ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR 



THE YEAR 1882. 



SUBJECTS. 



1. Proceedings of the Board of Eegeuts for the session of January, 

 1883. 



2. Eeport of the Executive Committee, exhibiting the financial affairs 

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

 ceipts and expenditures for the year 1882, and the estimates for 1883. 



3. Annual report of the Secretary, giving an account of the operations 

 and condition of the Institution for the year 1882, with the statistics of 

 collections, exchanges, &c. 



4. General ax)pendix, comprising a record of recent i)rogress 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. 



