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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 508 
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MADE BY BAKER-VAWTER CO.
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Smithsonian Tables; - the Physical Tables, for which there is a large and increasing demand among educational institutions and engineering and industrial concerns, and the Mathematical Tables.

Among the numerous scientific publications of the National Museum, there appeared another of the series of Life Histories of North American Birds - on Gulls and Terns - by A. C. Bent. These volumes are in great demand and the limited editions are soon exhausted.

On motion, the report was accepted.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART COMMISSION.

December 8, 1921.

To the Board of Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution.

At a meeting held May 27, 1921, the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution established a National Gallery of Art Commission, to consist of five public men interested in the fine arts, five experts in the fine arts, five artists, and the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, ex officio. The primary purpose of the Commission is to promote the administration, development and utilization of the National Gallery of Art, including the acquisition of material of high quality representing the fine arts, and the study of the best methods of exhibiting art works to the public and their utilization for instruction. ^[[(p. 496)]]

The first or organizing meeting of the Commission was held at the Smithsonian Institution on June 8, 1921, the following members being present:

Adams, Herbert
Holmes, W. H.
Lodge, John E.
Mather, Jr., Frank Jewett
Moore, Charles
Parmelee, James
Redfield, E. W.
Walcott, C. D.

The following members regretted their inability to attend:

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