832 INDEX. 



F. 



Page. 



Fallow, William. — Biographical memoir by, of Asa Gray 763 



Finances of the Institution, account of 5 



Fire-proofing west corridor of building completed 17 



end of building. Senate bill passed for 17 



Fish Commission, relations of, to the Institution 3 



Flint, Dr. J. M., curator of Materia Medica 57 



Funds administered by Smithsonian, 1887-'88 xxx 



condition of 5 



Furniture and fixtures for Museum, appropriations for xxvii, xxxiv, xxxv, xl 



for Smithsonian Institution, expenditures for xxi 



G. 



Gardine, Dr. C, appointed representative to centenary of Bologna University 47 



Gatschet, A. S., on Indian vocabularies 69,70 



Geological Survey, appropriations for exchanges xl 



building for xiv 



desires opinion of Board as to new building xv 



Geology, progress in, for 1887 and 1888, by W. J. McGee 217 



Gibson, Hon. Randall L., appointed Regent xi, 4 



Goode, G. Brown, appointed Acting Secretary by the Chancellor, December 2, 



1887 xiii, 4 



representative of Smithsonian Institution to 



the Cincinnati Exposition 61 



appointment by President as Fish Commissioner 3 



memoir by, of S. F. Baird 79-89 



Gore, J. Howard, translation by, of Wilsing's article on determining mean 



density of the earth by pendulum principle 635 



Government exchanges 113 



effected by the Institution 27 



Grant, Mrs. Julia Dent, resolution of Congress relative to xxxiv 



Grant, U. S., President, resolution of Congress accepting relics of xxxiv 



Grants and subscriptions by the Institution 48 



Graphic arts, progress of section of r)7 



Gray, Asa, acts of, as regent xi 



announcement of death of 1 



biographical memoir of, by James D. Dana 745 



biographical memoir of, by William G. Farlow 763 



death of and remarks relative to 89 



list of, the writings of 7e5 



re-api)ointed Regent xxxiii 



" Great Auk," collection of bones of, and other collections 56 



Grounds, Smithsonian, no building except for Smithsonian use xv 



Gulf of St. Lawrence, exploration of the islands of 21 



xl. 



Habel, Simeon, bequest of - xxi, 7 



Hamilton. James, bequest of xxi, 7 



Harkness, William, on the progress of science as exemplified in the art of 



weighing and measuring 597 



Har.pt, Dr. Paul, appointment of, as honorary curator of Oriental anti(iuities. 57 

 Heating, lighting, etc., for National Museum, appropriations for.. xxviii, xxxiv, xxxv 



Hensbaw, H. W., on the linguistic families of North American Indians ,. 6U 



