Q^"^ CONTENTS. 



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Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of the Eeport ii 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of th6 Regents to 



Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report - v 



List of illustrations v i i i 



Members ex o^cio of the Establishment ix 



Oflicers of the Smithsonian Institution is 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



JouRXAL OF Proceedings op the Board of Regents xi 



•Report of the Executive Committee for the first six months of 1885 xv 



Condition of the funds July 1, 1885 xv 



Receipts for the six months xv 



Expenditures for the six months xvi 



National Museum appropriations by Congress xvi 



Appropriations for Exchanges xvii 



Appropriations for Ethnology xvii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETAEY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



Introductory 1 



The Board of Regents 1 



Expiration of terms of Congfessional Regents 2 



Change in the time of printing the Report 3 



Finances 3 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1885 4 



Buildings 5 



Smithsonian building 5 



Armory building 5 



Brick workshop and temporary workshop 6 



Army Medical Museum building 6 



Necessity of new buildings for the National Museum 7 



P^xplorations 7 



Greenland, Labrador, and British Provinces 7 



Alaska, Washington Territory, and west coast of United States 8 



East coast of the United States and Gulf of Mexico 8 



New Mexico and Arizona 9 



Central and South America ^ 



Europe 9 



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