EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 



BOARD OF REGENTS 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



The operatio7is, expenditures., cmd condition of the Institution up to Januai'y 

 1, 1854, and the jjroccedings of the Board up to July 8, 1854. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives : 



In obedience to the act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing 

 the Smithsonian Institution, the undersigned, in behalf of the Regents, 

 submit to Congress, as a report of the operations, expenditures, and 

 condition of the Institution, the following documents : 



1. The Annual Report of the Secretary, giving an account of the 

 operations of the Institution during the year 1853, including reports 

 from the Assistant Secretaries, relative to the library, museum, &c. 



2. Report of the Executive Committee, giving a general statement 

 of the proceeds and disposition of the Smithsonian fund, and also an 

 account of the expenditures for \he year 1853. 



3. Report of the Bailding Committee, relativ(^ to the progress made 

 in 1853 in the erection of the Smithsonian edifice. 



4. Proceedings of the Board of Regents and of the Establishment, 

 up to July 2, 1854 



5. Appendix. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



ROGER B. TANEY, Chancellor. 

 JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary. 

 July 22, 1854. 



