 846. 99 2 horses and carts, at $1.75 per day____-__ 247.19 Total wages of mechanics, etc______ Te Soe en 32, 880. 01 Total disbursements: 2.2. }25-Ses = ee eee 90, 187. 95 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__________ 4, 812. 05 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLUOI NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1905. Balancesvuly cl. 160b.as per last reports 22— = -- == Calne alse 7s DISBURSEMENTS. NErwices OmsnOlrsecdUG Cait melts. = ae eee SE Ay er (5: PES UL CLL seme eB es a oe Se ne I SF 5, 745. 61 EUG In abemaile oa ee seers Sets ee ee Se ek 313. 35 Henecine "ea renmaterial Cle2=. =.= 25) 2s ee 81. 19 FOO ee eats MEY Ley Sy ena ee ee ee ge ee eee Dy HOSTAL 1D Gey 4 0 ee Se ee el ee 520. 21 LAST nT) OVE eee a ena pe ra ee Sees Dilenioe MACHINE? VsLOOLSmelLClo a ep ame ony =A See eee 198. 88 MESCEL AIG OU See ae een en Ce lee Ae ee ee ee 320. 26 PAINTS OLS AelASS CUG 2 22. 28 eg Le ee ee 134. 97 Postage, telephone, and telegraph ______________________ a 64. 22 PACH ASCL OTA DIN Se sake ee eee Be Ae, Se 2 ee 436. 14 howd material oragdineg, ete: 2. 2-2 26-7 oe Sete 74. 30 StamoneLy, DOOkS. printing, Cle. =). eee eee 86. 53 TCE AMES OCG 2s a ae en 9 oD none eg Cn te 1. 00 Winter Supply, Sewerage, Cl@2. 2 ree ee iis Mota CUSDUESCMENES 22 2s aes ee ees ee ee 11, 006. 39 Balance July 1, 1906, to meet outstanding liabilities__.-_______ 151. 34 NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK, 1904. Balance sully ds 1905: as per last, report. 2. $1, 376. 99 DISBURSEMENTS. RTRGUUINE seo SE 2 ee i ee ee ee eee $1. 00 DSC = ene eee ern oe ee ee ee Eee 1, 372. 70 RO tale GUS OUESEMeM [See ae Sea on ee ee ee A SSO aN Ge wee ee ee ae ee ee eee fete A ee ane ES 3. 29 Balance carried, under provisions of Revised Statutes, section 3090, by the Treasury Department to the credit of the surplus fund June 30, 1906. RECAPITULATION. The total amount of funds administered by the Institution during the year ending June 30, 1906, appears from the foregoing statements to have been as follows: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. HrOMepAlanCer une Os 1 OOH sere. eee ee eee eee $5, 153. 92 Krom receipts to June a0) 190622 = =. eee 67, 662. 39 $72, 816. 31 APPKOPRIATIONS COMMITTED BY CONGRESS TO THE CARE OF THE INSTITUTION. International exchanges—Smithsonian Institution : Home aAlAnCes 0 fe O 0A errata ee a ee $10. 08 HOME al anCero ts LO) ee ee ee ee 4, 513. 95 Hromeappropriavion torn G0GZ2=— 2 === = ss es 28, SOO. 00 ————— _ 38, 324. 03 XLIV REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. American Hthnology—Smithsonian Institution : Mromubalance of dO eae Sow eS ee $75. TO Mrom-=balancevotel (05s == ea eee 648. 26 IMR Ayo oRgjdverennkon ioe WO 2 a 40, 000. 00 Astrophysical Observatory—Smithsonian Institution : Hromy balances of 2190422222252 = eS ee 33. 02 Dos Love naverss Coe INGO NS Ss ee ee es 4, 188. 52 HOM Map POPE ALIOM NO Teal O 0) Gee ee 15, 000. 60 Preservation of collections—National Museum: Hromapalancenofel O02 222s. 26.2 See sees 198. 99 Krome balan CexOfel S052] === 6, 645. ¢ From appropriation for 1906____ Se oats A EP ee 180, 000. 00 Furniture and fixtures—National Museum: Krommbalancesor lO042. 222 22" Sees tae 6. 94 Mromeb lance tO fel GOR ee = ee ee eee 2, 769. 99 IDROGO BO OKO MN, ioye IMG = - 2 22, 500. 00 Heating and lighting—National Museum : Hrommbalance of 1904222 eee eee ea tee eat 54. 48 INO MEWS GE IR oe 1, 469. 40 Igieos Ajo ooyeehaom soye ING. 18, 000. 00 Postage—National Museum: INTRON LYoo MONE ioe WO se Printing and binding—National Museum: INTRON ByovoreoyoveeueKONN ioe IMG = ee Rent of workshops—National Museum : Krom) balancesot 904222222 _2 2 eee . .O8 Hromebalance of s905j2 2222 a2 - en eee eee O08 IMO Ayajorroy genevieve WOH —_ 4,580. 00 Building repairs—National Museum : HrLOms balancer fel O04. 222 Aen ee eee ee 53.3 lnygoyedy loenves wir UR a 1, 800. 90 IDTECN— By ORO) Oven KOM) Toe I Nj po 15, 000. 00 Books—National Museum : Hronubalancerioiel $042. ee eee 18. 32 Krombalanceorl 0522.22 =e ee 2 eee 965. 96 MrOMPAp POD Lia blOM kOe tO (6 ee een ee 2, 000. 00 Transportation of exhibits acquired from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition—National Museum : IhroveN lOVEVKCE Oe EyoomOyOOENNOMN— Purchase of specimens—National Museum: Mronitbalancevofd 904 22) 22 u 4o5 Se es Le ee eee aa National Zootogical Park: OM all an Cem Of S 4 cee eee ee ee eee $1, 376. Hrombalancey ot 905-322 ee ae eee Wl, UDC. EVE OMA DLO Le Gl Ome fT! OG ae ee 95, OOO. $40, 19; i) my 107, 294 mals —992 523 500, 000. 580. 984. ~—s dot, . 96 22 ray 3. 93 . 38 00 O00 16 -I bho REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. XLV SUMMARY. SHITE SOM TS Wes kn SbLCU OMe ee tn Be Pe ee $72, 816. 31 LUT te NEHER Al pC) 0 eT 0 eS Pe a ee 30, 024. 03 PAU Teel Thee er NT) Oyen as eee es SR ee ee 40, 718. 96 ENSSHCTRLOY OV ONAST RGN (C0 | OFSC2) e821 0) gene ie sn 19, 221. 54: National Museum: PReSeCLyaAuoOn Of COlechons-—2-= ===. = = ee $186, 844. 3 HUGMIRUre and sce hIres. =. ee Seek ee 25, 276. 93 Heating and liehting= == 3222 =e eae ER eee 19, 523. 88 LENG URE( Stel i a 5 ne ee ee ee 500. 00 Rringineeanda bin ing. S- 2 ee ee 25, 000. 00 Reni OLaWOR SOUS 225 se ee a ee ee 4, 580. 16 Eunldine srepaitss ===). == 2 59s eee oe ee ee 16, 854. 24 IOC GSS < ek ak SS ae See ae ese eee ee ee 2, 984. 28 Transportation of exhibits acquired from Louisiana Purchase Exposition ________ ee eee eee = 5, Zoo. 12 Purehasevor Specimens. 6 25-2 esa 614. 72 —— 287, 413. 66 NaGLOn a eZOOLOSiGal Parco == se ne Se eee 107, 534. 72 961, 029. 22 The committee has examined the vouchers for payment from the Smithsonian income during the year ending June 30, 1906, 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 books and vouchers have been examined and found correct. Statement of regular income from the Smithsonian fund available for use during the year ending June 30, 1907. TREN NCGS: dil take Uo See ee ee ee eee ee ee $10, 184. 13 Interest due and receivable July 1, 1906_______________ 528, 110. 00 Interest due and and receivable January 1, 1907________ 28, 110. 00 Interest, West Shore Railroad bonds, due July 1, 1906__ $40. 00 Interest, West Shore Railroad bonds, due January 1, 5 eee ee pen Aen sh eee Nn Se SL 840. 00 57, 900. 00 Total available for year ending June 30, 1907_______________ 68, 084. 13 Respectfully submitted. J. B. Henperson, Chairman, ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL, EHxecutive Committee. nv Wasuincron, D. C., January 7, 1907. b) b) 7} - 7 ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS RELATIVE TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, ETC. [Continued from previous reports. ] {Fifty-ninth Congress, first session. ] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacancy in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of Richard Olney, a citizen of Massachusetts. (Approved February 23, 1906; Statutes, XX XIV, 822.) Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the vacaney in the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution of the class other than members of Congress shall be filled by the reappointment of Andrew D. White, a citizen of New York, whose term expires June second, nineteen hundred and six. (Approved April 23, 1906; Stat- utes, XXXIV, 827, 828.) SmirHsoniaAN Deposrr |Liprary or Coneress|.—For custodian, one thousand five hundred dollars; assistant, one thousand two hun- dred dollars; messenger, seven hundred and twenty dollars; messen- ger boy, three hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars. (Approved June 22, 1906; Statutes, ROO LY, S98:) Ruin or Casa Granpe, Arizona.—For protection of Casa Grande Ruin, in Pinal County, near Florence, Arizona, and for excavation on the reservation, to be expended under the supervision of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, three thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XX XIV, 729.) PRINTING AND Brinprnc.—For the Smithsonian Institution, for printing and binding the Annual Reports of the Board of Regents, with general appendixes, ten thousand dollars; under the Smith- sonian Institution, for the Annual Reports of the National Museum, ‘with general appendixes, and for the Annual Report of the American Historical Association, and for printing labels and blanks, and for® the Bulletins and Proceedings of the National Museum, the editions XLVII XLVIII ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. of which shall not exceed four 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, thirty- nine thousand dollars; for the Annual Reports and Bulletins of the Bureau of American Ethnology, twenty-one thousand dollars; in all, seventy thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 760.) SMITHSONIAN GROUNDS: For improvement, care, and maintenance of Smithsonian grounds, three thousand dollars. For resurfacing asphalt roadways in the Smithsonian grounds, five thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 733.) 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 period- icals, twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XX XIV, 704.) Navau Opservatrory: For repairs to buildings, fixtures, and fences, furniture, gas, chemicals, and stationery, freight (including trans- mission of public documents through the Smithsonian exchange), foreign postage, and expressage, plants, fertilizers, and all contin- gent expenses, two thousand five hundred dollars. (Approved June 92, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 425.) BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. For continuing ethnological researches among the American In- dians and the natives of Hawaii under the direction of the Smith- sonian Institution, including salaries or compensation of all neces- sary 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 June 30, 1906; Statutes, XX XIV, 704.) ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. For maintenance of Astrophysical Observatory, under the direc- tion of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries of assistants, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, apparatus, making necessary observations in high altitudes, printing and publishing results of researches, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, repairs and alterations of buildings and miscellaneous expenses, four- teen thousand dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 704.) ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. XLIX INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE. For the cooperation of the United States in the work of the Inter- national Catalogue of Scientific Literature, including the preparation of a classified index catalogue of American scientific publications for incorporation in the International Catalogue, the expense of clerk hire, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, and other necessary incidental expenses, five thousand dollars, the same to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XX XTV, 704.) NATIONAL MUSEUM. For continuing the construction of the building for the National Museum, and for each and every purpose connected with the same. five hundred thousand dollars. ) For cases, furniture, fixtures, and appliances required for the exhi- bition and safe-keeping of the collections of the National Museum, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, twenty thousand dollars. For expense of heating, lighting, electrical, telegraphic, and _ tele- phonie service for the National Museum, eighteen thousand dollars. For continuing the preservation, exhibition, and increase of the collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Gov- ernment, and from other sources, including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, and all other necessary expenses, one hun- dred 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. 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, including all necessary labor and material, fifteen thousand dollars. For rent of workshops and temporary storage quarters for the National Museum, four thousand five hundred and eighty dollars. For postage stamps and foreign postal cards for the National Museum, five hundred dollars. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 704.) For preservation of collections, National Museum, twenty-six dol- lars and thirty cents. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 667.) NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. For continuing the construction of roads, walks, bridges, water supply, sewerage and drainage; and for grading, planting, and other- sM 1906 IV L ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. wise improving the grounds; erecting and repairing buildings and inclosures; care, subsistence, purchase, and transportation of ani- mals; including salaries or compensation of all necessary employees, the purchase of necessary books and periodicals, the printing and publishing of operations, not exceeding one thousand five hundred copies, and general incidental expenses not otherwise provided for, including purchase, maintenance, and driving of horses and vehicles required for official purposes, 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. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 704, 705.) JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. That there shall be exhibited at the Jamestown Exposition by the Government of the United States from the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum, and the Library of Congress such articles and materials of an historical nature as will serve to impart a knowledge of our colonial and national history; and such Government exhibit shall also include an exhibit from the War and Navy Departments, the Life-Saving Service, the Revenue-Cutter Service, the Army, the Navy, the Light-House Service, the Bureau of Fisheries, and an exhibit from the Island of Porto Rico. And the Bureau of American Republics is hereby invited to make an exhibit illustrative of the resources and international relations of the American Republics, and space in any of the United States Government exhibit buildings shall be provided for that purpose. The Jamestown Tercentennial Com- mission, created by an act of Congress, approved March third, nine- teen hundred and five, shall, in addition to the authority and duties conferred and imposed by said act, be authorized and empowered and it shall be their duty to select, prepare, transport, and arrange for the exhibition and return of the Government exhibits herein author- ized. In addition to the articles and materials which the said James- town Tercentennial Commission may select for exhibition as aforesaid, the President of the United States may in his discretion designate other and additional articles and materials. The officers and employees of the Government who may be ap- pointed by the Jamestown Tercentennial Commission to carry out the provisions of this section and any officers and employees of the Government who may be detailed to assist them, including the officers of the Army and Navy, shall receive no compensation in addition to their regular salaries, but they shall be allowed their actual and neces- sary traveling expenses, together with a per diem in lieu of subsist- ence not to exceed four dollars. The officers of the Army and Navy ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF CONGRESS. LI shall receive said allowance in lieu of subsistence and mileage not allowed by law and the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy may in their discretion detail retired Army and 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 to duty in connection with said Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition. And to carry out in full all of the provisions of this section not herein otherwise specifically appropriated for, the sum of two hundred thou- sand dollars or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby appro- priated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropri- ated, the same to be expended in accordance with law and under such rules and regulations as the said Jamestown Tercentennial Commission may prescribe. That the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause suitable buildings to be erected on the site of the said Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition for said Government exhibit, including a suitable building for the exhibit of the United States Life-Saving Service; a fisheries building, including an aquarium; also a building for use as a place of rendez- vous for the soldiers and sailors of the United States Navy and Army and of the foreign navies and armies participating in said celebration ; also a building for use as a place of rendezvous for the commissioned naval and army officers participating in said celebration; also the preparation of the grounds for, the approaches thereto, and the light- ing of all of said buildings. Said buildings shall be erected, as far as practicable, on the colonial style of architecture from plans prepared by the supervising architect of the Treasury, to be approved by the Secretary of the Treasury; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to contract for said buildings in the same manner and under the same regulations as for other public buildings of the United States: Provided, That the aggregate cost of all of said buildings, including the preparation of grounds, approaches, and lighting, shall in no event exceed the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand dollars, which sum is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. (Approved June 30, 1906; Statutes, XXXIV, 764, 765.) REP OR f OF RICHARD RATHBUN, ACTING SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1906. To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. GENTLEMEN: It is with profound sorrow that I record the death at Aiken, S. C., on February 27, 1906, of Samuel Pierpont Langley, Secretary of the Institution since 1887. This is not the place to give an adequate review of the work of Mr. Langley as a man of science, or to recall his contributions to the prog- ress of thought and to the upbuilding of the various scientific insti- tutions with which he was connected. I may be permitted, however, to express here my sense of bereave- ment in the passing away of a man whose friendship and personal and official confidence I was privileged to enjoy. Although connected with the Museum and the Institution in one capacity or another for more than thirty years, my close relations with the late Secretary did not begin until 1896. Within this decade I learned to know him as a man of the most profound intellect, an acknowledged master in that branch of astronomy which he had virtually made his own, and a pioneer in the difficult subject of mechanical flight. In his youngvr years he set himself to determine the nature and composition of the sun, and the properties of heat and light in their relation to life upon this planet. Later he attacked that fascinating problem, the main- tenance and progress in the air of bodies many fold heavier than the medium through which they move. That he should have investigated these two large difficult subjects was but typical of his most marked intellectual characteristic, which required that he knock incessantly upon the doors which were closed to others. He was equally, if not professionally, concerned with all sm 1906——1 i! 2 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. the difficulties which had presented themselves to the human intellect from the abstractions of the mathematician and the metaphysician to the mysteries of the theologian and the secrets of lost civilizations. But this great man also lived upon the earth. In his youth and earlier manhood he had a business training and a business career, and he carried to the verge of the grave most scrupulously exact business methods. His theory of administration lay mainly in select- ing men whom he could trust, and when he found that this trust was justified, in giving them his unbounded confidence. A man of the world, he yet retained the simplicity and rigid straightforwardness of the Puritan character, and though the arts of flattery were un- known to him, he bound to himself with indissoluble ties of affection, respect, and loyalty those who had the opportunity of coming closely in contact with him. With this Institution he had completely merged his life; not even his favorite scientific pursuits weighed where the interests of the In- stitution were concerned; in season and out of season it was the object of his constant care. To it he added two new and important activi- ties, the Astrophysical Observatory and the National Zoological Park. It was during his administration that the Smithson fund received its only considerable additions since the original gift, and that the new building for the National Museum was authorized by Congress. The elegance of his style in writing and the clearness of his pres- entation, no matter what the subject might be, greatly enhanced the Tnstitution’s reputation both here and abroad. Hardly any other American man of science so frequently met the learned men of the Old World or received so many distinctions from the academies and universities and societies of Great Britain and the Continent. He was not by any means solely devoted to the natural or physical sciences. The breadth of his knowledge of the things that make for culture, and especially his interest in the fine arts were almost equal to his devotion to science, and his wide knowledge of history, though confined to no one country, was more especially directed to France, with whose annals and memoirs his acquaintance was almost that of an expert. His literary sense, not surpassed by even the most culti- vated of men, took the double direction of an enjoyment of all that was good in the best of literature, and an attempt to produce writing on scientific subjects which should be clear and intelligible to the man of ordinary education, and sometimes even to the child. Many of these personal characteristics were reflected in the con- duct of the Institution during his incumbency. The Smithsonian Report was made more popular in the best sense, conveying exact REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 3 information as to the advancement of science and the progress of knowledge to all who have an intelligent desire to keep themselves abreast of the world’s thought. The fine arts, which were provided for in the original law of the Institution, and which formed the object of its care at the beginning. had made but little progress for many years, because of the pressure of other subjects. He revived interest in this field in the early years of his administration and his action in this regard was more than justified by the noteworthy developments in the department of fine arts here in the past few years, developments which were slowly taking shape just as his hfe was drawing to a close. In the passing away of this distinguished man of science, broad minded, cultivated, this Institution and the world at large lose a great leader, and the writer of these lines an inspiring guide and a sincere friend. Out of respect to his memory the flags on the buildings of the In- stitution were carried at half mast until after the interment of his remains at Boston, on March 3. The offices of the Institution were closed on March 1, on which day the remains arrived in Washington, and on March 2, the day of the funeral services here. On the latter day business was also suspended in the offices of the National Mu- seum, International Exchanges, Bureau of American Ethnology, National Zoological Park, and Astrophysical Observatory, and dur- ing the hours of the funeral services the exhibition halls were closed to the public. A formal announcement of the death of Secretary Langley was sent to the foreign correspondents of the Institution, and many ac- knowledgments have been received, expressing regret at the loss which the world of science and the Institution have sustained. In consequence of this sad event, it becomes my duty as Acting Secretary to submit a report showing the operations of the Institu- tion during the year ending June 30, 1906, including the work placed under its direction by Congress in the United States National Mu- seum, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the International Ex- changes, the National Zoological Park, and the Astrophysical Observatory. In the body of this report there is given a general account of the affairs of the Institution and its bureaus, while the appendix pre- sents more detailed statements by those in direct charge of the differ- ent branches of the work. Independently of this, the operations of the National Museum and of the Bureau of American Ethnology are fully treated in separate volumes. The scientific work of the Astrophysical Observatory is recorded in occasional publications, 4 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY, THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. THE ESTABLISHMENT. By act of Congress approved August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was created an Establishment. Its statutory members are “the President, the Vice-President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of Executive Departments.” As organized on June 30, 1906, the Establishment consisted uf the following ex officio members: TueroporEe Roosevett, President of the United States. Cuartes W. Fatrpanks, Vice-President of the United States. Metvitte W. Fuuuer, Chief Justice of the United States. Exinu Root, Secretary of State. Lesuiz M. Suaw, Secretary of the Treasury. Wituiam H. Tarr, Secretary of War. Witu1am H. Moopy, Attorney-General. GrorcE B. Corteiyou, Postmaster-General. Cuartes J. Bonaparte, Secretary of the Navy. Eruan Auten Hircucocn, Secretary of the Interior. JAMES Witson, Secretary of Agriculture. Vicror H. Mercatr, Secretary of Commerce and Labor. 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 mem- bers 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.” The following appointments and reappointments of Regents were made during the year: By appointment of the Vice-President on December 7, 1905, Senator. Henry Cabot Lodge in place of Senator Orville H. Platt, deceased, and Senator A. O. Bacon to succeed Senator Francis M. Cockrell, whose term of service in the Senate had expired; by appointment of the Speaker on December 18, 1905, Representatives R. R. Hitt and Robert Adams, jr., to succeed them- selves, and Representative W. M. Howard in place of the Hon. Hugh A. Dinsmore, whose term as Representative had expired. By joint resolutions of Congress approved February 23 and April 28, 1906, respectively, the Hon. Richard Olney and Dr. Andrew D. White were appointed Regents for terms of six years each. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 5 Tt is with deep regret that I have to record the death of the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., on June 1, 1906. Mr. Adams was a member of the Board of Regents on the part of the House of Representatives for nearly ten years, and always displayed a deep interest in the welfare of the Institution. He was succeeded by the Hon. John Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, who was appointed by the Speaker on June 12, 1906. The membership of the Board at the end of the fiscal year was as follows: The Chief Justice, Mr. Melville W. Fuller, Chancellor of the Institution; the Vice-President, Mr. Charles W. Fairbanks; Senator S. M. Cullom; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge; Senator A. O. Bacon; Representative R. R. Hitt; Representative John Dalzell; Repre- sentative William M. Howard; Dr. James B. Angell, of Michigan; Dr. Andrew D. White, of New York; the Hon. John B. Henderson, of the city of Washington; Dr. A. Graham Bell, of the city of Wash- ington; the Hon. Richard Olney, of Massachusetts, and the Hon. George Gray, of Delaware. At a meeting of the Board of Regents held March 12, 1903, the following 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 first Monday in December and on the 6th day of March, un- less that date falls on Sunday, when the following Monday shall be substituted. In accordance with this resolution the Board met on December 5, 1905, January 24, 1906, and March 6, 1906. A special meeting was also held on May 16, 1906. The proceedings of the Board at these meetings will be found in its annual report to Congress. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS. The year just passed marked an important epoch in the life of the Smithsonian Institution, the completion of its sixth decade. Few establishments of learning have secured so wide a recognition in so limited a time, short in comparison with the history of the older universities and societies in America and covering but a brief period in the life of the seats of learning and of the academies of the Old World. This circumstance is principally due to the fact that no institution founded in trust ever had so powerful a guardian as the Government of the United States, and to the stability of policy given to the Institution by the permanence of position guaranteed to its head. It is doubtful if any other such organization in this country can point to sixty years of existence under the direction of but three men, and probably no other has been presided over in succession by 6 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. three persons of such great distinction as were called to the responsi- ble position of Secretary. When James Smithson bequeathed his fortune to the United States of America to found at Washington an institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, he left the broadest direction possible for the establishment of an institution of learning. He placed no restrictions whatever upon the means or methods which the United States might use in carrying out his noble idea. It is clear, however, that he had in mind that concrete means must be employed for accomplishing the purpose of his bequest, and this was the judgment of the Members of Congress for a period of ten years, while the subject of the Smithsonian bequest was under dis- cussion, and of all the distinguished scientific men and educators whose views were sought prior to final action by the National Legis- lature. So broad was the idea that it required to be interpreted and defined lest the energies exercised under the fund be scattered in many directions and prove wasteful and ineffective. As long as the two purposes were kept in mind, namely, to increase the sum total of human knowledge and to spread it abroad, the objects of the be- quest were being accomplished. Congress in the act of foundation directed that the sum of nearly a quarter of a million of dollars of interest, which had accrued since the receipt of the bequest, be appropriated for the erection of a suitable building, at once giving to the new institution a local habitation and a name, and it prescribed, moreover, to what purposes this building should be put—a museum, a chemical laboratory, a library, a gallery of art, and lecture rooms. The law at once stamped the Institution with a national character by declaring that for exhibition in this building there be delivered over to the Institution all museum objects belonging to the United States which were in the city of Washington, and made the Institution coequal with the Library of Congress in the matter of receiving copyright books, engravings, and other articles. This act, however, comprehensive as it was, required further interpretation, and in addition to the purposes so clearly set forth it was decided to offer prizes for original memoirs, to make grants for special objects of research, and to diffuse knowledge by publishing a series of reports giving an account of new discoveries in science as well as separate treatises on subjects of general interest. In brief, the new institution was to take upon itself the functions of a great museum representing the sciences, the arts, and the indus- tries; a gallery of art; a library; an academy stimulating research and issuing publications, and a publishing house for the populari- zation of knowledge, and all these upon an income of what was then REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. fg not much more than $30,000 per annum. Nevertheless all these activities were undertaken and more not named were added, and by great economy and through the then larger purchasing power of money they were carried on with credit. Moreover, in view of the absence of many national scientific institutions which have since grown up, the Smithsonian, through its Secretary, was for a long period the general adviser of the Government in scientific matters. He served on the Light-House Board; he was called upon to make experiments to improve the acoustic properties of the Capitol; in times of war he advised in ordnance matters, whilst at different periods the several secretaries took up such large questions as the study of meteorology and the making of meteorological observations all over the United States, finally resulting in the formation of the United States Weather Bureau; the artificial propagation of food fishes and the investigation of problems relating to ichthyology in their bearing upon the fisheries, resulting in the establishment of the Bureau of Fisheries; or so large a problem as the practical use for the purposes of war of the principle discovered in connection with the maintenance and flight of heavy bodies through the air. As Congress and the people generally realized that the programme of operations was vastly larger than was commensurate with the income from the fund, they endowed this ward of the Government by annual budgets and thus made what was originally a compara- tively small museum a great museum of the nation; provided for the system of exchanges of Government and scientific publications between this country and other countries; maintained ethnological and archeological work on a considerable scale; established a splen- did home for the custody of living animals, at once serving for the recreation and instruction of the people and affording valuable ma- terial for students; and within the past year has assisted in a vast scheme of cooperative international bibliographical work, which had its inception in a suggestion made by the first Secretary in 1855. In this and in other ways has the Government aided in carrying out the conditions which it imposed upon the Smithson bequest, coming more and more to the help of the Institution, and making its own fund freer for that portion of its programme of work which has to do with research and publication and the general diffusion of knowledge. By a gradual and wise development of the system of administra- tion the four or five activities of the Institution have been put into separate groups, each with a responsible head answerable to the Sec- retary, which renders possible the greatest freedom of action and judgment consistent with an orderly and harmonious organization. Thus, at the end of sixty years, it may be said with truth that the 8 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. name of the Smithsonian is a household word throughout the United States, that it has been carried to every land where civilization exists, and that the benefits of this foundation, while naturally inur- ing most strongly to the people of the land in which the establish- ment was created, are yet truly extended to all men, and that the United States, through its legislative and executive branches of the Government, through the distinguished men who have served upon the Board of Regents, and the great scientific leaders and thinkers— Henry, Baird, and Langley—has rendered to the world at large a more than faithful account of its stewardship of this unique bequest. ADMINISTRATION. The duties of the Secretary during his absence in the summer and from the time when his final illness began, in November, 1905, were performed by Mr. Richard Rathbun, an assistant secretary of the Institution, by designation of the Chancellor under authority of the act of May 13, 1884, providing for the appointment of an acting secretary. That the work progressed so well is due to the hearty support given by the entire staff in what proved to be one of the most trying years in the history of the Institution. Dr. Cyrus Adler entered upon the discharge of his duties as assistant secretary in charge of library and exchanges on July 1, 1905, and on the same date Mr. F. W. Hodge, who, for about four years, had served as acting curator of exchanges and assistant in charge of the Smithsonian office, resumed his duties as ethnologist in the Bureau of American Ethnology. It is gratifying to report that the current business of the Institu- tion was conducted in a prompt and efficient manner, and that no arrearages in the work of the Government branches under its di- rection had to be noted in the quarterly statements made to the Presi- dent and the annual statement made to Congress in accordance with law. As has been customary, the estimates submitted to Congress in October, 1905, were accompanied by a letter explaining concisely but as forcibly as possible the reasons for requesting the amounts named in connection with each item. In the hearings on these estimates before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations, which occupied the greater part of two days in April, 1906, the workings of the Institution and its branches were fully discussed, und it is my opinion that the importance of the activities conducted under the direction of the Board of Regents is well appreciated by the members of that subcommittee. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 9 In accordance with an enactment of Congress, the Government branches of the Institution join with the Executive Departments in drawing up each year a list of the more important supplies required during the next twelve months. Proposals are thereupon requested and awards are made to the lowest bidders. Reduced prices are secured in this manner and the machinery of purchasing is greatly simplified. The parent Institution has been privileged to share in this arrangement, greatly to its advantage. FINANCES. The permanent fund of the Institution and the sources from which it was derived are as follows: Deposited in the Treasury of the United States. CUES UO tet SMLGNSOMs) HS46: = ae eh ee ee eee $515, 169. 00 Reidianyelecsdeycol Smithson 1 S6te- ss a ee 26, 210. 638 Deposnrpirom savings Of income, wS6ie22: - Se 2 ea 108, 620. 37 Requese.ot games, Hamilton) 185222 = ee $1, 000. 00 Accumulated interest on Hamilton fund, 1895__________ 1, 000. 00 —_———. 2, 000. 00 Bequest of Simeon Habel, 1880______ ee ae eee ae, ee Se 500. 00 Deposit from proceeds of saleiof-bonds, 188i = — = = 51, 500. 00 GitorehnomassiG= HOGeRINSS WSO lees Se ee 200, 000. 00 Part of residuary legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins, 1894____________ 8, 000. 00 Depositetrom savings of imcome, 19032222 2s eee a 25, 000. 00 Total amount of fund in the United States Treasury_______ 937, 000. 00 Held at the Smithsonian Institution. Registered and guaranteed bonds of the West Shore Railroad Company, part of legacy of Thomas G. Hodgkins_______________ 42, 000. 00 Totalenpermanent: und! == - ee Ae oe eee eae 979, 000. 00 That part of the fund deposited in the Treasury of the United States bears interest at 6 per cent per annum, under the provisions of the act organizing the Institution and an act of Congress approved March 12, 1894. The rate of interest on the West Shore Railroad bonds is 4 per cent per annum. By the final settlement of the estate of the late Thomas G. Hodg- kins during the past year the Institution received, in May, 1906, the balance of the residuary legacy left by this benefactor. It amounted to $7,850, in the form of registered bonds of the United States, now recorded in the name of the Smithsonian Institution, and held sub- ject to the order of the Board of Regents. Interest had accumulated on these bonds to the amount of $3,225.55, which sum was paid in 10 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. cash and deposited in the United States Treasury to the credit of the current account of the Institution. The income of the Institution during the year amounted to $67,588.08, derived as follows: From interest on the permanent fund, €57,900; from interest on the Hodgkins residuary legacy, $3,225.55 ; from .rentals, $437.53; from miscellaneous sources, $6,025—all of which were deposited to the current-fund account in the Treasury of the United States, which, through the courtesy of the Treasurer, is now receiving and collecting miscellaneous checks for the Institu- tion, thus making unnecessary the intermediary of a bank. With the addition of the nominal balance of $5,153.92, brought forward from the previous year, the total credits for the year reached $72,742. The disbursements, which will be given in detail in the report of the executive committee, amounted to $62,557.87, leaving a credit balance on June 30, 1906, of $10,184.13. Mr. W. I. Adams, chief clerk of the International Exchanges, was on June 12, 1905, appointed accountant of the Smithsonian Institu- tion and disbursing agent for the Government appropriations for the National Museum, the International Exchanges, the Bureau of American Ethnology, the Astrophysical Observatory, the National Zoological Park, and such other objects as may from time to time be placed by Congress under the direction of the Institution. Certain additional safeguards suggested by experience were adopted early in the fiscal year for the protection of the funds of the Institution and the Government. The Institution was charged by Congress with the disbursement of the following appropriations for the year ending June 30, 1906: International Exchanges ees aes ee $28, 800 American SH thnology 2 — ee ee ee ee ee 40, 000 AStrophysical Observatory 22-525 ee ee ee eee 15, 000 United States National Museum: Murni ture and Siixtunes 2.2 Sen 22s eee eee ee eee eee 22. 500 Heating randlighiting 222s. ee ae ee ee ee 18, 000 IPLeServatlOn sO fs COM eC HOTS = eee eee ee 180, 000 Transportation of exhibits acquired at the Louisiana Purchase HX OSITONY 222 =e ee ee ee ee es 6, 500 BOOKS: "2 Atel 6 ULE Sees ee eer Fs Os et ee ee ee Pee 2, 000 OS CAS Ce RPS SS ee pa ea ha ee eae cae ea 500 Rent, of workshops 22-25 eee. 2 = ee ae 2 eee 4, 580 BULGING: (re DAES 2a ese. es ees Ae ee ee 15, 000 INK? lO WU Ghooke; ioe qovey INGnenorafall WeoEWiON = 1, 500, 000 INAtVOM Ale Zoologia ae airs ee ee ee en es 95, 000 200) 521 (Re eee re eae a ee SOO wey, cP eRe aie NOMI Ee Le 1, 927, 880 The estimates forwarded to Congress in behalf of the Government branches under the Institution and the appropriations based thereon REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. iH for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, are shown in the following table: Estimates. Appropria: TYLOR ALLO al SH PX CHAM ECR: cia'm ere neste clerelaaisisicisinia /aatale emia Sarieraacecse area see le $28, 800. 00 $28, 800 FATT GAN BHIUHT OLORY cence Seta n ena Orci a eines = Saat Sean e ee cecctecuiemeiacce 50, 000. 00 40, 000 AStrQp hy sical OPSELVatOLyisanscme asieisinie i ciarclels oleae a aioe oe emer cleieiniea s arcimars 15, 000. 00 | 14, 000 National Museum: eM Gamera Gti LURES eerie cele e tae ciara wa coe ear Sales orejgaoneeten oe ante 22,500. 00 20, 000 Hea oan GuIO RGN. a oas sack cow azo = Saseas sees Secies cosines teases cicls ose 18, 000. 00 18, 000 Preservation COLECTIONSE soos cae ccc soos Sanieneiee sales ws aac cstesers 210, 000. 00 180, 000 é IPUrGhaseOMSPCCiIMeNA sess scs arias «Sa eean- scianesaeese so) ee cists asia's 1LO%000;00))||Seceeeeesee BOOK Sheetecttats ee sie a ctaie’e ayainre wis cletore wis afonciie esate ciao swoon sce meses mceec 5, 000. 00 2, 000 PB URLGIN SOP MINA ees arac sara sae States icc are alae rss ee aio tuiore mise sila’ oemsa seas 15, 000. 00 15, 000 RentOiwOrkShops's ssecccsissas -sl sees ce origwecere © ae sa ckeskitecsulees 1. The framing of ethnographical and sociological interrogatories. 2. The transmission of these interrogatories through the proper authorities to colonial officers, explorers, ete. 3. The publication of the answers to such interrogatories. 4. The distribution of these answers, and cooperation in the investigations. The Smithsonian Institution was invited to cooperate in the organization and promotion of the objects of this bureau, but after careful consideration it was found that most of the objects to be secured thereby were already included within the scope of the pres- ent activities of the Institution and its bureaus, particularly in the National Museum, where all collections belenging to the United States are deposited, and in the Bureau of American Ethnology, which is engaged upon investigations of the primitive peoples of this country. The National Museum is at all times prepared, so far as its collections allow, to enter into exchange relations with the museums of other countries, and this part of the proposed scheme could be carried on among the various countries that are interested without the establishment of a new bureau. It was found, moreover, that a very considerable sl] are of the general expense incident to the proposed international bureau would REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 27 entail upon the United States without the possibility of a commen- surate return. Since it is enabled by its present system to infor- mally obtain most of the international advantages which would be obtained through the proposed organization, the Institution, while acceding in principle to the project, nevertheless felt obliged to decline an active participation therein. NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART. The curatorship of the art collections of the nation was confided to the Smithsonian Institution by the Congressional act of 1846, providing for its establishment, in terms as follows: Whenever suitable arrangements can be made from time to time for their reception, all objects of art and of foreign and curious research, and ali objects of natural history, plants, and geological and mineralogical specimens belonging to the United States * * * shall be delivered to such persons as may be authorized by the Board of Regents to receive them, and shall be so arranged and classified in the building erected for the Institution as best to facilitate the examination and study of them. During its early years this object was promoted in various ways: Rooms for the gallery of art were especially designed in the Smith- sonian building, a very valuable collection of prints and engravings assembled by the Hon. George P. Marsh was purchased, a selection of casts was secured abroad, and loan collections of paintings and sculpture were placed upon exhibition. In 1866 the prints were placed for temporary safe-keeping in the Library of Congress, and in 1874, and again in 1879, various art objects belonging to the Institution were deposited in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, which had been established a few years before. With the definite organi- ' gation of the National Museum, art collections of various classes were secured, notably in the graphic arts, ceramics, metal, lacquer work, ivories, etc. Suitable fireproof quarters for the collections belonging to the Institution were subsequently provided under a special appropria- tion by Congress, but their recall was deferred until 1896, when formal action in the matter was taken by the Board of Regents. Some of the prints, however, are still at the Library of Congress, and a few other works of art, notably a large painting by Healy, at the Corcoran Gallery. While the title “ Gallery of Art” may have seemed presumptuous for this small though relatively valuable collection, recent events have justified the expectation that sooner or later the nation was certain to possess such a gallery of genuine merit. Two benefactions are to be recorded in the history of the past year, both so far exceeding any previous ones as to mark a distinctively new era 28 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY, in the building up of the National Gallery of Art. One of these was a gift from Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, Michigan; the other a bequest from the late Harriet Lane Johnston, of Washington. THE ART COLLECTIONS OF CHARLES L. FREER. Under date of January 3, 1905, Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, Michigan, transmitted to the Institution an offer to bequeath or make present conveyance of title to his valuable private art collections to the Smithsonian Institution or the Government, under certain condi- tions, proposing at the same time to provide for the construction, after his death, of a building of appropriate design and proportion to receive the collections, provided that the Institution or the Govern- ment would undertake its maintenance. Consideration was given to this proposal by the Board of Regents at several meetings, and on January 24, 1906, the offer was accepted on terms slightly modified by Mr. Freer, as conveyed in a letter addressed to the President of the United States, as follows: WASHINGTON, D. C., December 15, 1905. To the PRESIDENT: Permit me to repeat my offer to bequeath my art collections to the Smith- sonian Institution or to the United States Government, and also the sum of $500,000 in money for the purpose of constructing a suitable building in which to house them, upon the following terms and conditions: First. The sum of $500,000 shall be paid by my executors to the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government promptly after my decease, and shall be used forthwith for the construction of a fireproof building connected with the National Museum, the construction of which has been recently authorized, or reasonably near thereto. : Second. The interior of this building shall be arranged with special regard for the convenience of students and others desirous of an opportunity for unin- terrupted study. A suitable space shall be provided in which the Peacock Room should be re-erected complete. The whole interior arrangement of the building shall be agreed upon between the Regents of the Smithsonian Insti- tution and myself within a reasonable time after the acceptance of this offer. Third. The collections, with such additions thereto as shall be made during my lifetime, shall be delivered by my executors to the Regents immediately after the building is constructed and ready to receive them. Fourth. The collections and the buildings shall be cared for and maintained perpetually by the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government at its own expense. Fifth. No addition or deduction shall be made to the collections after my death, and nothing else shall ever be exhibited with them, or in the same building, nor shall the said collections, or any part thereof, be removed at any time from the said building except when necessary for the purpose of making repairs or renovations in the building. Sixth. No charge shall ever be made for admission to the building or for the privilege of examining or studying the collections. Seventh. The collections and building shall always bear my name in some modest and appropriate form, REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 29 In lieu of the foregoing offer, I am willing, upon the conditions above expressed, to make a present conveyance of the title to said collections to the Institution or the Government, and a bequest of the sum of $500,000 for the building, provided: 1. The collections shall remain in my possession during my life, and in the possession of my executors after my death until the completion of the building. 2. I shall have the right to make such additions to the collections as may seem to me advisable or necessary for the improvement of the collections, or any of them. 3. On or before April next I will file with the efficials of the Smithsonian Institution or the United States Government a descriptive inventory of the objects belonging to the collections. 4. Both I and my executors shall be free from any liability on account of any less in or danger that may accrue to the collections while in my or their charge, even though such loss or injury shall occur by reason of my or their negligence, or the negligence of my or their servants. agents or employees. The exact form of the bequest or gift, and the details for carrying it into execution, are legal questions that can be agreed upon by counsel representing the Institution or the Government and myself. I am, with great respect, very sincerely yours, . CHARLES L. FREER. Following is the resolution of acceptance, adopted by the Board on January 24, 1906: The Board of Regents, recognizing the great value to the people of the United States of the art collection so generously offered by Mr. Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, Michigan ; Resolved, That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution do hereby accept the tender of Mr. Freer to make present conveyance to the Institu- tion of the title to his art collection, and to bequeath to the Institution the sam of -$500,000 for the construction of a fireproof building in which to house it, under the terms as stated in his communication to the President of the United States dated December 15. 1905. The conveyance was finally executed on May 5, 1906, in the follow- ing terms: Know all men by these presents that Charles L. Freer, of the city of Detroit, county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar and of other valuable considerations to him in hand paid by the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment created by act of Congress, party of the second part, the receipt whereof is acknowledged, has bargained and sold, and by these presents does grant and convey unto the said party of the second part, and unto its successors, the art objects belonging to said party of the first part and now in his possession at No. 33 Ferry avenue east, in the city of Detroit, Michigan, particularly enumerated in the printed inventory hereto attached and made a part hereof; to have and to hold the same woto the said party of the second part, and its successors forever. The said party of the first part for himself, his heirs, executors and adminis- trators, does covenant and agree to and with the said party of the second part, and its successors, to warrant and defend the sale hereby made of said property, goods and chattels unto the said party of the second part, and its successors, against all and every person or persons whatsoever. 30 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. This transfer and sale is made by said party of the first part, and is accepted by said party of the second part, upon the following terms and conditions, which are hereby declared to be binding obligations upon the parties hereto: 1. Said first party shall bequeath to said party of the second part under the terms of his last will and testament the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, which shall be paid by the executors of said party of the first part to said party of the second part promptly after the death of said party of the first part. Said sum shall be used forthwith after the receipt thereof by said party of the second part exclusively in the construction and equipment of a fireproof building connected with the National Museum, or reasonably near thereto, upon a site to be furnished by said party of the second part, according to plans and specifications which shall be agreed upon as soon as may be aiter the date hereof between said party of the first part and the Regents of said Institution; provided that any portion of said sum that shall remain unexpended after a building planned to take said sum for its construction and equipment shall have been completed may be used by said Institution for purposes connected with said building and its collection. Said building shall be used exclusively for storing and exhibiting the objects covered by this instrument and such objects as may hereafter be transferred by said first party to said second party. In the event that plans and specifications are not agreed upon prior to the death of said first party, said building shall be constructed and equipped by said Institution with the sum so bequeathed with special regard for the con- venience of students and others desirous of an opportunity for uninterrupted study of the objects embraced hereunder. A suitable space shall be provided in said building in which the Peacock Room mentioned in said inventory shall be re-erected complete. 2. Said first party may add other appropriate objects, to be selected by him, to those enumerated in said inventory, and such other objects when transferred to said second party shall be subject in all respects to the terms and conditions enumerated in this instrument. 3. The objects embraced in said inventory, with such additions thereto as shall be made by said first party during his lifetime and transferred to said second party, shall be delivered by the executors of said first party to said Institution in said building immediately after the building shall have been con- structed and ready to receive them. 4. The said building, when constructed, and the objects when delivered, shall be cared for and maintained perpetually by said second party, or its successors, at its own expense. 5. After such delivery no addition shall be made to said objects, nor shall any deduction be made therefrom, and no other objects of any kind shall ever be exhibited in connection with said objects, or in the same building. nor shall the said objects, or any part thereof, be removed at any time from said build- ing, except when necessary for the purpose of making repairs or renovations in the building. 6. No charge shall ever be made for admission to the building nor for the privilege of examining or studying the objects contained therein. 7. The collections and building shall always bear the name of said first party in some modest and appropriate form. 8. All objects covered by said inventory and by said subsequent transfers shall remain in the possession of said first party during his lifetime, and in the possession of his executors after his death until the said building is fully com- pleted. Said first party shall have the right during his lifetime to loan any of said objects for exhibition purposes. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 31 9. Said first party and his executors shall be free from any liability on account of any loss in or damage that may accrue to the whole or any of said objects before the delivery thereof to said second party, notwithstanding the fact that such loss or damage may accrue by reason of his or their negligence or the negligence of his or their servants, agents or employees. It is the intention and meaning of the parties hereto that the title to the objects mentioned in the inventory hereto attached passes immediately to said second party, and that the title to all objects which may be added to those in said inventory mentioned, and which may be covered by subsequent transfers to said second party, shall pass immediately to said second party. upon the delivery to it of each instrument of subsequent transfer. In witness whereof the said party of the first part has hereunto set his hand and seal, and said party of the second part has caused this instrument to be executed in duplicate by its Acting Secretary and its seal to be hereto affixed, this fifth day of May, 1906. (Signed) CHARLES L. FREER, [SEAL] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, (Signed) By RicHARD RATHBUN, Acting Secretary. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of— (Signed ) Hersert E. Boynton. [SEAL] (Signed) Frank W. HACKETT. [ SEAL. ] The printed inventory which accompanied and was made a part of the above conveyance enumerates above 2,250 objects, which may be briefly summarized as follows: By James McNeill Whistler, 119 paintings in oil, water color, and pastel; 100 drawings and sketches, 3 wood engravings, 600 etchings and dry points, 165 lithographs, and all the decorations of the famous Peacock room. By the American artists, Dwight W. Tryon, Thomas W. Dewing, and Abbott H. Thayer, 60 paintings in oil, water color, and pastel. Of oriental paintings, 298 kakemono and makimono, 121 screens and 53 panels, by various masters of Japanese and Chinese schools, from the tenth to the nineteenth century, including Ririomin. Sesshu, Sesson, Motonobu, Tanyu, Koyetsu, Sotatsu, Korin, Kenzan, Hoitsu, Okio, and Hokusai; besides 4 albums of Japanese art and 13 Tibetan paintings. Of oriental pottery, 953 pieces from Japan, China, Korea, Central Asia, Persia, and Arabia. There is also a small collection of ancient Chinese and Japanese bronzes and some lacquer work by Koyetsu, Korin, and Ritsuwo. THE ART COLLECTION OF HARRIET LANE JOHNSTON. Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston, the niece of James Buchanan, who had accompanied him when minister abroad and who was mistress of the White House during his term as President, had assembled at her home in Washington some important works of art, including a 32 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY, number of paintings by distinguished masters, and numerous articles of historical interest and value. Upon her decease on July 3, 1903, it was found that she had bequeathed this entire collection to the Corcoran Gallery of Art under certain specified conditions and sub- ject to the provision “ that in the event that the Government of the United States shall establish in the city of Washington a national art gallery that the said articles shall, upon the establishment of said national art gallery, be, by the said trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and their successors, delivered to the said national art gal- lery, and upon such delivery shall become the absolute property of the said national art gallery established by the United States.” The conditions were of such a character as to cause the Corcoran Gallery to decline the bequest. From what has subsequently been learned Mrs. Johnston seems not to have been aware that the Smith- sonian Institution had been named as the depository for the objects of art belonging to the nation, possibly from the fact that it had never been formally designated as the National Gallery of Art. The executors of the will, although desiring to carry out its intent and render possible the maintenance of the collection in its integrity in Washington, felt themselves without authority to award it to the Smithsonian Institution under the circumstances, and the Congress then in session (1903-4) was too near its close to secure what was then deemed necessary legislation, although an appropriate resolu- tion was introduced in the Senate. The annual message of President Roosevelt to the Fifty-eighth Con- gress, third session (dated December 6, 1904), contains the following clause: The collections of art contemplated in section 5586 of the Revised Statutes should be designated and established as a national gallery of art, and the Smith- sonian Institution should be authorized to accept any additions to said collection that may be received by gift, bequest, or devise. No action followed in Congress, but the executors of the Johnston estate still feeling it incumbent upon them to prevent the disposal of the collection by sale, filed a suit on February 7, 1905, in the su- preme court of the District of Columbia, asking a construction of certain doubtful clauses in the testament. By direction of the President, the Attorney-General, on behalf of the United States, on February 10, 1905, entered its appearance in the suit, claiming an interest in the matter. It is understood that all the legatees under the will agreed to the con- tention of the Government except the Harriet Lane Home, of Balti- more, founded by Mrs. Johnston, which had an interest in the residuary estate, and which, from a sense of obligation to a public charity, deemed a judicial decision necessary, although some of the REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 83 trustees of the Home were in favor of having the objects kept to- gether as a perpetual memorial to their deceased relative and friend. On October 23, 1905, the Government filed its full answer to the bill of the Harriet Lane Home and its further petition that the United States be declared to have established a National Art Gallery at and in connection with the Smithsonian Institution. Testimony was sub- mitted on the part of the Institution before an examiner on June 8, 1906. The decision was favorable to the Institution, and the decree of the court is of exceptional importance, since it definitely establishes the fact that the collection of art contemplated in the fundamental act is the National Gallery of Art within the meaning and intent of the law. The full text of the decree is as follows: IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. D. K. Este FISHER, AND OTHERS, EXECUTORS AND Trustees under the Last Will and Testament of Harriet Lane Johnston, deceased, V. Harriet LANE HOME FoR INVALID CHILDREN OF BALTI- more City, and others. Equity, No. 25,160. Doe. This cause coming on for hearing In respect to the subject matters set forth in the Thirteenth Paragraph of the Bill of Complaint; the allegations of the said paragraph, the Answers thereto of the several Defendants, the provisions of the Last Will and Testament and of the several codicils thereto of the Testatrix, Harriet Lane Johnston, and the testimony taken on behalf of the United States of America in support of its answer to the allegations of the said thirteenth paragraph of the Bill of Complaint, having been by the Court, (after argument of counsel for the United States of America and for the Defendant the Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children of Baltimore City, the residuary legatee and devisee named in the said Last Will and Testament of the said Testatrix) fully considered, It is, therefore, on this eleventh day of July, in the year 1906, by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, sitting in Equity, and by the authority thereof, adjudged, ordered and decreed, That there has been established by the United States of America in the City of Washington a National Art Gallery, within the scope and meaning of that part of the codicil bearing date April 21, 1902, made by the said Harriet Lane Johnston to her Last Will and Testament, in the proceedings in this case men- tioned, wherein she gave and bequeathed the pictures, miniatures and other articles, to the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and in the event of the Government establishing in the City of Washington a National Art Gallery, then that the said pictures and other articles above mentioned should be de- jivered to the said National Art Gallery and become its property; and that the said National Art Gallery is the National Art Gallery established by the United States of America at, and in connection with, the Smithsonian Institution located in the District of Columbia and described in the Act of Congress entitled an Act to establish the “ Smithsonian Institution” for the Increase and Diffusion of sm 1906——3 34 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. Knowledge among men, approved August 10, 1846, 9 Stat. L. 103, (Title LX XIII, Section 5579 R. S. U. S.) and the subsequent Acts of Congress amendatory thereof; and it is further adjudged, ordered and decreed, that the United States of America is entitled to demand and receive from the surviving Executors of the said Harriet Lane Johnston, the Complainants named in the Bill of Com- plaint in this case, all of the above mentioned pictures, articles of sculpture, engravings, miniatures and other articles, the same to be and become a part of the said National Art Gallery so established by the United States of America at, and in connection with, the said Smithsonian Institution. And whereas, the said Testatrix, Harriet Lane Johnston, in bequeath- ing the said pictures and other articles to the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, in and by the codicil hereinbefore mentioned to her said Will, made it a condition of the said bequest that the said articles should be kept together in a room provided for the purpose, and to be designated as the ‘ Harriet Lane Johnston Collection;’ and whereas it is apparent that it was the design of the said Testatrix if the said pictures and other articles bequeathed in connection with the same should belong to, and become a part of the National Art Gallery established in the City of Washington by the United States of America, that the above mentioned provision for the keeping together in a room all of the said articles so bequeathed, and that the same should be designated as the “ Harriet Lane Johnston Collec- tion” (prescribed as the condition upon which the same should become the property of the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art) should be the condition upon which they should become part of the National Art Gallery established by the United States of America, Now therefore, it is further adjudged, ordered and decreed, as a condition upon which the title of the United States of America shall be acquired in the said pictures and other articles hereinbefore mentioned, that the same shall all be kept, so as to form one distinct collection, in one hall or room in one of the buildings of the Smithsonian Institution, the several classes of the said articles being arranged and located in said hall or room according to the best judgment of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; and that in an appropriate, prominent and permanent way, the said Collection shall be designated and declared to be the “ Harriet Lane Johnston Collection.” And it is further adjudged, ordered and decreed, that the costs of the pro- ceedings in this case in connection with this decree shall be paid by the com- plainants as Hxecutors of Harriet Lane Johnston, deceased. WENDELL P. SrarrorD, Justice. As a result of this decree the Harriet Lane Johnston collection was delivered to the Institution on August 3, 1906. It consists of 31 pieces and comprises, besides works of art, several interesting histor- ical objects. Among the paintings are a number by well-known masters, whose productions are now difficult if not impossible to obtain. The list is as follows: Painting, Madonna and Child, by Bernardino Luini; painting, Madonna and Child, after Correggio; portrait of Lady Essex as Juliet, by Sir Thomas Lawrence; portrait of Miss Kirkpatrick, by George Romney; portrait of Mrs. Abington, by John Hoppner; portrait of Mrs. Hammond, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; portrait of Miss Murray, by Sir William Beechey; paint- ing, The Valley Farm, by John Constable; portrait of the Prince of REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 85 Wales (King Edward VII) at the time of his visit to the United States, by Sir John Watson Gordon; portrait of Josepha Boegart, by Francis Pourbous, the younger; portrait of Madam Tulp, by Janssens; painting, a street scene in India, by E. L. Weeks; paint- ing, “ Independence,” by Meyer; a valuable small Roman mosaic; an old engraving of John Hampden; painting, President Buchanan and the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) with his suite, the Cabinet, and others, at the tomb of Washington, Mount Vernon, by Thomas Rossiter; portrait of President Buchanan, by Eichholtz; miniature of President Buchanan, by Henry Brown; marble bust of President Buchanan, by Dexter; marble bust of Mr. Johnston, by Rhinehart; portrait of James Buchanan Johnston, by Harper Pen- nington; marble Cupid, the likeness of Henry E. Johnston when 2 years old, by Rhinehart; the first message sent over the Atlantic cable, from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan, and the reply by the latter; silver medal commemorative of the marriage of Victoria, Princess Royal of England, to Frederick William, Crown Prince of Germany, with a letter of transmittal from H. R. H. Albert, Prince Consort, to President Buchanan; letter to President Buchanan from the Prince of Wales (King Edward VII), transmitting his portrait; two autograph letters from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan, relating to the visit of the Prince of Wales to the United States, dated June 22 and November 19, 1860; photograph of Queen Vic- toria, with autograph signature and date “1898,” presented by the Queen to Mrs. Johnston; gavel used at the Cincinnati convention, June, 1856, at which Buchanan was nominated for the Presidency ; Bible on which Buchanan took the oath of office as President, March 4, 1857. NATIONAL MUSEUM. The National Museum is carrying on its operations as effectively as possible, though two obstacles have for many years stood in the way of perfecting its condition—lack of space and an insufficient staff. The first of these will soon be removed, and it is hoped that action on the other will not long be delayed. The granite structure now being erected will be monumental in character and cover a larger area than any other Government build- ing in the city except the Capitol. Its four stories will contain nearly 10 acres of floor space, which has been laid out to meet the several requirements of exhibition, storage, and workrooms. Two years have elapsed since the ground was broken, and in view of cer- tain unavoidable delays another like period will probably be con- sumed in its completion, but this length of time can not be regarded as excessive, considering the massive character of the building and 86 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. the superior quality of the materials and workmanship which enter into its construction. The rapid growth of the national collections is only what was to be expected in a country so extensive and of such exceeding wealth of resources in its natural products, in its aborigines, and in the activi- ties of its civilization. The illustration of all of these fields was contemplated in the original plan of organization, and contributions relating to them all have been pouring in for more than fifty years. The Museum has never had an adequate amount of space at any period in its history, not even when it began to occupy its present brick building, since collections of sufficient extent to fill it were already on hand. The accumulation of material has gone on still more rapidly in recent years, taxing to the utmost the energies of the small staff to Insure its preservation. The public halls are conse- quently more utilized for storage than for exhibition, and visitors find it difficult to circulate among the cases. The laboratories offer scant space for the examination of specimens, and several rented buildings are completely filled with collections of great value. The acquisitions of the past year have amounted to over a quarter of a million specimens, pertaining to practically all of the subjects comprised in the museum classification. They were derived from a great variety of sources and largely by transfer from the Govern- ment surveys. The number of private donations and exchanges was very large, and one of the former was of unusual extent and value. It consisted of a collection of 75,000 specimens of Lepidoptera from North and South America, including many types and rare species, assembled by Mr. William Schaus and by him generously presented to the National Museum. In connection with the work of classifying the collections the assistants and collaborators have made many important contribu- tions to science, and the several publications of the year in which these were printed are fully up to the standard so long maintained. Irom the duplicates recently separated from the reserve collections nearly 20,000 specimens, made up into about 260 sets, were distributed to schools and colleges in the interest of education. BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. The field investigations by the Bureau of American Ethnology related to the Indians of Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Florida, but were not as extensive as usual because of the amount of work required to be done at the office in Washington. The preparation of manuscript and reading of proafs for the Handbook of the Indians occupied the attention of most of the members of the staff and of several experts REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 37 connected with other establishments for shorter or longer periods throughout the year. This large work, which has often been referred to in past reports, will be practically a résumé of all that is known regarding the aborigines of the United States, based upon informa- tion from every possible source, including the unpublished records of the Bureau. The matter is arranged alphabetically for convenience of refer- ence, and the two octavo volumes of which it will consist will be pro- fusely illustrated. From the point of view of general interest it will be the most important publication which the Bureau has issued. The correcting of the proofs of the first volume was nearing comple- tion at the close of the year. Considerable progress was also made on the Handbook of Indian Languages, the main part of which will consist of sketches of sixteen American languages, and reports and bulletins relating to a num- ber of other subjects were completed or in course of preparation. With a view to assisting the Departments of the Government hav- ing custody of the public domain in the preservation of American antiquities, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, the Bureau has been active in compiling a card cata- logue of archeological sites, especially the ruined pueblos and cliff dwellings, and has made good progress in the preparation of a series of bulletins giving information concerning these antiquities. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. The International Exchange Service, initiated by the Smithsonian Institution in the early years of its existence, for the interchange of scientific publications between learned societies and individuals in the United States and those of foreign countries, and later desig- nated by the United States Government as the agency for the transmission of sets of official documents to selected depositories throughout the world, has effectually discharged the commissions intrusted to it. Of the maximum hmit of 100 copies of all Gov- ernment publications, authorized by law to be distributed under the direction of the Library of Congress, from time to time, to important governmental libraries in European and other countries, 80 complete or partial sets have now been assigned and are being transmitted by the exchange service to their respective destinations. Additional public documents, issued from month to month, are forwarded promply to the various depositories. The Institution has continued its endeavor, through the proper channels, to secure the fullest cooperation on the part of all civilized governments in reciprocally receiving and distributing within their 38 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. own borders transmissions from the United States and in dispatch- ing to this country similar sendings from its own scientific and educational institutions and citizens. Some important changes in connection with the details of this service have been made during the year, which have resulted in greater dispatch and efficiency. Steps have recently been taken through which it is hoped that the British Government may establish a bureau of its own, thus relieving the Smithsonian Institution from maintaining a special agency in London for the receipt and distribution of exchanges with Great Britain. It is gratifying to state that through the efforts of the Hon. W. W. Rockhill, American minister at Peking, the long-pending exchange negotiations with China have been brought to a successful conclu- sion, the Shanghai bureau of foreign affairs having been designated as the representative of the Chinese Government in this matter. Efforts are being made to resume exchange relations with Korea, the transmissions to that country having been carried on heretofore through the courtesy of the Russian commission of international exchanges at St. Petersburg, Through the offices of the Department of State and of the Ameri- can minister at Rome, the exchange service between Italy and the United States has been placed upon a more efficient basis. The government of Lourenco Marquez has been added to the countries to receive full sets of official documents, in exchange for which the authorities of Portuguese East Africa are to send to the United States not only the publications of Lourenco Marquez, but also those of the province of Mozambique and of different chartered companies. The total weight of packages handled by the International Exchanges for the year was 471,559 pounds, and the number of cor- respondents throughout the world has reached 56,414, an increase of 4,434 over the preceding year. I record with regret the death on June 23, 1906, of Dr. Joseph von K6résy, who had served as exchange agent of the Institution at Budapest, Hungary, since 1897. He was the first agent of the In- stitution for that country, and had taken special interest in the work, materially increasing the number of packages received from correspondents in Hungary. Mr. Julius Pikler was appointed, tem- porarily, to succeed him. Owing to the death of Dr. Paul Leverkiihn, director of the scien- tific institutions and library of His Royal Highness the Prince of Bulgaria, the transmission of exchanges to that country has been temporarily suspended, but it is expected that it will soon be resumed. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 39 NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. In administering the affairs of the National Zoological Park, the purposes defined by Congress in the act of organization, namely, the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people, have been kept constantly in view, though on account of insufficient funds it has been impossible to promote these aims to the extent desired. It is hoped that this condition will be rec- tified in the near future, but that the park is already an assured success and that its objects are well appreciated is evidenced by the large number of visitors, which, during the past year, exceeded half a million. Extreme care has been taken to preserve its very picturesque natural features, and forming, as it does, an essential part of the extensive parking system of the Rock Creek Valley, the mainte- nance of its driveways and paths has been the subject of constant attention. The inadequacy of the appropriations for the proper equipment of the park has made it necessary to exercise an unwise economy 1n the construction of its buildings and other shelters, the majority of which are of a cheap and temporary character, and sooner or later must be replaced. The large building lately planned on a substan- tial and permanent basis has now been in course of erection during three years, since only small annual allotments could be assigned to the purpose, and its completion must await the appropriation for 1907. Among the pressing needs is a small building, with outlying yards, which can be used as a hospital and quarantine for sick animals and also serve as a pathological and anatomical laboratory, in partial furtherance of the primary object of the park—the advancement of science. It is hoped that funds can be spared to begin upon this structure, the importance of which is very great, during the ensuing year. The economy of establishing a central heating plant has long been recognized, but this feature has also been delayed for the reasons ' already stated. A beginning was made, however, during the past year, the boilers being placed in an extension of the temporary work- shop and connections made with the three nearest buildings. Congress has recently authorized the construction of streets at short distances from the western and southeastern boundaries of the park, and it seems especially desirable that the intervening strips of land be purchased for addition to the park. On one side the projected street is close to the edge of a steep slope within the park, 40 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY, while on the other the back yards of houses would extend to the park fence. The streets in question would form more appropriate boundaries than now exist in those directions, and the acquirement of the land would help to preserve the natural beauties of the park. The number of animals in the park at the close of the year was 1,272, of which 509 were mammals, 648 birds, and 130 reptiles. It is gratifying to record the continued cooperation of the Depart- ment of State, through its representatives abroad, in the acquisi- tion by gift or exchange of a number of rare animals from various parts of the world. ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY. This Observatory was established at the instance of the late Sec- retary Langley, who acted as its Director, and was intended to render possiblé the continuation of the epoch-making researches which he initiated at Allegheny while in charge of the observatory there. Mr. C. G. Abbot, his principal assistant for a number of years, has been designated temporarily as acting director. The buildings of the Observatory, though of a temporary char- acter, have been kept in good repair, and the inclosure surrounding them has been enlarged to meet additional requirements of space. As a measure of protection, a small fireproof shelter has been erected in the northeast corner of the inclosure to contain the storage batteries and an alternating current generator and to serve as a distributing center for the electrical currents used in the Observatory. Continued attention has been given to the improvement of the ap- paratus, with the object of adapting it more effectually to the researches which are prosecuted and of increasing its delicacy and precision. The investigations of the Observatory have been conducted along lines of definite research, and much important information relating to solar radiation and to the transparency of the earth’s atmosphere and the sun’s envelope has been collected. During the past year, as for some time previously, the work has been steadily directed with the aim of securing data in regard to the suspected variability of the sun. As explained in the last report, arrangements were made in the spring of 1905 to secure series of observations at a high alti- tude under superior atmospheric conditions, the work being also continued at Washington during the same period. This was rendered possible through the courtesy of the Carnegie Institution and the invitation of Prof. George E. Hale, director of its newly established observatory for solar research on Mount Wilson, in southern Cali- fornia. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 41 The Smithsonian party, in charge of Mr. C. G. Abbot, and equipped with the necessary apparatus, reached Mount Wilson in May and remained there until the latter part of October, 1905. The weather conditions remained excellent throughout most of the season, permitting the work to go on uninterruptedly. Again, in May, 1906, Mr. Abbot returned to Mount Wilson, where his observations are expected to continue over a somewhat longer period. Sufficient material has been assembled since the publication of the first volume of the Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory to war- rant the issuing of a second volume, the preparation of which is now in progress. Respectfully submitted. Ricuarp RatrHeBun, Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. APPENDIX TO ACTING SECRETARY’S REPORT: Aprenpix I. REPORT ON THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. The subject of greatest interest continues to be the construction of the new Museum building, for which the ground was broken in June, 1904. The failure of certain of the quarries to supply granite as rapidly as was expected has caused delay in the erection of the outer walls, but otherwise good progress has been made, and at the close of the year the basement walls, as well as the heavy steel framework and brick arches for the main floor, were approaching completion. Until the new building is ready for occupancy the national collections must continue to become more crowded each year, but the interval is now too short to occasion much concern regarding their safety. The staff could, however, be increased to some extent with great advantage at this time, especially in view of the many preparations essential to the transfer of collections, and the impor- tance of placing the salaries of employees on the same basis as in the Executive Departments can not be too strongly emphasized. The roofs on the present Museum building remain in as serious a condition as ever, notwithstanding the extensive repairs made and the constant oversight to which they have been subjected. Every expedient thus far applied has failed to accomplish its purpose, and in all heavy rains the leaks still prevail to an alarming degree. Driven thus to drastic measures plans were drawn up and partial contracts entered upon before the close of the year, whereby all the present main roofs will be removed and replaced by metal roofs of the best quality, without the necessity of greatly disturbing the contents of the exhibi- tion halls below. Under the current rate of appropriation for building repairs the work will have to be extended over two or three years, but in the end the covering of the building will be in even better condition than when it was first put on. While the building is constructed entirely of fireproof materials, yet its con- tents, now much crowded, are to a large extent combustible. The dividing walls between the different halls, courts, and ranges are, moreover, pierced with large openings reaching nearly to the roof, which makes of the building practi- cally one large room over 2 acres in extent. Although every known precaution for the detection and extinguishing of a fire has been introduced, still it has been deemed prudent to isolate the several halls by filling in the openings with fireproof material, and some progress in this direction had been made before the end of the year. With such exceptions as have been mentioned the Museum was never in so good a condition as it is to-day. Improvements are to be noted in the exhibition halls, in the reserve storage, and in the laboratories and offices. It is the overcrowding and the necessity of trusting to outside storage for the keeping of valuable collections which now gives the most concern. 43 44 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. ACCESSIONS. The number of specimens added to the collections was over a quarter of a million, divided among subjects under the three departments of the Museum about as follows: Anthropology, 8,000; biology, 227,000; geology, 21,000. The most valuable single contribution, and one of the largest ever received by the Department of Biology, was the gift from Mr. William Schaus of his collection of North and South American lepidoptera, containing 73,000 specimens and a very large number of types and rare species. Dr. W. L. Abbott, who is still continuing his systematic investigations in the Malaysian region, presented, as usual, the entire results of his year’s field work, comprising a very large amount of important material chiefly from HWngano and Nias islands, West Borneo, and western Sumatra. The subjects mainly represented are ethnology, physical anthropology, mammals, and other vertebrate animals. From little- known localities in the southwestern part of the United States, especially the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, colections in ethnology and archeology to the extent of several thousand specimens were obtained through explora- tions by Dr. Walter Hough, of the Museum staff, in conjunction with Mr. P. G. Gates, of Pasadena, California, and by members of the Bureau of American Hth- nology. Many additions were made to the Philippine collection of ethnology secured at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and important specimens in archeology were received from Japan, France, Algeria, South America, and Mexico. The Museum has been for some time assembling a comprehensive collection of small arms, with the aid and cooperation of the Departments of War and of the Navy. Appreciating the interest taken here in this subject, the United States Cartridge Company, of Lowell, Massachusetts, has most gener- ously deposited its splendid series of 569 pieces, the finest and most complete collection of its kind in the United States. Beginning with the common bow and crossbow, all typical features in the mechanical development of devices for throwing projectiles are represented, down to the most perfect gun and pistol of modern times. The display cases in which these implements are shown, 38 in number, were supplied by the company, and are excellently well adapted for the purpose. To the collection of aeroplanes have been added originals of the Lilienthal and Hargrave flying machines, and several models used by Mr. Octave Chanute in his experiments on this subject. The collection of glassware has been greatly enriched by a gift from the Libby Glass Company of many pieces and tools illustrating the entire process of making cut glass, from the raw material to the finished article, the latter comprising exquisite examples of their workmanship. In pottery, also, many fine pieces of domestic manufacture and decoration were obtained through the members of the American Potters’ Association. An especially notable addition to the division of historic religions is a Tibetan manuscript, presented by the British Indian government. It is a treatise on Tibetan Buddhistic theology or metaphysics, written in gold characters on the black ground of 366 cardboards between covers of lacquered wood. The acquisitions in history have been numerous and important, and some of great intrinsic value. They illustrate many interesting subjects both of warfare and of domestic life. A finely executed bust of the late Walter Reed, major and surgeon, United States Army, and chief of the Government commission which determined the relations of the mosquito to the transmission of yellow fever, has been deposited by the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and given a conspicuous place in the main Museum hall. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 45 An exceptionally large quantity of fishes and marine invertebrates, chiefly representing explorations at the Hawaiian Islands, the Philippine Islands, and Japan, and on the northwest coast of America, were received from the United States Bureau of Fisheries. Much of the material was still unstudied, but among the fishes were the types of 148 recently described species. Mr. Robert Ridgway, who spent part of the year in Costa Rica, returned with over 1,800 specimens of interesting birds, of which more than one-third was donated by the National Museum of that country. Specimens of the same group from the Philippines and Guam were presented by Dr. E. A. Mearns. Important collections of reptiles and batrachians were received from Japan and the Philippines; of fishes from Mexico, through the Field Museum of Nat- ural History; of marine invertebrates from Hawaii, Japan, Burma, South Africa, and South America, and of insects from Texas, Central America, Guatemala, the West Indies, and Japan, chiefly through the Department of Agri- culture. Dr. J. N. Rose brought back from his explorations in Mexico a large collection of plants, especially rich in cacti, and many specimens from different parts of the United States were transmitted by the Department of Agriculture. The Department of Geology was chiefly enriched through transfers from the United States Geological Survey, of specimens of rocks, minerals, and fossils. The rocks illustrated detailed surveys in several regions. The fossils included many described species and figured specimens from the Miocene, Upper Cre- taceous, Ordovician, Devonian, and Silurian. Especially noteworthy were sey- eral thousand Mesozoic plants, which had been worked up and described by Ward, Fontaine, Bibben, and Wieland. Two thousand Russian Ordovician bryoza were received as a gift from Dr. A. von Mickwitz, of St. Petersburg, and several hundred examples of fossil woods and plants from the Permo-Carbon- iferous of Sao Paulo and Santa Catharina, Brazil, were presented by Mr. I. C. White. EXPLORATIONS, The Museum depends chiefly for its scientific collections upon the explorations of the various Government bureaus and of private individuals, having scant means to expend in this direction. The principal field work by members of the Museum staff was conducted by Doctor Hough in Arizona and New Mexico, Doctor Hrdli¢ka in Florida, Mr. Ridgway in Costa Rica, Doctor True in Mary- land, Doctor Rose in Mexico, and Doctor Bassler in the southern Appalachians, Virginia, and the Mississippi Valley. CARE AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE COLLECTIONS. The first duty devolving upon the Museum staff is the care and preservation of the collections, all of which has been conscientiously performed and with as satisfactory results as is possible in the present crowded condition of the rooms. In fact, much improvement is to be noted for the year in the closer segregation of some parts of the reserve series, but with the effect of changing the Museum halls more and more into the condition of storerooms. Notable progress has been made in the classification of collections, their labeling, cataloguing, and scientific arrangement, resulting in many important contributions to knowledge. The preparation by members of the Museum staff of articles for the Handbook of the Indians, soon to be issued by the Bureau of American Ethnology, necessitated extensive investigations based upon the collections in anthropology, and much was accomplished toward working up the rich ethnological material recently acquired from Malaysia, Arizona, and New Mexico. 46 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. In zoology the mammals sent from Malaysia by Doctor Abbott were the sub- ject of much attention, the manuscript for the fourth volume of Ridgway’s Birds of North and Middle America was brought nearly to completion, and a large work on the herpetology of Japan was finished. Extensive studies were made on the large collections of fishes from Japan, the Philippine Islands, the Amazon River, and the deeper waters of the Pacific Ocean. Contributions were prepared on several families and faunal collections of mollusks, on the bigher crustacea from Hawaii, the fresh-water crabs from different parts of the world, the isopod crustaceans of the North American coasts, and the corals from several localities. The soundings made by the U. 8S. 8. Nero in the course of its cable surveys in the Pacific Ocean were the subject of a careful study and an instructive report. The researches completed in the division of insects are represented by 383 separate papers. The investigations in geology have related mainly to the description of meteorites and of their structure and composition. Several important contribu- tions in paleontology on both vertebrates and invertebrates were submitted. EXHIBITION COLLECTIONS. The entire renovation and rearrangement of the collections of prehistoric archeology, with some additions, have made it possible to reopen the large upper hall in the Smithsonian building long devoted to this subject. The trans- fer to storage of some of the older collections in the Museum building has afforded the opportunity of presenting to the public some of the more recent nnd interesting acquisitions in ethnology. Otherwise but few changes were made in the exhibition collections beyond providing for the larger and more important exhibits returned from the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expositions. MISCELLANEOUS. Of duplicate specimens recently separated from the reserve collections, over 19,000 were distributed in 261 sets to educational establishments, and 17,500 were used in exchanges, from which valuable returns have been received. The number of specimens sent to specialists for study, to be returned again to the Museum, was nearly 20,000. The publications issued during the year comprised the annual report of the Museum for 1904; volumes 28, 29, and 30 of the Proceedings, the first mentioned having been nearly completed the previous year; bulletins num- bered 54 and 55, the former on the isopod crustaceans of North America, the latter on the oceanography of the Pacific Ocean; and part 1 of Volume X of the Contributions from the National Herbarium. The number of publica- tions distributed, including full volumes and separate papers, was approxi- mately 103,000. The library of the Museum received 3.556 books and 5,482 pamphlets and periodicals, increasing the total contents of the library to 27,726 volumes and 44,075 unbound papers. At the Lewis and Clark Exposition, in which the Institution and its several bureaus participated, the Museum collection consisted almost entirely of objects selected from the exhibits at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, only a few additions being made thereto. RICHARD RATHBUN, Assistant Secretary in charge of National Museum. APPENDIX II. REPORT ON THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY. Str: I have the honor to submit the following report on the operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906: Researches among the Indian tribes were conducted in accordance with the plan of operations approved by the Secretary June 5, 1905; these include investigations among the aborigines of Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Florida, and, more especially, re- searches in the office of the Bureau and in various museums and libraries throughout the country. The scientific staff remains the same as during the previous year with the single exception that Mr. F. W. Hodge was transferred from the Secretary’s office of the Smithsonian Institution to the Bureau, with the title of ethnologist—a step which permits him to devote his entire time to the completion of the Handbook of the Indians. Aside from his administrative duties, the chief was occupied with the com- pletion and revision of material for the Handbook of the Indians and in the preparation of a monographic work on the technology and art of the tribes. He also continued his duties as honorary curator of the division of prehistoric archeology in the National Museum. Mrs. M. C. Stevenson was engaged during the early months of the fiscal year in reading the final proofs of her monograph on the Zuni Indians, which issued from the press in December. In January she again entered the field, having selected the pueblo of Taos, New Mexico, as a suitable place for the continuation of her researches. In initiating her work in this pueblo Mrs. Stevenson encountered many difficulties and her progress was at first slow; but later, owing largely to the very courteous cooperation of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, her study of the history, language, and customs of the tribe was facilitated, and was progressing favorably at the close of the year. During the early part of the year Mr. James Mooney was chiefly occupied, in collaboration with other members of the Bureau, with the Handbook of the Indians, which work was continued at intervals after he took the field. On September 19, 1905, he left Washington for western Oklahoma to continue researches among the Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and allied tribes, partly in fulfillment of the joint arrangement between the Bureau and the Field Museum of Natural History. His stay while with the Kiowa was chiefly at the agency at Anadarko, Oklahoma. Among the Cheyenne he made headquarters at Can- tonment, Oklahoma, the central settlement of the most conservative element of the tribe. Mr. Mooney returned to Washington about the end of April, and resumed work on his report, giving much attention also to the Handbook of the Indians. Dr. J. Walter Fewkes completed during the year his report on the aborigines of Porto Rico and neighboring islands. He also prepared an account of his researches in eastern Mexico during the winter of 1905-6, conducted under a grant from the funds of the Smithsonian Institution and an allotment from 47 48 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. the Bureau appropriation. These papers were assigned to the Twenty-fifth Annual Report and were in type at the close of the year. Doctor Fewkes likewise made considerable progress in the preparation of a bulletin on the antiquities of the Little Colorado Valley, Arizona. During the year Dr. John R. Swanton completed and prepared for the press all of the Tlingit material, ethnological and mythological, collected by him during previous years; and all ef the ethnological, as well as a portion of the mythological material, has been accepted for introduction into the Twenty- sixth Annual Report. Doctor Swanton also interested himself particularly in the study of the linguistic stocks of Louisiana and southern Texas, many of these languages being either on the verge of extinction or already extinct; he also has in course of preparation a grammer and dictionary and an ethno- logical sketch of the Natchez Indians, and has made the important discovery that this people did not form a distinct linguistic stock, as has been supposed, but formed a part of the great Muskhogean family. Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt was engaged almost entirely in investigating and report- ing on etymologies of terms and names, and in elaborating and preparing important articles for the Handbook of the Indians, and also in reading proof of that important work conjointly with the other collaborators. During the year Dr. Cyrus Thomas was engaged almost continuously on the Handbook of the Indians, assisting in final revision of the manuscript and in reading proof. During the first two or three months he assisted also in reading and correcting proofs of Bulletin 28, which treats of Mexican antiq- ulties—a work for which his extensive researches regarding the glyphics of middle America especially fitted him. The manuscript of the body of ‘the Handbook of the Indians was trans- mitted to the Public Printer early in July. In view of the fact that numerous tribal and general articles were prepared by specialists not connected directly with the Bureau, it was deemed advisable to submit complete galley proofs of the Handbook to each as received. While this involved considerable delay in the proof reading, the corrections and suggestions received showed the wisdom of the plan. By the close of the year all the material was in type through the letter N, and 544 pages of this, to the article ‘“ Heraldry,” had been finally printed. The work on the Handbook of Languages, in charge of Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist of the Bureau, has been continued. The several sketches of American languages—sixteen in number—which are to form the body of this work are now practically complete with the exception of those on the Eskimo and the Iroquois. Field work was conduted by Mr. Edward Sapir among the Yakima of Oregon and by Mr. Frank J. Speck among the Yuchi in Indian Territory. Mr. Stewart Culin, curator of ethnology in the Brooklyn Institute Museum, whose monograph on Indian Games forms the bulk of the Twenty-fourth Annual Report, was engaged during the year in reading the proofs of that volume; but his absence in the field for a protracted period prevented its com- pletion. The movement for the enactment by Congress of a law for the preservation of American antiquities, which was inaugurated during previous years, was con- tinued by various individuals and institutions, and the perfected measure became a law in June. With the view of assisting the departments of the Goy- ernment having charge of the public domain in the initiation of practical meas- ures for the preservation of the antiquities of the Southwest, the Bureau has actively continued the compilation of a card catalogue of the archeological sites, especially the ruined pueblos and cliff dwellings, and during the year has REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 49 made much progress in the preparation of a series of bulletins to be devoted to the fuller presentation of all that is known regarding these antiquities. In promoting this work Mr. E. L. Hewett was commissioned to proceed to New Mexico for the purpose of making a survey of the ancient remains of the Jemez plateau region, a large part of which is now included in the Jemez Forest Reserve. A preliminary report on this work was submitted immediately on Mr. Hewett’s return to Washington, and later a paper was prepared in the form of an illustrated descriptive catalogue of the antiquities, to be published as Bulletin 32. In March Mr. Hewett was called on to represent the Bureau as a member of the Interior Department survey of certain boundary linés in southern Colorado, the principal object being to determine the relation of the more important ruins of the Mesa Verde region to the boundaries of the pro- posed Mesa Verde park, a measure for the establishment of which was pending in Congress. Shortly after the receipt of Mr. Hewett’s report this measure became a law. A leading object kept in view by Mr. Hewett on this expedition was the collection of data for the compilation of a bulletin on the antiquities of the Mesa Verde region for the Bureau’s bulletin series. In February Dr. Ales Hrdli¢ka, of the National Museum, was commissioned to proceed to Osprey, on Sarasota Bay, Florida, for the purpose of examining several localities where fossil human bones, apparently indicating great age, have been discovered. The evidence obtained appears adverse to the theory of the great antiquity of the remains, but the observations made by Doctor Hrdli¢ka and Dr. T. Wayland Vaughan, who accompanied him as a representa- tive of the Geological Survey, on the unusual activity of fossilizing agencies in the locality are of extreme interest. Dr. Walter Hough, of the National Museum, who has taken a prominent part in the investigation of the antiquities of the Southwest, has in preparation for the Bureau series a bulletin on the antiquities of the upper Gila Valley. During the year the following permits to conduct explorations on the public lands and reservations of the Southwest were granted by the departments on recommendation of the Bureau, transmitted through the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution : (1) In September, 1905, the Southwest Society of the Archzeological Insti- tute of America applied for permission to conduct archeological explorations on Indian reservations and forest reserves in the Southwest, the work to begin in the spring of 1906. Later, permission to make a preliminary reconnoissance during the latter part of 1905 was asked. Recommended by the Bureau; granted by the Office of Indian Affairs and the Forest Service. (2) In January, 1906, the request of the Bureau of American Ethnology for authority to prosecute ethnological researches in New Mexico, particularly at Taos, was favorably acted upon by the Office of Indian Affairs. (3) In April, 1906, the American Museum of Natural History, through Dr. Clark Wissler, curator of anthropology in that institution, requested permis- sion to conduct explorations on Indian reservations in southern California. Recommended by the Bureau; granted by the Indian Office. One application for a permit was denied, one was withdrawn, and one was pending at the close of the year. The collections of arcneological and ethnological specimens made during the year are more limited than heretofore, owing to the reduced amount of field work undertaken. The most important accession is the product of Mr. BE. L. Hewett’s explerations among the ancient ruins of the Jemez plateau. Other collections worthy of note are those made by Mr. Mooney in Oklahoma and by Doctor Hrdlicka in Florida. All collections were transferred to the National Museum in accordance with law. sm 1906——4. 50 REPORT OF THE aCTING SECRETARY. The study of the Indian delegations visiting Washington during the year was continued as heretofore. One hundred and forty-two portrait negatives were made and measurements and casts were obtained in a number of cases. Mr. John P. Sanborn, jr., who was probationally appointed on April 6, 1905, as editor and compiler, was permanently appointed October 6, but on October 19 he was, at his own request, indefinitely furloughed. On February 16, 1906, Mr. Joseph G. Gurley was probationally appointed as editor through certifica- tion by the Civil Service Commission. The Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Annual Reports and Bulletins 31 and 32 were read and prepared for the press, and proof reading of the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth reports, and of Bul- letins 30, 31, and 32 further occupied the attention of the editor, although Mr. Hodge and the various collaborators on Bulletin 80 (the Handbook of the indians) assumed the main burden of the reading of that work. The illustrations work, including photography, continued in charge of Mr. Delancey Gill, who was assisted, as heretofore, by Mr. H. Walther. The num- ber of illustrations prepared for the reports was 852, and the whole number transmitted to the printer was 1,023. During the year the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Annual Reports were sub- mitted to the Secretary and the Twenty-fifth was transmitted to the Public Printer, the Twenty-sixth being retained in the Bureau pending the completion of the two next preceding volumes. Bulletin 30, submitted at the beginning of the year, is in press, and Bulletin 32 is in the bindery, while Bulletin 31 was transmitted to the printer toward the close of the year. The distribution of publications was continued as in former years. Bulletin 28 was published in October, and Bulletin 29 and the Twenty-third Annual Report in December. The library remained in charge of Miss Ella Leary, who compieted the work of accessioning and cataloguing the books, pamphlets, and periodicals up to date. Owing to the crowded condition of the library, about 600 publications, chiefly periodicals, received by gift or through exchange, but not pertaining to the work of the Bureau, were transferred to the library of the National Mu- seum. During the year there were received and recorded 306 volumes, 900 pamphlets, and the current issues of upward of 500 periodicals. One hundred and fifty volumes were bound at the Government Printing Office. The library now contains 12,858 bound volumes, 9,000 pamphiets, and a large number of periodicals which relate to anthropology and kindred topics. The clerical force of the Bureau consists of five regular employees: Mr. J. B. Clayton, head clerk; Miss Bmilie R. Smedes and Miss May 8S. Clark, stenog- raphers; Miss Ella Leary, clerk and acting librarian, and Mrs. Frances S. Nichols, typewriter. During the year Mr. William I. Bartel, messenger, was promoted to a clerkship and subsequently transferred to the Interstate Coin- merce Commission. The property of the Bureau is comprised in seven classes: Office furniture and appliances; field outfits; linguistic and ethnological manuscripts and other documents; photographs. drawings, paintings, and engravings; a working library; collections held temporarily by collaborators for use in research, and the undistributed residue of the editions of Bureau publications. Respectfully submitted. W. H. Houmes, Chief. Mr. RicHArpD RATHBUN, Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Apprenpix IIT. REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. Str: I have the honor to present herewith a report on the operations of the International Exchanges during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906. In common with the parent Institution and all of its branches the Inter- national Exchanges has suffered a great loss in the death of the Secretary, Mr. S. P. Langley. In some other place, no doubt, a fitting tribute will be paid to his memory, and his services to the Institution and to science will be ade- quately depicted, but I can not refrain from recalling the fact here that Mr. Langley’s connection with the Institution began in 1887 in the capacity of assistant secretary in charge of exchanges, publications, and library. During this period the operations of the exchanges have nearly trebled in the quantity and in the breadth of distribution. Throughout his term of office as Secretary Mr. Langley continued an active interest not only in the general operations of the exchanges, but even in its details, and in his annual trips abroad, made at his own expense, he invariably visited the agencies in the countries to which he went, and in other ways promoted the interests of the service. I have little hesitation in saying that Mr. Langley made the exchanges one of the principal agencies for increasing the usefulness of the Institution in foreign countries and for carrying out the intention of the founder in the “ diffusion of knowledge.” The work required of this branch of the Smithsonian Institution is essen- tially of a business nature, though it should be added that through its opera- tions one of the general purposes of the Institution in the diffusion of knowledge is greatly furthered. The duties of the Exchanges consist chiefly in transport- ing packages of books from Washington to all foreign lands, however remote, ‘and in receiving publications from other countries for distribution throughout the United States and territory subject to its jurisdiction. The requirements of the service necessitate the handling of many packages and a number of heavy boxes. As work of this nature could be conducted with greater facility on the ground floor, five rooms in the southeast basement of the Smithsonian building were remodeled in 1893 for the express use of the Inter- national Exchanges. These rooms have been furnished with assorting tables, bins, filing cases, and such other office appliances and supplies as are necessary for the use of clerks and other assistants. The approximate value of this prop- erty is about $2,300. The property acquired during the year consisted principally of boxes, pack- ing materials, stationery, and other necessary supplies, the cost of which amounted to $3,054.84. While it has been the practice to take an account of stock on hand at the end of each fiscal year, no detailed statement of the disposition of supplies has been kept in the Exchange Office, such supplies being given out as needed by one of the clerks. There has recently been inaugurated a complete debit and credit card system for keeping the property record, which will go into effect at the beginning of the coming fiscal year. It will then be necessary 51 ra « 52 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. for employees in the Exchanges to present to the clerk in charge of property approved requisitions for such stationery and supplies as they may require in the discharge of their duties. A room has been specially fitted up with shelves and bins for keeping the stock on hand. On account of the possible danger from fire, extensive changes and improve- ments are now being made in the electric wires which furnish light for the exchange rooms, in accordance with the recommendations of a committee appointed by yourself. This work was only begun in the latter part of June, and is not yet finished. It may be added here that, as a further precaution, all exchange packing boxes have been removed from the halls of the Smithsonian building to a warehouse outside of the Institution. There are, therefore, now kept on hand here only a sufficient number of boxes for the immediate needs of the service. Other precautions have been taken, such as the purchasing of new hose and metallic receptacles for paper and other waste material. So far as reported to the Institution, in only one instance during the past year has a ease of exchanges gone astray. This case was addressed to the La Plata Museum, and was shipped from New York in due course, but upon arrival of the steamer at the port of Buenos Ayres it was missing from the ship’s cargo. The forwarding agents in New York are now endeavoring to trace this consignment. While two shipments of international exchanges were subject to general average charges, one consigned to Sweden and the other to South Australia, the damage to the cargoes of the vessels did not extend to the exchange cases, and they were forwarded without much delay to their destinations. The general average amounts involved were small and the distributing agencies were good enough to meet them. During the past year a number of unclaimed packages of books from abroad, addressed to certain Government offices and individuals in this country, were sold at public auction at several of the United States custom-houses, more especially at the port of entry at Georgetown. These packages were not addressed to the Smithsonian Institution proper, but as some of them were sent to the United States Government as exchanges, this Institution, so far as possible, recovered the packages and forwarded them to their intended recip- ients. In each instance the sender was fully written regarding the proper manner of transmitting exchanges to this country. Had these consignments, instead of being addressed directly to Washington, been sent through the regu- lar exchange channels of the countries from which they emanated, there would have been no difficulty in their prompt and safe arrival at their destinations. Packages of exchanges which are forwarded through the authorized exchange agencies are addressed to the Smithsonian Institution in care of the collector of customs at the port of New York, where they are entered free of duty and forwarded at once to the Institution for distribution through the International Exchanges. In order to prevent a recurrence of the sale of such material, so far as the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress are concerned, the Insti- tution addressed a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury asking that similar instructions to those given the collector of customs at New York in 1862 and repeated in 1897 be also issued to all the custom-houses in the United States. I am gratified to say that a reply was received stating that instructions to this effect would at once be given to the collectors of all the principal ports. The collectors have also been directed to send to the Smithsonian Institution, as soon as printed, catalogues of all auction sales in the future. A close REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 53 supervision will be kept over such sales in the hope of aiding offices and bureaus of the Government whose publications may sometimes go astray. It has been the practice of the International Exchanges to inclose in each package forwarded through its service a card, properly filled out, to be receipted by the consignee and returned to the Institution. The proper preparation and filing of these cards would require the entire time of one clerk, but on account of the inadequate force it has not been possible to keep a clerk solely engaged on these cards. After careful consideration the conclusion was reached that these receipt cards were not absolutely essential to the records of this office. Acknowledgments of consignments sent abroad are _ received directly from the various exchange bureaus and agencies, which themselves usually obtain some form of receipt on the delivery of packages to their final destinations, while packages sent to domestic addresses are forwarded by registered mail and an acknowledgment received therefor through the post- office. As these acknowledgments were considered sufficient for the informa- tion of this office, the practice of inclosing receipt cards in packages was, with your approval, abolished on January 1, 1906. Since this change it has been possible not only to keep abreast of the work in the record room, but one of the clerks in that room has from time to time been assigned to duty in other branches of the service. Some of the bureaus and others using the exchange service have occasionally in the past included in their transmissions to the Smithsonian Institution packages for addresses outside of the United States. While the Institution has endeavored, in its desire to diffuse knowledge, to send to their destinations all such publications, it was found that the burden was becoming too great to permit of its being continued, and, with your approval, a circular letter was sent out stating that on account of the great increase in the volume of work the Institution would in the future be compelled to limit the use of the exchange service by correspondents abroad solely to the forwarding of pack- ages for addresses in the United States and territory subject to its jurisdiction. While this change will reduce the total number of packages received from abroad, it will not affect the returns to correspondents in this country. The International Exchanges was established primarily for the forwarding of books and other printed matter. It has, however, been the practice of the Smithsonian Institution to occasionally grant permission to correspondents to send small packages of specimens for transmission through the service. Requests for the transmission of specimens have of late become more and more frequent, and, in view of the original intention in the establishment of the Exchanges, it was thought that it would be necessary in order not to divert the use of the moneys received for carrying on the service to refuse altogether to send specimens. However, having in mind the damage likely to occur to such yaluable scientific material if transmitted through ordinary channels, it was decided that the Smithsonian Institution, in the interests of science, would continue to forward small packages of specimens, making, at the same time, a charge for such transmissions at the rate of 8 cents per pound for botanical specimens and 5 cents per pound for all others. While it is not expected that any appreciable revenue will be derived from this source, the amounts received will refund the Institution for a part of the expenses connected with such consignments. This charge, it should be remarked, is to apply only to correspondents in the United States and ter- ritory subject to its jurisdiction and in those countries where the Institution has its own paid agents. Transmissions of specimens from the Institution are distributed without question by the various exchange bureaus abroad, 54 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. and the same courtesy will, of course, continue to be extended to them in the forwarding of such specimens as they may send to the Institution for correspondents in this country. With the exception of packages for correspondents in the county of London and those for all other places in Great Britain weighing 1 pound or less, the agents of the Institution have, in accordance with long-standing instructions, charged for the forwarding of exchanges from London to destination. It seemed proper, however, that if the Institution undertook the delivery of ex- changes at all it should be entirely without cost to the recipients, and in the future all exchanges sent to Great Britain will be delivered to correspondents free of expense. A part of the money which will be saved as a result of the changes referred to in preceding paragraphs of this report will be required for carrying into effect this improvement in the service. This additional charge upon the resources of the International Exchanges will, however, I trust, only be of a temporary nature, as steps have recently been taken to cause the British Government to enter into exchange relations with the United States and establish a bureau of its own. Such a bureau, if established, would take charge of the entire exchange work now conducted by the Smithsonian agency in London, thereby relieving the Institution of the burden of carrying on this work single handed with Great Britain. The number of complaints of delays in the transmission of packages is be- coming more and more infrequent. In every such case during the past year special efforts have been made to trace the cause of the delay, with a view to overcoming it in the future if possible. It should be added that delays in the transmission of exchanges do not, as a rule, occur in the service at Washington nor in the offices of its agents in London, Leipzig, or Budapest, but are due prin- cipally to the manner in which some of the exchange bureaus in other countries are conducted—in some instances consignments remaining at such bureaus for a great length of time before their contents are distributed. It may be stated in this connection that there is practically no delay in the distribution of exchanges after their arrival in Washington, packages being immediately recorded and for- warded to their destination by registered mail under the official frank of this Government. In forwarding consignments to South and Central American countries it is necessary that bills of lading be certified to by the consuls of the various countries. In view of the nature of the contents of the consignments from the Smithsonian Institution—consisting, as they do, of contributions gratuitously presented and not, therefore, representing a commercial transaction—most of the consuls perform this service free of cost to the Institution, while some make a charge of about $2 in each instance. An effort is being made to have such fees waived. Requests from correspondents of the International Exchanges for publications issued by other establishments than the Smithsonian Institution have become so numerous that all such applicants have during the latter part of the year been uniformly requested to apply directly to the source of publication for such books as they may desire. When it is considered that there are over 50,000 corre- spondents of the Exchanges, it will be appreciated that it is quite impossible for the service to undertake the solicitation of contributions. It is furthermore provided in the Brussels exchange convention of 1886 that the various bureaus shall not take the initiative to bring about the establishment of exchanges. In a recent issue of the circular of rules governing the transmission of ex- changes a note was added that the Institution does not solicit contributions for its correspondents, REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 55 The office collection of directories of large and important cities, catalogues of universities and colleges, and other address books was always given special attention by the late Secretary Langley, and it has been endeavored during the year to make the sectional] library in the International Exchanges as complete in this regard as possible. In accordance with your instructions, all copy for printing for the Exchanges has been submitted to the Secretary’s office for approval. The printing in con- nection with the Exchanges is confined almost exclusively to letter heads and such blank forms as are required in the work of the service, the only publication being the International Exchange List. This list is not issued frequently, the last edition having been published in September, 1903. The expenses of the International Exchanges are met in part by direct appro- priation by Congress and in part by appropriations made to Government de- partments and bureaus, either in the contingent funds or in specific terms for payment to the Smithsonian Institution of a portion of the cost of the trans- portation of packages. To each of the departments or bureaus sending or re- ceiving publications through the Smithsonian Institution a charge of 5 cents per pound weight is made under the authority of a resolution of the Board of Regents passed in 1878, this charge being necessary to prevent an undue tax upon the resources of the Institution, as the appropriations made by Congress directly to the Institution for the support of the International Hxchanges have never been sufficient to meet the entire cost of the work. For similar reasons it has been found necessary to make a charge of the same amount to State institutions. The amount appropriated by Congress for the expenses of the service during the fiscal year 1906 was $28,800, an apparent increase over the preceding year of $1,800. This additional amount, however, was transferred from the appro- priation for the Library of Congress and is to cover the salaries of two persons employed at the Smithsonian Institution in connection with exchange work for that Library. The sum collected on account of repayments during the year was $5,676.85, making the total amount available for carrying on the Exchanges $34,476.85. In this connection it should be stated that while $1,000 was added ‘to the Exchange appropriation for 1905 in lieu of the payments which have been made to the Smithsonian Institution for forwarding the publications of the United States Geological Survey, the actual charge for such sendings at 5 cents per pound would have amounted during the past year to $4,535.05. The Smith- sonian Institution therefore received for carrying on the Exchanges $3,535.05 less than it would have under the arrangement that existed heretofore. At- tention is called to this matter here as it may be considered advisable to bring the facts before the Appropriations Committee during the coming session of Congress with a view to having an additional amount added to the Exchange appropriation. The number of packages handled during the past year was 171,883, an in- crease over the number for the preceding year of 6,130. The total weight of these packages was 471,559 pounds, a decrease from 1905 of 3,312 pounds. This decrease is probably due to the reduction of the matter printed by the Govern- ment Departments, whose publications constitute about 67 per cent of the weight of all exchange transmissions. New correspondents in every part of the world are constantly being added to the exchange list, so that they now reach a total of 56,314, an increase of 4,434 over those of the preceding year. These correspondents are subdivided as follows: Foreign institutions, 14,620; foreign individuals, 30,471; domestic in- 56 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. stitutions, 3,773, and domestic individuals, 7,450. These correspondents should not be considered as participating in an exchange with the Smithsonian Insti- tution itself, but are the beneficiaries of the facilities of the international ex- change service at home and abroad. The following table gives the number of correspondents in each country, and also serves to illustrate the scope of the service: Number of correspondents of the International Exchange Service in each coun- try on June 80, 1906. Correspondents. Correspondents, eyes Line Hae eoialy ees ne ride. | Total. : als. : als. APRICA. AMERICA (NORTH)—con. INISOAEY Secheascoouscescoe 27 51 78 || Central America—Con. TATU O Giese oe eee seiasieisrertas 1 1 2 | INTeamagiaeeossseceee 20 55 75 ASH AMPTECE! oro cicreic\cisjele iserermtcillere bess =i il 1 | Salivadoriscccssccecsice 22 | 15 37 IAZOLES eee cecese cet aio mieiai= 7 16 Dom| | MG CIE Caematete emer etl Ball Nea Sane 3 IBeinast ccc aeeeaeen tes asc lemnnce cee 1 ALG IMGT COV ecto meicissecieerr= 181 265 446 British Central Africa -..) 2 3 5 || Newfoundland .......... 18 37 55 British East Africa....... 1 4 5 || St. Pierre-Miquelon...... 2 2 4 Canary Islands........--- | 2 8 10 || United States .........-.. 3,773 | 7,450'} 11, 223 Cape Colony serra emt 64 116 180 || West Indies: Cape Verde Islands ....-.].......- 5 5 | Am euillaeescseeeee eee peeeeree 1 1 IBERW Gaaaacasooscoss6cces 47 105 152 IN HEE VSaanodoeKDDOSe 8 6 14 Hren chy MONS Orr cere «ees acces 2 2 Bahamass eects <-ee 4 14 18 Gambia <2. os 2) Bermuda 2. ae Se Za\PPEtsh sOnduras=s === == ae 2 64 REPORT OF Canada. =22 2 ee ee (@) Cane Colony, == =s2 snk e oe 13 hina © 2 Sessa s 2 eee tee eI 3 Gi @ Sr 3 oe ee A eee 19 Colombia, =". =. = ee ee 3 Costar iGaie st =e St eee 8 (Cubaest a2 Se ere (4) Denmark 2-3. ee eee 13 ID UEChe Gian a ee (?) Hast indies oo as ee ae 29 HCUAG OT Es eee ae eee ee 3) WWE aos ae = Bee es ee 5 Hrancerand colonies =2222=-="—.—= 185 (Gerimamiy, (ee) eb ee 301 Great Britain and Ireland_______ 385 Greece saa es 22S ee a 3 Guatemala #2220. tee eee 4 Wa Giese eee ee 1 EUW Ue ee eae A (2) JSR) Soe ee ie ee 5 EUUn ay eae ee = a ee 31 MDGs] yn es ea ey Be 87 OU SUTUY SANT Ci a ee a ae 4 UB ich oh eee Sees a ee eee © 40 Ly OSs eles We eas ec ee eS eee al Me@x1 CO) S225 ae = Se eee (2) NGA Ao eae ee oe eet INGwoun Glan ae ee eee (2) Newasouth Wialess= =.=. a2 = =a eees Sill Netherlands; 222 52-28 =s Soa ee 40 THE ACTING SECRETARY. New Zealand == 2222 sa ee eee 12 INIGATA Sakae = en eee eee é INO Waliee a= = 8 Soe eee ee 23 Baraca = =— = eee eee 5 d BCS gL Yee pen ee wo aoe Fig et ae eo 5 pe 14 IPigwilinyoyoynavey WSIEMING 2 a (@) Rolynesiana 2. 233 225 eee ee (2) PortozRic0e ==. == == Sas ee (2) Pongal sa 252 coe ee ee 13 @Gueensland! 2222222 22 eee 9 RO UM aI ass Oe ee ee kee (¢) RUS Say see 2 ee ee 68 Salvador. See 4 Selayoy ID Youn (@) SOI VA eae ee eee eee ee (¢) Siam. edo a ee See a ee 9 South AS tralia. a= aes es 12 Spain) 2222 22 a ee 29 St. Christophers 2222. see (2) Swed@ni, 2-222 =" 346 oe ere 51 Switzerland) (222-252. eee 45 Sa oe ee eee 3 MaASM ANA a == a= = ae ee 5 Pransyaalip- === 52s ae eee 5 sini Ga Ce 2 ee ee ee 2, WuUPKOY ne. 25 shoe oo SS ees 4 in cuay) sos 4 oe ee ee 12 Wienezlelay. =e = sa ee ee oy Wiletoria (2223222 Seon oe 23 IW VES EET ACUS [st ell eye ee 9 @Packages sent by mail. % Included in transmissions to Netherlands. ¢ Included in transmissions to Germany. The 50 sets of United States official publications provided for exchange pur- poses by the joint resolution of Congress, approved March 2, 1867, have all been placed in foreign depositories. Finding that a still further exchange with other Governments was necessary in order to increase the collections in the Library of Congress, a joint resolution was approved March 2, 1901, providing 62 sets for distribution abroad in lieu of the 50 sets, as formerly. This reso- lution also contains a provision for increasing the number of these documents to 100 on the request of the Librarian of Congress. Since the passage of the latter resolution three new depositories have been added to the list of those receiving full sets, a complete statement of which fellows: Argentina: Library of the Foreign Office, Buenos Ayres. Argentina: Biblioteca Paiblica Provincial, La Plata. Australia: Library of the Commonwealth Parliament, Melbeurne. Austria: K. K. Statistische Central-Commission, Vienna. Baden: Universitits-Bibliothek, Freiburg. Bavaria: Konigliche Hof- und Staats-Bibliothek, Munich. Belgium: Bibliothéque Royale, Brussels. Brazil: Bibliotheca Nacional, Rio de Janeiro. REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 65 Canada: Parliamentary Library, Ottawa. Cape Colony: Government Stationery Department, Cape Town. Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso, Santiago. Colombia: Biblioteca Nacional, Bogota. Costa Rica: Oficina de Depésito y Canje de Publicaciones, San José& Cuba: Department of State, Habana. Denmark: Kongelige Bibliotheket, Copenhagen. England: British Museum, London. England: School of Economics and Political Sciences, London. France: Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris. France: Préfecture de la Seine, Paris. Germany: Deutsche Reichstags-Bibliothek, Berlin. Greece: National Library, Athens. Haiti: Secrétaire d’Etat des Relations Pxtérieures, Port au Prince, Hungary: Hungarian House of Delegates, Budapest. India: Secretary to the Government of India, Calcutta. Ireland: National Library of Ireland, Dublin. Italy: Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele, Rome. Japan: Foreign Office, Tokyo. Manitoba: Provincial Library, Winnipeg. Mexico: Instituto Bibliografico, Museo Nacional, Mexico. Netherlands: Library of the States General, The Hague. New South Wales: Board for International Exchanges, Sydney. New Zealand: General Assembly Library, Wellington. Norway: Storthingets Bibliothek, Christiania. Ontario: Legislative Library, Toronto. Peru: Biblioteca Nacional, Lima. Portugal: Bibliotheca Nacional, Lisbon. Prussia: K6nigliche Bibliothek, Berlin. Quebec: Legislative Library, Quebec. Queensland: Parliamentary Library, Brisbane. Russia: Imperial Public Library, St. Petersburg. Saxony: Konigliche Oeffentliche Bibliothek, Dresden. South Australia: Parliamentary Library, Adelaide. Spain: Depdsito de Libros, Cambio Internacional y Biblioteca General del Ministerio de Instrucci6n Piblica y Bellas Artes, Madrid. Sweden: Kongliga Biblioteket, Stockholm. Switzerland: Bibliothéque Fédérale, Berne. Tasmania: Parliamentary Library, Hobart. Transvaal: Government Library, Pretoria. Turkey: Minister of Public Instruction, Constantinople. Uruguay: Oficina de Depésito, Reparto y Canje Internacional de Publicaciones, Montevideo. Venezuela: Biblioteca Nacional, Caracas. Victoria: Publie Library, Melbourne. Western Australia: Public Library of Western Australia, Perth. Wiirttemberg: K6nigliche Landesbibliothek, Stuttgart. In addition to the full set of Government documents, there are now for- warded to provincial and municipal governments 27 partial sets. The depos- itories of these sets have been designated by the Library of Congress from time to time since the passage of the resolution of March 2, 1901, and have been selected with a view to procuring such publications in return as were especially desired by that Library. sm 1906——5 66 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. During the year a request was received through diplomatic channels from the Government of Lourenco Marquez for certain official publications of the United States, to be deposited in the Government Library of that province. This request was complied with, and the first shipment was made on December 30, 1905. This is the only addition to the list of depositories of partial sets during the year 1906. In exchange for these documents the authorities of Portuguese East Africa have stated that there would be sent to the United States not only the publications of Lourenco Marquez, but also those of the Province of Mozambique as well as of the different chartered companies. The complete list of depositories of partial sets is as follows: Austria-Hungary: Biirgermeister der Haupt- und Residenz-Stadt, Vienna. Bolivia: United States Minister, La Paz. British Columbia: Legislative Library, Victoria. Bulgaria: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sofia. Ceylon: United States consul, Colombo. Egypt: Bibliotheque Khédiviale, Cairo. Germany: Grossherzogliche Hof-Bibliothek, Darmstadt. Germany: Senatskommission fiir die Reichs- und auswirtigen Angelenheiten, Hamburg. Germany: Foreign Office, Bremen. Guatemala: Secretary of the Government, Guatemala. Honduras: Secretary of the Government, Tegucigalpa. Jamaica: Colonial Secretary, Kingston. Lourenco Marquez: Government Library, Lourenco Marquez. Malta: Lieutenant-Governor, Valetta. Newfoundland: Colonial Secretary, St. Johns. New Brunswick: Legislative Library, St. John. Natal: Colonial Governor, Pietermaritzburg. Nicaragua: Superintendente de Archivos Nacionales, Managua, Nova Scotia: Legislative Library, Halifax. Northwest Territories: Government Library, Regfna. Orange River Colony: Government Library, Bloemfontein. Prince Edward Island: Legislative Library, Charlottetown. Paraguay: Oficina General de Informaciones y Canjes y Commisaria General de Inmigracion, Asuncion. Roumania: Academia Romana, Bukharest. Salvador: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, San Salvador. Straits Settlements: Colonial Secretary, Singapore. Siam: Foreign Office, Bangkok. The chief clerk of this office, Mr. W. I. Adams, was, on June 12, 1905, tem- porarily transferred to the Smithsonian Institution as disbursing agent, though the International Exchanges has profited by his experience and advice on numerous occasions. Mr. F. W. Hodge, who was acting curator of Exchanges since February 1, 1901, terminated his services with this office on June 30, 1905, and resumed his duties in the Bureau of American Ethnology. Notwithstanding the fact that the work of the Exchanges has increased over last year and the force has been reduced, the business of the office, in all its branches, was up to date at the end of the year, there being no accumulations on hand. To those correspondents abroad who give their personal attention and doubt- less often expend private means in furthering the interests of the International REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 67 Exchanges at large, the grateful acknowledgment of the Institution should be accorded. The appreciation of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches are due to Mr. Charles A. King, deputy collector of the port of New York, for his constant assistance in clearing consignments from abroad for the Institution. In conclusion, it is my sad duty to record the death of two of the employees of the International Exchanges—one engaged in the office at Washington and the other employed in the service of the Exchanges at Budapest. Dr. Joseph von Kiérésy, director of the municipal statistical office of Buda- pest, who was appointed agent of the Smithsonian Institution for Hungary on October 1, 1897, died June 23 of this year. Doctor K6riésy was the first regent of the Institution for Hungary, all exchanges for that country having been previously forwarded through the Leipzig agency. During Doctor Ké6rdésy’s connection with the Institution he took special interest in furthering the work of the International Exchanges, which has resulted in a material increase in the number of packages received from correspondents in Hungary for ad- dresses in the United States. Mr. Solomon G. Brown, employed as packer in this office, died on June 24. He was connected with the Smithsonian Institution almost since its founda- tion in 1846, and he has occupied various positions under the three Secretaries, the duties of which he always discharged with faithfulness and efficiency. Respectfully submitted. Cyrus ADLER, Assistant Secretary in Charge of Library and Exchanges. Mr. RicHarD RATHBUN, Acting Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Appenpix LV. REPORT ON THE NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK. Sir: I have the honor to submit the following report on the operations of the National Zoological Park for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906. The work has been conducted in accordance with a scheme approved by the Secretary June 13, 1905, slight alterations in the expenditures therein proposed being made from time to time as required by the exigencies of the service. New house for mammals.—This building, which has been under construction for several years, is now practically completed, with the exception of the exterior cages, walks, ete., which are yet to be made. Work on it has been much delayed because of the difficulty of procuring suitable workmen, owing to the great amount of building going on in the city. The amount expended from the appropriation for the year in connection with this building is about $11,500. Central heating plant.—Since the inception of the park it has been desired to establish a central plant for heating the permanent buildings of the park. It is evident that a considerable annual saving would thus be effected, both in fuel and in the wages of firemen. Funds have been lacking to do this in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, but the matter seemed so urgent that a beginning was made during the present year. ‘Two large boilers were placed in an extension of the temporary shop building, a coal vault was excavated in the adjoining hillside, and conduits were constructed from the boilers to the new house for mammals, to the lion house, and to the temporary bird house. Part of the heating mains was also installed. The cost of the work was about $2,500. Culvert in the beaver valley—During heavy rains a large quantity of detri- tus is carried down the valley that extends from the western entrance of the park to Rock Creek and which is occupied by the great flying cage, the beaver, otter, and other inclosures. This was sometimes sufficient to dam up the little stream that runs down the valley and thus give it sufficient force to carry away the fences and release the animals. In order to avoid this constantly recurring expense for clearing out the beaver dams and remov- ing unsightly material, it was found necessary to build a concrete culvert of considerable capacity directly through the beaver and otter yards. Its total length was 404 feet and its cost $1,800. It is so arranged that during an ordinary flow the water passes into the yards, while flood water is turned into the conduit. It has been found to work satisfactorily, and it should be extended as far up the valley as the flying cage. This would greatly improve this part of the park, as it would prevent the wash of frequent rains, which now disfigures it. Repairs.—The temporary structures in which the collections were housed when the park was first established are so rapidly deteriorating and becoming 68 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 69 unfit for occupation that a large amount of repairs to buildings and inclosures was necessary during the year. The wire fences used for many of the inclo- sures are seriously weakened and a general renewal will be necessary during the coming year. Roadways and footpaths.—These have required somewhat extensive repairs. The steep character of most of the roads makes it difficult to keep any surface material on them. Heavy rains almost invariably wash off the surface layer, leaving the larger stones of the macadam bare and subject to being torn up by the feet of horses and the wheels of carriages. To put the roads in proper condition it will be necessary to expend considerable sums, which can not be spared from the existing appropriation. Much trouble is also experienced with the footpaths. They are usually made, as are the roads, with a base of broken stone and a surface of pulverized limestone. After nearly every rain considerable repairs are required, which constitute an important item of expense. It would doubtless be cheaper in the end to put in at once, on the steeper slopes, properly constructed concrete walks. The extension of the city streets on the eastern side of the park has occasioned an elevation of the roads, making slopes which are very unsightly and down which a large amount of loose material is washed by rains into the park. In order to preserve the natural beauty of this region it will be necessary to pro- tect the grounds from invasions of this character, both by planting the slopes and by suitably raising the grades in the park. New survey and map.—The survey of the park, commenced last year, has been extended over about 40 acres more. This work is of great practical utility, and it is hoped to eventually map the entire park in this manner. Hlectric lighting.—A local company having extended a conduit for electric lighting as far as the entrance to the park, advantage was taken of this to run wires to the office building and stable, which have never been furnished heretofore with any fixed lights. It may be advisable to light also some of the darker roadways in the park, which are quite tortuous and narrow, and there- fore dangerous at night. Important accessions by gift—Young male zebra and young male lion from Ras Makonnen, governor of Harrar Province, Abyssinia, who also sent a female zebra and a male oryx antelope, but these latter two died en route. Polar bear, through W. S. Champ, from Zeigler Polar Relief Expedition. From Capt. C. EH. Radclyffe, Hyde, Wareham, England, 2 red deer. From R. MeM. Gillespie, president Chesapeake Western Railway Company, 38 black bears. From Hon. E. H. Plumacher, American consul at Maracaibo, Venezuela, sev- eral Venezuelan mammals and birds. Accessions by exchange.—From the New Zealand government, 1 kiwi, 1 kea, 3 flightless rails, and 1 tuatera lizard. From the department of crown lands, Province of Ontario, Canada, 10 black squirrels. From the New York Zoological Park, 4 Indian white cranes. From dealers in animals, 1 Alaskan brown bear, a fine male markhor goat, and several other goats, sheep, and deer. Births.—The births, 127 in number, inelude 1 Brazilian tapir, 1 yak, 5 Bar- bary sheep, 5 wapiti, 2 mule deer, 2 Columbian black-tailed deer, and deer of several other species; also 2 monkeys and several kangaroos, besides a number of wolves, arctic foxes, and other mammals. The birds in the flying cage nested well and young were hatched by cormo- rants, white ibis, sandhill cranes, and night herons. The pair of wild turkeys which has the freedom of the park also nested and produced four young. 70 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. Important deaths.—Gastro-enteritis was the most prevalent trouble. The number of cases of tuberculosis was comparatively small. Male tiger. This animal had been in the collection thirteen years and was quite old when received. He had been failing for some months and being unfit for exhibition was finally chloroformed, with the consent of the owner, Mr. J. A. Bailey. Female tiger, from interstitial nephritis. Jaguar, female, an old animal, in poor condition when received, from hemorrhagic septicemia. Grizzly bear, brain showed pathological features in both hemispheres, one side suggesting results of old abscess, but immediate cause of death was not distinctly ascertained by the autopsy. One sea lion, from gastro-enteritis. American bison, one calf from gastro-enteritis, and one old male from broken spine. Two Arabian camels, one from gastro-enteritis, the other from tuberculosis. One Rocky Mountain sheep, from gastro-enteritis. Young male zebra, from accident. One cassowary, from filariasis. One emu, from gastro-enteritis. One rhea, from pleuro-pneumonia. Two Indian white cranes and several other birds, from aspergillosis. All dead animals which were in fit condition for preservation were trans- mitted to the National Museum, the number sent during the year being 226. Autopsies were made by pathologists of the Bureau of Animal Industry, who also assisted with sick and diseased animals. Visitors—The use of the park by schools and as a place of recreation is steadily increasing. On April 16, 1906, Easter Monday, it was estimated that 28,000 people, mostly children, were on the grounds during the day. Statement of animal collection. Accessions during the year: FPreSented S22 os 2s a en ae ee ee ee ee eee 102 WORN ECG) ess eee Ee ae ee Se ee ee es 3 Purchasedwmand) collected: 222222 ae ee eee 118 Received in exchangeL.— =. ee Ss he ee ee eee 87 BAG sey INGKuOrNeY lL VAoKoKoyeAKeRl JeRhdkS ee 127 FT st ea ee ea I ee Ee) oe rk oe ee a eo 437 Cost for purchase, collection, and transportation of above, $3,200. Animals in the collection. Indige- A Domesti- ait. Foreign. ancl. Total. Mammal sie eae Soo 5 = ath ooccrecisteeichalesine sare aa oe hieenien ieee eeene 264 167 78 509 BIOS bes Setters tose aie Sas ae ie a iba staiare Sent ncke ie Se ne alae ere 381 218 44 643 Reptiles areca. setae oaiaie = eieisicic ler oraseterseeisnies eereranceitaeeelsieisene 117 UB} eosoaeneasas 130 otal pees Geo 8 hei NO rae Sean 762 398 | 112 | 1,272 REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. Animals presented during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906. Name. Green monkey ....-.....<.-- White-throated capuchin ... Spider monkey). -..-c-cec---- WY MR SoS ere cl sains see wie se os ssi Gray wolf ac2 Sscjc2 sce sesnone COyOte erences sect cise scise- ROUCHTORe a2. -c.as sem eceesee GravtOxe . .cascsececnccseccs RACCOON -cimasececseaseccees AN ZOLA SOR. ...-56scs ecco. es Redisquirneles sane noee sie European rabbit ............ INN Chicane oso. ceissene scene COMMONICANAN Vase seine eee American magpie ........... Comm Onieroweraeree-eee eee Red and yellow and blue macaw. ATH AZO Meco ccinn niaiias cee a cicae Parrakeet cscs stewsccas sees Great horned owl ........... Red-tailed hawk ............ IRineidovieeo..-e2ccslen eee BuTOpeamMguallessseeeeseees Great blue heron ....:....... Camad ai fOOSe== 22-2 —jacoes eae Mallarditcsassceersccscmeccs GAMING Gesoecea cine Goes osiae ee PAU atone ee eeeeeeer ee ae seee Donor. Louis Brandt, Washington, District of Columbia............- Miss Justine Ingersoll, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts. Hon. E. H. Plumacher, United States consul, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Ras Makonnen, governor of Harrar Province, Abyssinia .... AC Me Meyer. PalovAlto: (Calitormiain.cccsses cos - em esemeree cere Vernon Bailey, Washington, District of Columbia............ Hon. E. H. Plumacher, United States consul, Maracaibo, Venezuela. EB. ©. Conger, Edenton, North Carolina.................------ J. A. Herbert, Washington, District of Columbia ............. Frederick Rogers, Washington, District of Columbia ........ Robert MeM. Gillespie, Harrisonburg, Virginia .............. Miss K., Washington, District of Columbia................... W.S. Champ, for Ziegler Polar Relief Expedition, New York City. U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Washington, District of Columbia. Ras Makonnen, governor of Harrar Province, Abyssinia..... Capt. C. E. Radeclyffe, Hyde, Wareham, Dorset, England .... Mrs. J. P. MeCalmont, Washington, District of Columbia .... Jess Milstead. Ne wiMPtOM, ViIneiniassss= = jee sorccss'e meine ce arentc Wm. E. Field, Washington, District of Columbia...........-. Josef O. Kordina, of Austrian Embassy, Washington, Dis- trict of Columbia. ; Mrs. M. D. Hensey, Washington, District of Columbia........ N. B. Plunket, Washington, District of Columbia ..........-- C. A. Sidman, Washington, District of Columbia ............. Mrs. D. T. Day, Washington, District of Columbia............ Nelson R. Wood, Washington, District of Columbia .......... F. L. Goll, Washington, District of Columbia................. Mrs. Annie Farley, Washington, District of Columbia-......-. Mrs. Nicholas Longwoxth, Washington, District of Columbia. Mrs. W. R. Wright, Baltimore, Maryland..................-- Dr. C. M. Buckey, Washington, District of Columbia......... GuCsMileys Wanchesters Virginia -ascoc-cs5s-cecceoce ces ece oe Ariz SNe, Wytheville: Wareinian a. saes= scaaancloe sealeeea cae Hon. E. H. Plumacher, United States consul, Maracaibo, Venezuela. Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Washington, District of Columbia. Charles W. Dimick, Boston, Massachusetts ................... Adams Express Co., Washington, District of Columbia....... Mrs. K. E. Kastle, Benning, District of Columbia............-. Mrs. K. E. Kastle, Benning, District of Columbia ..........-. William Aldrich, Washington, District of Columbia.......... Fred Staffin, Wilmington, North Carolina ...................- James Young, Washington, District of Columbia...--......-. A. De Carre, Washington, District of Columbia............... Miss Virginia Sanborn, Washington, District of Columbia... DOnOTUNKNOWM sassssces scot Ses aise one seis moscciecicss ssicGecee Mrs. C. S. Haight, Washington, District of Columbia......... Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Washington, District of Columbia. George W. Colles, Milwaukee, Wisconsin..............-..--.- Dr. Cecil French, Washington, District of Columbia........-. fll H Oe eB ROH ew i HPwneee ee So Re he eH & PD =] bo REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY, Animals presented during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1906—Continued. Name, Donor. Number. Massasauga ......- Soimeceesc Prom Hp. Clark Olivet. Michi ganec.=ss