CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of the Report ii 



Jjetterfrora the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to 



Congress - ni 



General subjects of the Annual Report -. iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of illustrations ^^ 



Members ex officio of the Establishment xi 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution xii 



Journal of the Proceedings of the Board of Regents xiii 



Stated meeting, January 9, 1889 xiii 



Report of the Executive Committee for tlie year ending June :5i), 1889 .. - 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1889 xix 



Receipts for the year x ix 



Expenditures for the year x x 



Sales and repayments x x 



Appropriations for international exchanges xxi 



Details of exj)endit)ircs of same xxi 



Api)ropriations for North American Ethnology xxii 



Details of expenditures of s.ame xxiii 



Ai>propriation for Smithsonian Building repairs, and expenditures xxiv 



Appropriations for the National Museum xxiv 



Details of exj)enditures of same; xxv 



General summary xxx i 



Income available for ensuing year x.xxii 



Acts AND resolutions of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institution, 



National Museum, etc., for 1889 XXXiii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Board of Regents I 



Changes of members of the Board I 



Finances I 



Just claims on the Government 2 



Present total endowment of the Institution 2 



Balance on hand July 1, 1889 3 



Appropriations committed to the care of the Institution 8 



Estimates for the next fiscal year, 1889-'90 4 



Museum appropriations transferred to tlie Institution 5 



Buildings , r> 



Additional Museum building urgently needed Tj 



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