JOURNAL OF PROOEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OP 

 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington, January 8, 1890. 



The stated anuual raeetiug of the Board of Regeuts of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution was held this day at 10.30 o'clock A. M. 



Present: The Chancellor, Chief-Justice Melville W. Fuller; Hon. 

 J. S. Morrill, Hon. S. M. Cullom, Hon. Joseph Wheeler, Hon. 

 Henry Cabot Lodge, Gen. M. C. Meigs, Dr. Andrew D. White, 

 Dr. J. B. Angell, Dr. Henry Coppee, Dr. J. C. Welling, and the 

 Secretary, S. P. Langley. 



An excuse for non-attendance was read from the Hon. Benjamin 

 liUTTERWORTH, and the Secretary stated that he had been informed, 

 unofficially, that Senator R. L. Gibson was detained in New York by 

 illness. 



The following letter was read to the Board : 



New Haven, Connecticut, December 31, 1889. 

 I regret that I find it advisable, from considerations of health and 

 prudence, to resign the position which I have held for so many years 

 as a member of the Board of liegents of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 With the best wishes for the prosperity of the Institution and the as- 

 surance of the highest personal regard for the members of the Board, 

 I am. 



Very truly yours, 



Noah Porter. 

 To S. P. Langley, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



On motion of Dr. Coppee, it was 



Resolved, That the Board having received the resignation of Dr. Noah 

 Porter as a Regent, accept it with an expression of their regret and 

 with assurances of their high i)ersonal esteem. 



The Journal of the Proceedings of the Board at the meeting of Jan- 

 uary 9, 1889, was read and ai)prove(l. 



The secretary announced the appointment (-Fanuary 0, 1890) by the 

 honorable the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the following 

 members of the House as Regents: 



Mr. Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio. 



Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts. 



Mr. Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama. 



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