90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



to prepare a detailed statement of all the money expended on the 

 museum during the past year,, distinguishing between the items directly 

 and exclusively chargeable to the care of the collections of the Govern- 

 ment, and those of a contingent or indirect character. 



Mr. Hamlin presented the following, which were adopted : 



Having learned that the chief clerk of this Institution, Mr. William 

 J. Rhees, is about to resign the office he has filled for seventeen years, 

 to engage in an active business enterprise — 



Resolved, That the Board of Regents highly appreciate his worth as a 

 man, and his services as an officer of this Institution. 



Eesolved, I'hat while they regret his resignation of an office which he 

 has filled with honor to himself and advantage to the Institution, they 

 hope that he may be equally successful in the career on which he is 

 about to enter, and that a copy of these resolutions be presented to him 

 by the secretary. 



The Board then adjourned to meet at the call of the secretary. 



[XoTE. — After this meeting the annual report was submitted to Con- 

 gress and ordered to be iirinted ; therefore, the subsequent proceedings 

 of the Board for the session of the beginning of 1870 will be found in 

 the next annual report. — J. H.] 



