CONTENTS 



Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of tl>e Report n 



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



Congress m 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report V 



List of Illustrations viii 



Members ex officio of the Establishment ix 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



Journal of the Pkoceedings of the Board of Re(;ent.s xi 



Stated meeting, January 11, 1888 xi 



Special meeting, March 27, 1888 xvii 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June :50, 1H88.. xxi 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1888 xxi 



Receipts for tho year xxi 



Expenditures for the year xxi 



Sales and repayments xxii 



Apiiropriation for international exchanges xxii 



Details of expenditures of same xxiii 



Appropriation for North American Ethnology xxni 



Details of expenditures of same ., xxiv 



Appropriation for Smithsonian Building repairs xw 



Details of expenditures of same xxv 



Appropriations for the National Museum xxv 



Details of expenditures of same xxvi 



General sunuuary xxx 



Income available for ensuing year xxxi 



Acts and resoi.iitioxs of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institution, 



National Museum, etc.. for 1886, 1.887, and 1888 xxxni 



REPORT OF TIIH SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



Introductory remarks 1 



Unusual bereavement by deaths i 



Position and character of the Institution 2 



Its property relation to the National Museum 3 



Appointnumt of Dr. Goodc;, Assistant Secretary, as Eish Commissioner 'A 



Appointed by the Chancellor, Acting Secretaiy 4 



The Board of Regents 4 



Meetings of the Board 4 



Changes in the Board 4 



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