CONTENTS. 



Pa<;e. 



Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of tl>.e Report ii 



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



Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report i v 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Illustrations viii 



Members ex officio of the Establishment ix 



Regents of the Smithsonian Listitution X 



Journal of the Pkoceedings of the Board of Regents xi 



Stated meeting, January 11, 1888 xi 



Special meeting, March 27, 1888 xvii 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1888.. xxi 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1888 xxi 



Receipts for the year xxi 



Expenditures for the year xxi 



Sales aud re-payments xxii 



Appropriation for international exchanges xxii 



Details of expenditures of same xxiii 



Appropriation for North American Ethnology xxiii 



Details of expenditures of same xxiv 



Approiniation for Smithsonian Building repairs xxv 



Details of expenditures of same xxv 



Appropriations for the National Museum xxv 



Details of expenditures of same xxvi 



General summary xxx 



Income available for ensuing year xxxi 



Acts and resolutions of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institution, 

 National Museum, etc.. for 1886, 1887, and 1888 xxxiii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



Introductory remarks 1 



Unusual bereavement by deaths 1 



Position and character of the Institution 2 



Its property relation to the National Museum 3 



Appointment of Dr. Goode, Assistant Secretary, as Fish Commissioner .S 



Appointed by the Chancellor, Acting Secretary 4 



The Board of Regents 4 



Meetings of the Board 4 



Changes in the Board 4 



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