CONTENTS. 



Pago. 



Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of tlie Re^wrt ^ ii 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting 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 Proceedings op the Board of Rkgents xi 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1885-86 xv 



Condition of the funds July 1, 1886 '. xv 



Receipts for the year xv 



Expenditures for the year xv 



Repayments xvi 



Estimates for the year 1886-87 xvii 



National Museum appropriations by Congress Xvii 



Appropriations for Ethnology xvii 



Appropriations for Exchanges xvii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Board of Regents 2 



Re-election of Regents whose term had expired 2 



New member elected , 2 



Change in the Executive Committee 2 



Portraits of Regents received 2 



Portraits of Regents still desired 2 



Finances 3 



Receipts and expenditures 3 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1886 3 



Buildings 3 



Smithsonian building and adjuncts 3 



Importance of a rejdacement of the annex building 4 



Pressing necessity for additional museum building 4 



Explorations 5 



Arctic America 5 



Alaska 6 



Washington Territory 7 



Rocky Mountain region 7 



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