ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR 



THE YEAR 1883. 



SUBJECTS. 



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

 1884. 



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

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

 ceipts and expenditures for the year 1883, and the estimates for 1884. 



Report of the same committee on the inauguration of the Henry 

 statue. 



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

 and condition of the Institution for the year 1883, with the statistics of 

 collections, exchanges, &c. 



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. 



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