CONTENTS OF SMITHSONIAN REPORT FOR 18T4. 



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Order of Congress to print extra copies 2 



Letter from Professor Henry, transmitting report to Congress 3 



List of Regents, committees, and members ex officio of the Institution 5 



Officers and assistants of the Institution and National Museum 6 



Collaborators resident at the Institution 6 



Eeport of Professor Henry, Secretary 7 



Changes in the Board 7 



Bequest of James Hamilton , 7 



Importance of abstract science 8 



Congressional appropriations for Museum 9 



Failure of First National Bank 9 



Statement of the condition of the funds 9 



Safety of funds secured by deposit in United States Treasury 10 



Virginia bonds and coupons 10 



Publications of the Institution. 10 



Rules of distribution of Smithsonian publications 10 



Account of publications in 1874 12 



Smithsonian Contributions, volume XIX 12 



Miscellaneous Collections, volumes XI and XII 13 



Publications to form parts of future volumes 13 



Researches : 



Meteorology 16 



Comets 18 



Efficiency of steam-heaters 19 



Elevations 20 



Natural history and ethnology 20 



International exchanges 21 



Foreign correspondents 22 



Library 23 



Historical manuscripts from Mrs. Dundas and General Lefroy 25 



Telegraphic announcements of astronomical discoveries 26 



Asteroids and comets discovered in 1874 26 



National Museum 27 



Increase of the Museum, by locality 27 



Increase of the Museum, systematic 29 



Work done in connection with the Museum 36 



Government explorations and surveys 36 



Miscellaneous 44 



Corcoran Art Gallery 44 



Army Medical Museum 44 



Department of Agriculture 44 



Fog-signals 44 



Fish inquiry and propagation 44 



Deep-sea soundings 46 



Polaris Arctic exploration 46 



Chemical laboratory 47 



Photography , 47 



Light-house duty 48 



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