CONTENTS 



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Resolution of Cougress to print extra copies of tlie Eeport " 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to 



Congress " 



Members ex-officio of the "Establishment," and Regents of the Institution.... ir 



Officers and assistants of the Institution, and of the National Museum v 



General subjects of the Annual Report ^} 



Contents of the Report ^" 



I.— REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution - ^ 



Introductory 



Memorials 



Statue of Professor Henry ^ 



Representations of Professor Henry 



Smithson's effects 



Smithson's tomb 



Inaugural reception ^ 



Finances 



The Habel bequest 



Relations of the Institution to the National Museum 6 



Buildings " 



Smithsonian building 



Armory building 



Laboratory of Natural History ^ 



Routine work of the Institution ^ 



Administration • 



Correspondence • 



Astronomical announcements by telegraph H 



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 Exchanges 



International exchanges • ^"^ 



Government document exchange IJ^ 



Distribution ' 



Distribution of publications 1^ 



Distribution of specimens ^' 



Library 



Additions for the year 



Special gifts received 



Researches 



Laboratory work ~ 



Explorations • " 



F. H. Gushing — New Mexico '^'^ 



F. M. Endlich— West Indies and Demarara 23 



Charles Bendire— Arizona, Oregon, &c '-^"^ 



Vil 



