INDEX. 837 



Page. 



Publications, distributiou of 24 



list of, by tbe Bureau of Ethnology 74 



iniscellaneons collections 22,99, 100 



uumber of, iulded to library 56 



of tbe National Museum 24, 101 



not to be included hereafter iu the rais- 



cellaaeous collections 26 



R. 



Rau, Dr. Charles, curator of prehistoric antiquities, death of 57,91 



Receipts of Smithsonian Institution, 1887-'88 xxi, xxii 



Record of science for 1887 and 1888 125 



Regents of the Institution x 



authorize Executive Committee and Secretary to act iu relation to 



statue of Professor Baird xiv 



changes in the board of 4 



journal of board of xi 



meetings of xi,xvii,4 



expenditures for xxii 



vacancies of, filled by Congress xxxiii, xxxv, xxxvi 



Registrar, 12,400 boxes and packages received by, for the National Museum. 53 



Reports, annual, of the Institution 22, 101 



Report of committee on death of Chancellor Waite xviii 



Executive Committee for year ending June 30, 1888 xxi 



presented and explained by Dr. Welling xi 



on the operations of National Museum received from Public Printer.. 55 



of Secretarj' accepted, and to be transmitted to Congress xiii 



Requisitions for interest to be signed by Chaucellor and Secretary xvii 



Researches encouraged by the Insti tutiou 19 



Refiolutiou of Board of Regents to appropriate income x v 



ask Congress to change form of appropria- 

 tions for Museum, etc xiii 



on death of S. F. Baird.. _ 77 



Dr. Peter Parker 91 



Chancellor M. R. Waite 75 



in 1883, in relation to new Museum building xiv 



Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian, etc xxxiii 



for distribution of public documents 114 



to print extra copies of the report i i 



Ridgway, Robert, biographical memoir by, of Spencer F. Baird 703 



Rooms, assignment of, for scientific work 46 



S. 



Salaries paid by Smithsonian Institution xxj 



Sales of publications xxi xxii 



Schneider, Messrs. awarded contract for irou-work in fire-proofing west corri- 

 dor of Smithsonian building jg 



Science, progress of, in the art of weighing and measuring 597 



Scientific Record for 1887, and 1888 125 



Secretary of Institution, announcement by, of death of Chief-Justice Waite .. xvii 



annual report of, to Regents 1 



appointed by Congress on commission on historical 



manuscripts xxxvi 



appropriations under, as Director of National Mu- 

 seum xl 



