ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR 



THE YEAR 1884. 



SUBJECTS. 



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

 1885. 



2. Report 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 1884, and the estimates for 1885. 



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

 and condition of the Institution for the year 1884, 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 collaborators and correspondents of the Insti- 

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



The report of the Assistant Director and Curators of the National 

 Mnscum for the year 1884 will be published in a separate volume. 



