ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR 



THE YEAR 1877. 



CONTEXTS, 



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

 and condition of the establishment for the year 1877, with the statistics of 

 collections, exchanges, &c. 



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

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

 ceipts and expenditures for the year 1877, and the estimates for 1878. 



o. Proceedings of the Board of Kegents for the session of January, 

 1878. 



4. General appendix, consisting principally of translations from foreign 

 journals or works not generally accessible, but of interest to the collab- 

 orators and correspondents of the Institution, teachers, and others in- 

 terested in the promotion of knowledge. 



