CONTEXTS. 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Page. 



Resolutions of Congress ordering report to be printed , 2 



Letter of the Secretary to Congress 3 



Letter of the Chancellor and Secretary, submitting Report for 1867 4 



Officers and Regents of the Institution 5 



Mem bers ex-officio and honorary members of the Institution 6 



Programme of Organization 7 



Rkport op the Secretary, Prof. Henry, for 1867 13 



Remarks on character of Smitkson bequest 13 



Transfer of Smithson fund 14 



Action of Congress relative to the Institution 15 



Adoption of systems of organization for the Institution lb 



Local operations 16 



Active operations 16 



Interests of city of Washington 17 



Corcoran Gallery of Art 17 



Relief desired from support of a national museum 18 



Public museums 18 



Increase of Smithson fund 20 



Reconstruction of the building 20 



Aid from Congress required 21 



Publications of the Institution during 1867 21 



Rules of distribution of publications 2o 



School architecture 24 



Report for 1866, account of 24 



Meteorological operations during 1867 26 



Medical department of the army 27 



Department of Agriculture 27 



Cleaveland's meteorological observations at Brunswick, Me 28 



Hildreth's meteorological observations at Marietta, O 32 



Ethnology 34 



Exchanges 37 



Freight facilities by steamships and railroads 39 



Books on education sent to France 40 



Explorations and collections 41 



Investigations 52 



National Museum 55 



National Library 56 



Societies sending publications to the Institution 59 



Donations to the library 60 



Death of Prof. Bache 62 



Report of the Assistant Secretary, Pro<. Baird, for 1867 61 



A. Statistics of Smithsonian exchanges 64 



B. Packages received for foreign distribution 64 



C. Packages received for home distribution 67 



D. Circular relative to exchanges of government documents 71 



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