REPORT OF PROFESSOR BAIRD, 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOE 1882. 



To the Board of Regents : 



Gentlemen : I have the honor to present herewith a report of the 

 operations and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 

 1882. 



As in previous years, I propose to include in the present report, in 

 addition to matters pertaining strictly to the Institution, a brief account 

 of the operations of the National Museum and the Bureau of Ethnol- 

 ogy, which may be considered as part of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 as well as of the work of the United States Fish Commission, which is 

 under my charge. 



THE SMITHSOXLAK INSTITUTION. 



INTRODUCTOEY. 



There are no specially distinctive or prominent facts to be mentioned 

 in connection with the work of the Institution and its collateral depart- 

 ments during the year 1882; although it may be said that, at no time, 

 has the establishment been in better condition, whether we take into 

 account the character of the work accomplished, the economy of expendi- 

 ture, or the satisfactory condition of its funds at the end of the year. 



The publications of the Smithsonian Institution, or those made under 

 its direction, have been of average amount; the international exchanges 

 have been more than ever extensive and important ; the scientific re- 

 searches of the Institution have been extremely productive, while the 

 Museum has been enriched by a greater quantity of valuable material 

 than ever before. 



THE HENRY STATUE. 



I am happy to announce that the memorial statue of Professor Henry, 

 the construction of which, by Mr. W. W. Story, was authorized by 

 Congress on the 1st June, 1880, is finished, and in Washington. It was 

 hoped that it might be delivered in time to be in position by the end of 

 the year 1881. Owing, however, to certain imperfections found in the 

 statue after being cast in bronze, it became necessary to reproduce it ; 

 and it was not until the month of November, [1882,] that it was actually 

 completed and shipped. 

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