CONTENTS. 



Resolution of Congivsss to print extra copies of the Report ii 



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



Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of illustrations viii 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents xi 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1884 xv 



Condition of the funds January 1, 1885 xv 



Receipts for the year x v 



Expenditures for the year xvi 



Estimates for the year 1884 '. xvi 



National Museum appropriations by Congress xvii 



Appropriations for exchanges xvii 



Appropriations for Ethnology xviii 



Report of the Architects on reconstruction of eastern portion of 



Smithsonian Building xix 



Plans and views of grounds and building ::^xiii 



Members ex officio of the Establishment xxxix 



Regents and oificers of the Institution xxxix 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



Introductory 1 



The Henry Statue 2 



Scientific writings of Professor Henry 2 



Information relative to James Smithson 2 



The Board of Regents 6 



Finances 7 



Condition of the fund January, 1885 7 



Buildings 8 



Smithsonian building '. 8 



National Museum building 9 



Brick workshop 10 



Armory building 10 



Necessity for an additional Museum building 10 



Meetings of scientific bodies 11 



Lectures 11 



Routine work of the Institution 12 



Correspondence 13 



Explorations 13 



Greenland 14 



Labrador 16 



Arctic coast 17 



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