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It would take almost a volume to describe the work of this wonderful office. Its chief publications are:

1. Annual report of the United States National Museum.

2. Proceedings of the National Museum (annual).

3. Extracts from Proceedings of the National Museum.

4. Bulletins of the United States National Museum, commenced in 1875.

5. Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

6. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, commenced in 1848.

7. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, commenced in 1862.

8. Miscellaneous Publications of the Smithsonian Institution. Most of the work of this institution is of a purely scientific nature, but in its publications much information of value to social science is to be found.

No more important contributions to social science have been made under government auspices than those of the Bureau of Ethnology. Striking at the very roots of social science itself by reporting upon the conditions of tribes and peoples, it must take first rank in the estimation of social scientists. It publishes annual reports and reprints of special papers. Its volumes are bulky; they are thoroughly illustrated and are scientific discussions of ethnological topics.

The reports of this commission come strictly under the title of this article, so far as statistics of railroads are concerned. They have been published regularly since 1888, and they furnish the most trustworthy information relative to the conditions of railroad transportation that can be obtained.

The contributions of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries relate directly to the study of social science, as they belong to the food question. The investigations of the commission relate to food fishes and to the methods of propagating them, and the