CONTENTS. 



REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY. 



Page. 



Letter from the Secretary to Hon. Linn Boyd 3 



Letter from the Chancellor and Secretar}' to Congress 4 



Officers and Regents of the In.«titution 5 



Members ex-officio of the Institution 6 



Honorary Members of the Institution 6 



Report of the Secretary for 1854 7 



Report of Professor S. F. Baird, Assistant Secretary 31 



Donations to the Museum 42 



List of Meteorological Stations and Observers 47 



Meteorological Observers. New York system 51 



Alphabetical List of Meteorological Observers 52 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD. 



Report of the Executive Committee for 1854 57 



General Statement of Expenditures gO 



Fund Account g2 



Report of the Building Committee for 1854 69 



BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Journal of the Board of Regents 72 



EXPLORATIONS. 



Report on American Explorations in 1853 and 1854. By S. F. Baird 79 



LECTURES. 



Lectures gg 



" The Camel." By Hon. George P. Marsh 98 



"On the Nature and Cure of the Bite of Serpents, and the Wounds of 



Poisoned Arrows." By Dr. D. Braintard 123 



" The Zone of small Planets between Mars and Jupiter." By Professor E. 



LooMis 137 



" The American Fire-Alarm Telegraph." By Dr. W. F. Cha.vning 147 



" The Union." By Professor Henry Reed 156 



"Meteorology" By R. Russell, Esq 181 



Appendix to Mr. Russell's Lectures. By the Secretary of the Institution . 215 



Ex. Doc. 24 26 



