In the Senate ov the United States, 



February 3, 1S73. 

 The followiDg resolution, originating in the Senate December 20, 1872, was agreed to 

 by the Honse of Representatives January 31, 1873. 



Besohed, (the House of Eopresentatives concurring,) That twelve thousand five hun- 

 dred additional copies of the report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1872, be 

 printed ; twenty-five hundred of which shall be for the use of the Senate, five thousand 

 for the use of the House, and five thousand for the use of the Institution : Provided, 

 That the aggregate number of pages of said report shall not exceed four hundred and 

 fifty, and that there shall be no illustrations except those furnished by the Smithsonian 

 Institution. 

 Attest : 



GEORGE C. GORHAM, Sccretanj. 



