Abstract
THERE are now no less than nine departments of the Government devoted, in part or wholly, to researches in pure and applied science—the Geological Survey, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the Naval Observatory, the National Museum, the Department of Agriculture, the Entomological Commission, the Tenth Census, with its special agencies for the study of the natural resources of the country, the Smithsonian Bureau of Ethnology, and the Commission of Fish and Fisheries. The Smithsonian Institution, established upon an independent foundation, should also be mentioned, as well as the Medical Museum of the Army and the various laboratories under the control of the Army and Navy Departments.
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