ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR 



THE YEAR 1880. 



CONTENTS. 



1 Annnal report of tlie Secretary, giving an account of the operations 

 and condition of the Institution for the year 1880, with the statistics of 



collections, exchanges, &c. ...,.- i ^fc..;.^^ 



2 Eeport of the Executive Committee, exhibiting the financial aflaiis 

 of the Institution, including a statement of the Smithson fund, the re- 

 ceipts and expenditures for the year 1880, and the estimates for 1881. 



3. Proceedings of the Board of Regents for the session of January, 



1881 . ., 



4 General appendix, comprising a record of recent progress in the 

 principal departments of science, and special memoirs, original and 

 selected, of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institu- 

 tion, teachers, and others engaged in the promotion of knowledge. 



