SEVENTH AMUAL REPORT 



THE BOARD OF REGENTS 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 



THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE 

 INSTITUTION DURING THE YEAR 1852, 



PROCEEDIJJGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS UP TO DATE, 



WASHINGTON: 



ROBERT ARMSTRONG, PRINTER. 



1853. 



