JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 

 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington, January 17, 1883. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution fixing the time of the annual session on the third 

 Wednesday in January of each year, the Board met to-day at 10 o'clock 

 a. m. 



Present: The Chancellor, Chief Justice IM. R. Waite; the acting 

 Vice-President, Hon. David Davis; Hon. S. B. Maxey; Hon. JST. P. 

 Hill; Hon. G. F. Hoar; Hon. N. C. Deering; Hon. S. S. Cox ; Hon. 

 E.B. Taylor; Rev. Dr. John Maclean; Dr. Asa Gray; General W. 

 T. Sherman ; Dr. H. Coppj^ ; and the Secretary, Professor Baird. 



Excuses for absence on account of sickness were received fiom Hon. 

 Peter Parker and Rev. Dr. Noah Porter. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Secretary presented a statement of the finances of the Institution. 



General Sherman, from the Executive Committee, presented the an- 

 nual report in relation to the funds of the Institution, the receipts and 

 expenditures for the year 1882, and the estimates for the year 1883. 



On motion of Dr Copp^e it was 



Resolved, That the report of the Executive Committee for 1882 be 

 accepted. 



Besolved, That the income for the year 1883 be appropriated for the 

 service of the Institution upon the basis of the above report, to be ex- 

 pended by the Secretary with full discretion as to the items, subject to 

 the approval of the Executive Committee. 



The Secretary stated that the bronze statue of Professor Henry, or- 

 dered by Congress from Mr. W. W. Story, had just been received, but that 

 owing to the condition of the weather, it was impossible to place it in 

 position at the present time. He suggested the iiropriety of deferring 

 the pubUc unveiling of the statue until the next annual meeting of the 

 National Academy of Sciences in April. He also stated that Mr. Story 

 was now in the city, had examined the Smithsonian grounds, and fully 

 approved of the site for the statue suggested by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



On motion of General Sherman it was 



Besolvedj That the 19th of April, 1883, be selected as the day for the 

 ceremony of unveiling the statue of Professor Henry, and that the 

 Congress of the United States, the Diplomatic Corps, the Executive 

 Departments, aud the public generallv be invited to be present. 



