CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Older of Congress to print extra copies of the report 2 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting report to Congress 3 



List of Regents, committees, and members ex officio of the Institution 5 



Officers of the Institution and National Museum 6 



Report of Professor Henry, Secretary 7 



Meeting of the establishment H 



Finances 11 



Building 12 



Publications 12 



Anthropology 22 



Meteorology 24 



Exchanges 25 



Government exchanges 27 



Library 28 



Chemical Laboratory 35 



National Museum 36 



Report of Professor Baird on the National Museum 36 



Increase of the Museum 36 



Scientitic investigation of the collections 45 



Work done in the Museum 46 



Distribution of duplicate specimens 47 



Fish culture 47 



Investigations on sound and fog-signals 51 



Appendix to the Report of the Secretary 55 



Government explorations in 1877 55 



United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 



Prof. F. V. Hayden in charge 55 



Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region, by 



Prof. J. W. Powell 67 



United States Geographical Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, in 



charge of First Lieut. George M. Wheeler, U. S. A 87 



Statistics of exchanges 92 



Donations to the National Museum 94 



List of explorations and expeditions, the collections of which were de- 

 posited in the National Museum 105 



Report of the Executive Committee 118 



Statement of condition of funds 118 



Receipts , 119 



Expenditures 119 



Hamilton bequest 120 



Statement of expenditures in detail 120 



Building 120 



General expenses 120 



Publications and researches , 121 



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