CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Order of Congress to print extra copies of the report +. 2 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting report to Congress ;$ 



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



Officers of the Institution and National Museum ^ 



Report of Professor Henry, Secretary 7 



Finances 14 



Publications , 15 



Researches 23 



Meteorology , 24 



Correspondence 26 



Exchanges 20 



International exchanges 29 



Library „ 30 



Ethnology 32 



Chemical laboratory 37 



Photography 37 



Light-house duty 37 



Fish Commission 37 



National Museum 38 



Report of Professor Baird on the National Museum 38 



Work done in the Museum and at Philadelphia 42 



Scientific investigation of collections 44 



Distribution of duplicate specimens , 45 



Present condition of the Museum 45 



Nature of increased accommodations required 47 



Government explorations and surveys 47 



Appendix to the Report of the Secretary 64 



Report of Professor Baird on the Centennial Exhibition 64 



Appropriations by Congress for the Centennial Exhibition 70 



Awards decreed to the Institution at the Centennial Exhibition 81 



Additions to the collections of the National Museum 84 



Entries in Museum record-books to 1876 106 



Distribution of duplicate specimens 106 



Statistics of literary and scientific exchanges 107 



International exchange of United States Government publications 107 



Packages from Europe for distribution in America 108 



Report of the Executive Committee 116 



Statement of condition of funds 116 



Receipts "* 



Expenditures H? 



Hamilton bequest 1 1? 



Virginia bonds 117 



First National Bank deposit ' ls 



Statement of expenditures in detail » 118 



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