CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of the Report ii 



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



Congress Hi 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Illustrations viii 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x. 



Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents xi 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1883 xiii 



Condition of the funds January 1, 1884 xiii 



Receipts for the year xii£ 



Expenditures for the year xiv- 



Estimates for the year 1884 xiv 



National Museum appropriations by Congress xiv 



Appropriations for Ethnology x^- 



Appropriations for Exchanges xv 



Report of the Executive Committee on the Henry Statue xvii 



Ceremonies at the unveiling of the statue xix: 



Order of exercises xx: 



Prayer by Rev. Dr. Hodge xxii 



Address of Chief Justice Waite xxiit 



Oration by President Noah Porter xxv 



Members ex officio of the Establishment xxxviii 



Regents and officers of the Institution xxxviii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



Introductory t 



The Henry Statue * 



Scientific writings of Professor Henry 2 



Meetings of the Board of Regents £ 



Finances * 



Condition of the fund January, 1883 4 



Buildings * 



Smithsonian building * 



Progress in re-modelling and fire-proofing the east wing * 



National Museum building & 



Armory building 6 



Natural History workshop - 7 



Necessity for an additional Museum building 7 



Meetings of Scientific Bodies 



Routine work of the Institution H 



V 



