XIV JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



ment of the Institution, a fact especially noteworthy when the great 

 magnitude and the variety of its transactions are considered. 



He also called attention to a slight change in the form of the report, 

 as now presented, from the reports lately presented to the Board. It 

 was, however, a recurrence to the old practice, which had been changed 

 a few years ago at the suggestion of a former member of the committee. 

 It is the custom of the Institution every year to make advances for cer- 

 tain operations, which are subsequently refunded, and these advances, 

 with the amounts received from sales of publications, re-payments for 

 freight, etc., have been deducted from the gross expenditures. The 

 statements in the report of the Executive Committee, as recently com- 

 j)iled, gave only the liet or actual outlay from the income of the 

 Smithson fund. But now it is thought better to spread the actual ag- 

 gregate of these transactions on the record, so as to exhibit the full 

 magnitude and distinctive nature of the operations. A statement is 

 therefore made in the present report of the Executive Committee under 

 the head of "Receipts for conducting special researches and collections," 

 and '"Eepaymeuts," to which we woukl direct attention. 



He also stated that the committee had deemed it advisable to make 

 a statement of all the moneys received and handled by the Institution 

 on account of trusts committed to it by Congress, and on the last page 

 of the report it would be seen that an exhibit was presented giving an 

 abstract of everything under this head. 



On motion of Mr. Sherman tiie report was received and adopted. 



The Secretary presented his aniuial report for the year ending June 

 30, 1886, which in accordance with a resolution of the Board had been 

 printed in advance of the meeting. 



General Meigs asked if there Avas any point in the report that Pro- 

 fessor Baird wished to emphasize or to ask action on, particularly in 

 regard to additional buildings for the Museum. 



Professor Baird replied that there was not; that in regard to the new 

 building for the Museum the Board had already taken action and rec- 

 ommended it to Congress several years ago. 



On motion of Mr. Cullom the report was accepted and approved. 



On motion of Dr. Welling the following resolution was adopted : 



Resolved, That the income of the Institution for the fiscal year end- 

 ing June 30, 1888, be expended by the Secretary with full discretion as 

 to the items, subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. 



The Secretary presented a communication to the Board requesting 

 permission to appoint Prof. S. P. Langley as Assistant Secretary in 

 charge of Exchanges, Publications, and Library, and Mr. G. Brown 

 Goode as Assistant Secretary in charge of the National Museum. 



On motion of Mr. Morrill it was— 



Resolved, That the appointment by the Secretary of Prof. S. P. Lang- 

 ley and Prof. G. Brown Goode as Assistant Secretaries of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution be approved. 



