898 INDEX. 



Page. 

 Relations of the Smithsonian to other hodies — Continned. 



Railroad and steamboat lines and other corporations , 41 



State and international exhibitions 43 



Treasury Department 39 



War Department 39 



Renshawe, John H., topographical work of 80 



Re-payment on account of Henry statue 2 



Of duty on the Sevres vase 152 



Report of Board of Regents i 



Of committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 



on indexing chemical literature 147 



Of executive committee xiii, xv 



Of Professor Baird to Board of Regents 1 



On National Museum 52 



On the Bureau of Ethnology 67 



On United States Fish Commission 95 



Report on anthropology 677 



On astronomy 159 



One xplorations and collections in the Queen Charlotte's Islands, British 



Columbia 137 



On chemistry 491 



On geography 237 



On international exchanges 99 



On meteorology 257 



On mineralogy 543 



On North American invertebrate paleontology 563 



On physics 433 



On progress of science for 1884 30, 31 



On seismology 215 



On Smithsonian exchanges for 1884 99 



On State exhibitions 63, 64. 65 



On ventilation of the House of Representatives 37, 38 



On vulcanology 215 



On zoology 583 



Reptiles, department of. National Museum 55, 58 



Re-print of earlier publications 30,31 



Researches, ethnological, among North American Indians 67 



Resignation of Dr. Peter Parker xi, 6 



Resolutions by Board of Regents Xli, xiii, xiv 



Accepting report of executive committee xiii 



Accepting resignation of Dr. Peter Parker xij 



Adopting the iiscal year for the Institution xiv 



Electing Dr. James C. Welling member of executive committee xii 



Respecting proposed bequest to the Institution xiv 



Resolution by Congress, on acting secretary of the Institution 6 



To print Smithsonian report for 1884 ii 



{See, also, Congressional acts.) 



Results obtained by United States Fish Commission '. 96 



Revenue Marine, co-operation of 40 



Rhees, William J., appointed acting secretary xii,6, 7 



Smithson and his bequest , 2 



Ridgway, Robert, curator, National Museum 55, 58 



Riley, Dr. C. V., honorary curator, National Museum 56,60 



Robinson, Mr. , co-operation of...., 41 



