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Excerpt from Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1925 General considerations Finances Researches and explorations Geological explorations in_the Canadian Rockies Zoological explorations in Western China Botanical exploration in Panama and Costa Rica Archeological expedition to China marsh-darien expedition Additional assistant Smithsonian radio talks Publications-f. Library National National Gallery of Art Freer Gallery of Art_ Bureau of American Ethnology International Exchanges National Zoological Park Astrophysical Observatory International Catalogue of Scientific Literature Necrology Appendix 1. Report on the United States National Museum 2. Report on the National Gallery of Art 3; Report on the Freer Gallery of Art__ 4. Report on the Bureau of American Ethnology 5. Report on the International Exchanges 6. -report on the National Zoological Park 7. Report on the Astrophy'sical Observatory 8. Report on the International Catalogue of Scientific Litera mm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.