ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION TO THE 

 END OF JUNE, 1885. 



SUBJECTS. 



1. Proceedings of the Board of Eegents for the session of January, 

 1885. 



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

 of the Institution, including a statement of the Smithson fund, and re- 

 ceipts and expenditures for the year 1885 (to Julyl). 



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

 and condition of the Institution for the year 1885 (to July 1), with the 

 statistics of collections, exchanges, &c. 



4. General appendix, comprising a record of recent progress in the 

 principal departments of science, and special memoirs, original and 

 selected, of interest to coUaborators and correspondents of the Insti- 

 tution, teachers, and others engaged in the promotion of knowledge. 



The report of the Assistant Director and Curators of the ISTational 

 Museum for the year 1885 (to July 1), will be published in a separate 

 volume. 



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