72 NINTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS 



BOARD OF REGENTS 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



• NINTH ANNUAL SESSION. 



WEDNESDAY, January 3, 1855. 



In accordance with a resolution of" the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, fixing the time of the beginning of their annual meet- 

 ing on the first Wednesday of January of each year, the Board met 

 this day in the Regents' room. 



Present: Messrs. Bache, Berrien, Douglas, Mason, Pearce, Rush, 

 Towers, and the Secretary. 



In the absence of the Chancellor Mr. Pearce was called to the chair. 



The Secretary informed the Board of the re-election by joint resolu- 

 tion of Congress of Hon. Rutiis Choate, of Massachusetts, and Hon. 

 Gideon Hawley, of New York, as regents of the Smithsonian Institution 

 for six years ensuing. 



On motion of Mr. Mason the Board adjourned to meet on Friday, 

 January 12, at 10 o'clock, a. m., and the Secretary was requested to 

 inform the absent members of the Board that the report of the Select 

 Committee on the distribution of the income would then be taken up 

 for consideration. 



FRIDAY, January 12, 1855. 



An adjourned meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution was held on Friday, January 12, at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Present: The Chancellor, Roger B. Taney, Messrs. Bache, Berrien, 

 Choate, Douglas, English, Hawley, Mason, Meacham, Pearce, Rush, 

 Stuart, Totten, Towers, Professor Henry, Secretary, and Mr. Seaton, 

 Treasurer. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



A communication from J. W. Simonton, Washington editor of the 

 New York Daily Times, and S. Thayer, of the New York Evening 

 Post, asking permission to attend the mieetings of the Board to report 

 its proceedings, was read. 



Mr. Meacham moved that the request be granted, which was lost. 



The order of the day being the consideration of the report and reso- 



