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spent seven weeks, going up the Government railroad from its southern terminus to its northern end at Fairbanks, and back over the same trail. About 10,000 specimens were collected.

The Secretary spoke briefly of his expedition to the Canadian Rockies during the past summer, and said that nothwithstanding the unusually rainy season, a large amount of data was secured.

Mr. Brookings here said that he had been informally approached with an inquiry as to whether the Institution would accept a fund for the purpose of making a scientific analysis of a large amount of matter gathered by the Tariff Commission; that this would require a large amount of study and work. He had not presumed to give any answer to the inquiry, preferring that the Board should be informed of the suggestion. He had realized that such a task would interfere with the purely scientific work of the Institution, and might also involve it in political as well as labor and other questions.

Several of the Regents informally expressed their opinion that the Institution should not seriously consider such an undertaking.

ADJOURNMENT.

There being no further business to come before the Board, on motion the meeting adjourned.

The Regents then viewed a collection of specimens and objects typifying the work of the various departments of the Institution.

ATTEST:

[[signed]]Charles D. Walcott[[/signed]]

SECRETARY.

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