each student to work in or even to touch all of the great divisions of the subject. In conclusion, your committee believes that whenever the Association speaks and in whatever it may say upon a subject so important as that under consideration, it should be governed by a wise conservatism, and that it should keep always in view the fact that when its suggestions and recommendations are in the real interests of the school and the college they are certain to be in the line of the advancement of science. T. C. MENDENHALL, Chairman, WM. A. ANTHONY, H. S. CARHART, F. H. SMITH, Committee. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE PRESERVATION OF ARCHÆ OLOGIC REMAINS ON THE PUBLIC LANDS. THE Committee to memorialize Congress for the preservation of Archæologic remains upon the Public Domain has the honor to report as follows: After consultation it was agreed that it would be well if the following remains of early America could be preserved : Chaco Cañon, from the forks of Escavada cañon for a distance of eight miles up; also one mile back from the brink of the cañon walls on each side so as to include many interesting structures thereon. Cañon DeChelly; Cañon Del Muerto; Walnut Cañon; The Ruin on Fossil Creek, an east branch of the Rio Verde, and about fifteen miles south of Camp Verde Military reservation; Ruins in Mancos Cañon; the Round Towers situated on the flat valleys of the lower Mancos. The Cavate Lodges in the cinder cone, about eight miles east of Flagstaff, Arizona. Beside these groups of ruins, and dwellings, there are isolated remains in the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Utah, numbering over forty, which demand preservation. The Pueblos, which are not on treaty reservations, or grants; and the old Mandan and Arickaree village on the Fort Berthold Indian reservation, Dakota Territory, to be preserved, when they shall cease to be inhabited by the Indians. Also certain burial and village sites in Alaska. Although every courtesy and assistance was rendered the Committee by the Geological Survey, it was found that field work would be required in every case but one, in order properly to designate the exact acreage needful to be set aside by Congress for the effectual protection of each ruin or group of ruins. This field work would require time, possibly two seasons, and involve expense. In order to meet this difficulty and to inaugurate the precedent of preserving archæologic remains upon the Public Domain, it was thought best to prepare a bill, which should reserve the one tract, the boundaries of which were already ascertained, and to direct a report upon other tracts needful for the preservation of archæologic remains to be made in the future to Congress by the Director of the Geological Survey. Heretofore there has been but one instance of legislation for the protection of the monuments of ancient America, that of the Legislature of Ohio, in reference to the Serpent Mound in that State. This relic including a tract of seventy acres has been bought and placed in the charge of the Trustees of the Peabody Museum of American Archæology and Ethnology of Harvard University, Mass.; and to Frederick W. Putnam, its curator, and Professor of American Archæology, is due the honor of making this first movement in behalf of American Archæologic culture. The tract of land with ascertained boundaries, which Congress is asked to reserve, is situated on the Rio Grande, west of Sante Fé, New Mexico. It contains groups of cavate dwellings cut in the tufa, which show three distinct ages of occupancy: the two earlier ones dating back to an unknown period; the latest, it is thought, took place during the Spanish Wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Upon the top of the walls of the cañons, stone pueblos were erected; these, however, have mostly fallen to ruins. The entire group is an interesting series of dwellings, both excavated and built, and is well worth preservation and study. Your committee have accordingly introduced the following bill into Congress with the promise of its speedy passage through both Houses: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the tract of land in the Territory of New Mexico described as follows: beginning at the northwest corner of Cochiti Indian grant, and running north to the southeast corner of "Baca Location, No. 1 ;" thence east to the Ramon Vicil grant; thence southeasterly along such boundary to the eastern line of Bernallillo County; thence southward to a point directly east of the place of beginning; thence due west to place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States; and all persons who shall locate or settle upon or occupy the same, or any part thereof, shall be considered trespassers and removed therefrom. SEC. 2. That said Reservation shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same. Such regulations shall provide for the preservation from injury and spoliation all natural and archæological curiosities within said Reservation and their retention in their present condition. SEC. 3. The Director of the Geological Survey is hereby directed to make a report to Congress specifying such other archæological remains existing upon the Public Domain, as should be preserved in the interests of science, together with a description of such tracts of land as it may be necessary to reserve in order to insure the protection of said archæologic remains from injury and spoliation. Hoping that the efforts of the committee in behalf of Archæologic study may meet the approval of the Association, Respectfully submitted, ALICE C. FLEtcher, Washington, D. C., July 18, 1888. Committee. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE TO SECURE FROM CONGRESS THE ABOLITION OF THE DUTIES ON SCIENTIFIC BOOKS AND APPARATUS IMPORTED INTO THIS COUNTRY. THE Committee makes the following report: Shortly after its appointment Dr. J. S. Billings resigned, suggesting that a member from the West be selected to fill his place. Professor Langley, president of the Association, therefore appointed Prof. A. H. Worthen of Springfield, Ill., to the vacancy. Upon the death of Professor Worthen, which followed not long after, Prof. S. A. Forbes of Champaign, Ill., was selected by Professor Langley to fill his place. The eastern members of the committee, Prof. J. R. Eastman and Prof. E. D. Cope, chairman, have held several meetings with the following results. The following resolution was adopted and signed by all the members: Resolved: That there shall be admitted to this country, free of duty, all books in languages other than English; of books in the English language all single copies sent to periodicals issued not oftener than once a week; all books issued by governments and scientific societies and all other books not republished within a year after the first publication in an English-speaking country. Also all apparatus, instruments and material to be used in scientific experiment or original research; decision as to the intention of the importer to rest with a committee of the U. S. National Academy of Sciences. This resolution was placed in the hands of the Committee of Ways and Means of the House of Representatives of which the Hon. R. Q. Mills is chairman, through Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge of Kentucky, one of its members. The resolutions were received with consideration and had the attention of the committee while engaged in framing what is known as the Mills Tariff Bill. The recommendations contained in the resolutions were partially incorporated into the bill in the following language (H. R. 9051, p. 1 and 7). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that on and after the first day |