Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-25

an exploration of some of the glaciers of
British Columbia undertaken by DIR. w.
H. Sherzer of Michigan for the purpose
of gathering definite Information regarding
glacial phenomena.
Numerous publications were issued dur
ing the year, and the institution distributed
a total of 1916 volumes or parts OF
volumes of the various Smithsonian series.
A departure was made during the year in
regard to one OF the old series. that OF the
miscellaneous collections, to when tnere
has been added a quarterly issue 1t was
also announced that history of science In
America which had been left not quite
finished by the late DR.. G. Brown Goode.
was being prepared for publication ana
would be issued during the coming year.
The library was increased by volumes and
parts of volumes to the number of over
26, OOO Gen. J. Watts de Peyster OF New
York continued to add many valuable
volumes to his collection, as we'll as several
oil paintings and many historical relics OF
the American colonial period. The insti-
tuition has continued the work Of indeXing
American scientific literature for the In
ternationaI catalogue of scientific litera-
ture published at London. During the year
over 81 900 reference CARDS were forwarded
to the central bureau.
The institution was represented at the
congress of Americanists at Stuttgart. at
the congress Of zoology at Berne. Switzer-
land at various congresses at st. Louis. at
the congress of geology at Vienna. and at
the congress of the Archaeological and HIS
torical Federation at Mons. 1t had, with
the museum and the other bureaus, MADE
an extensive exhibit at the Louisldha III
chase exposition.
On June 15 1904, ground had been broken
for the new museum building.
The accession of specimens curing ,lle
wear numbered 241.547, making the total
census of the collections o,S9l000 objects
Among the more notable gifts were those
received through DR.. w. l.. Abbott, from
the Malay peninsula and northern Sumatra,
Islands by Drs. E. A. Mearns and r. B.
Grub of the United States army, and OBJ
tects collected in Alaska by Lieut.. G.. 4.
Emmons of the United States navy. and
of the War Department of 613 firearms of
historical value. 1t is recommended that
the hours for opening the museum be ex-
tended, so that it might be open at night
and ON Sunday, and the Secretary stated
that congressional appropriation to cover
the additional expense had been asked for.
The bureau of American ethnology has
carried forward researches in four regions
among the Haida Indians of the Queen
Charlotte Islands and southern Alaska. the
Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and the
tribes of the great plains in Oklahoma and
Indian territory and in the West Indies.
The bureau has been deeply interested In
various measures looking to the preserya-
ton of our national antiquities, and the
condensed dictionary of Indian tribes is
making progress. 1t is expected that this
will summarize for public men and for pop
ular use the scientific results thus far OBJ
tanned by the bureau.
The number of foreign and domestic cor
respondents on the International exchange
list is 1902, an increase of AGO corre-
spondents during the past year. The OPP
erations of the service show gain of s, TiG
In the number of packages handled. the
total for the year having been 15S 9s3 or
an aggregate weight of 4S1, 410 pounds.
+. National geological Park
.1..t.t.
maintained in the National Geological Park
has been increased by more than 10 per
cent during the past year. To provide for
this increase 1t was decided to build