CONTENTS. y 



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 Report OF the Secretary — Continued. 



National Museum , 65 



Increase 66 



Mammals 66 



Birds 66 



Reptiles 68 



Fishes 68 



Marine invertebrates 68 



Insects 69 



Plants 69 



Minerals 69 



Present condition 69 



New Museum building 70 



United States Fish Commission 71 



Account of operations 71 



Co-operation with census 74 



Appendix to the Report of the Secretary 77 



Entries in record-books 77 



Distribution of duplicate specimens 77 



Additions to the collections in 1879 78 



Statistics of exchanges 107 



Boxes sent abroad in 1879 107 



Packages received from Europe for distribution in America 108 



Acts and resolutions of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institution 



and the National Museum 115 



Forty-fifth Congress, 3d session, 1878-'79 115 



Forth-sixth Congress,[2d session, 1879-'80 116 



REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 117 



Condition of the funds » 117 



Receipts in 1879 118 



Expenditures, 1879 119 



Repayments 120 



Estimates for 1880 120 



National Museum : Appropriations by Congress 121 



Receipts and expenditures 122 



Summary 123 



Report of the National Museum Building Commission 125 



Report of the Architects 130 



Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents 141 



Meeting January 17, 1880 141 



James Smithson and his Bequest, by Wm. J. Rhees 143 



II. GENERAL APPENDIX. 



A Study of the Savage Weapons at the Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, 



1876, by Edward H. Knight 213 



Anthropology 299 



The Preservation of Antiquities and National Monuments in Denmark, 



by J. J. A. Worsaae 299 



The French Half-Breeds of the Northwest, by V. Havard, M. D., As- 

 sistant Surgeon, U. S. A 309 



Prehistoric Remains in Montana, between Fort Ellis and the Yellow- 

 stone River, by P. W. Norris, Superintendent of the Yellowstone 



National Park 327 



The Shoshone or Snake Indians: their Religion, Superstitions, and 



Manners, by Col. Albert G. Brackett, U. S. A 328 



