CONTENTS. 



Pago. 



Order of Congress to print extra copies 2 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting report to Congress I? 



Abstract of annual report for 1^75 4 



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



OiScers of tbc Institut iou G 



Report of Professor Henry, Secretary 7 



Cbanges in tbe Board T 



Operations of tbe Institution 7 



Congressional axipropriations for Museum and Centennial display 8 



Government Board of Exhibitors 6 



Accumulation of specimens ? 



Plan of transferring buildiiJg to tbe Governnu'iit 9 



Connection between Institution and Museum 9 



Financial statement 10 



Hamilton bequest 10 



Virginia bonds 10 



Deposit in U. S. Treasury 10 



Deposit in First National Bank 10 



Su8])ension of First National Bank 11 



Publications of Institution 11 



Rules for distribution of ))ul)li(!ations 11 



Smitbsouiau Contributions, volume XX I'i 



Miscellaneous collections 1^5 



Publications to form part of future volumes l;> 



Publication of Toner Lectures 14 



Publications of National Museum 14 



Indian Vocabularies Irf 



Researches I'J 



Meteorology I'J 



International exchanges 27 



Forc-ign corres])ondents 23 



Government documents 31 



Library 3:? 



Telegraphic announcement of astronomical discoveries liti 



Asteroids a.ud comets discovered 3(1 



Correspondence 37 



Ethnology 40 



Sliscellaneous 41 



Cheuiical laboratory 42 



I'hotograjjhy 42 



Light-house duty , 4'i 



Fish Commission 44 



Polaris expedition 45 



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