ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR 1874. 



This document contains : 



1. The annual report of the Secretary, giving an account of the opera- 

 tions and condition of the establishment for the year 1874, with the sta- 

 tistics of collections, exchanges, meteorology, &c. 



2. The report of the executive committee, exhibiting the financial 

 affairs of the Institution, including a statement of the Smithson fund, 

 the receipts and expenditures for the year 1874, and the estimates for 

 1875. 



3. The proceedings of the Board of Eegents. 



4. A general appendix, consisting principally of reports of lectures, 

 translations from foreign journals of articles not generally accessible, 

 but of interest to meteorologists, correspondents of the Institution, teach- 

 ers, and others interested in tlie promotion of knowledge. 



