Z REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



upon to mouru the loss of their venerable and distinjjaisbecl colleague, 

 the late Kev. John INIacIean. D. D., LL. D., sometime president of Prince- 

 ton College, who held the office of Kegent for the term of eighteen years, 

 during seventeen of which he served on its Executive Committee with 

 no less credit to himself than of usefulness to the Institution : There- 

 fore, be it 



'•'■Resoh'ed,, That with a high appreciation of the varied, abundant, and 

 intelligent labors which the late Dr. Maclean brought to the cause of 

 culture, of truth, and of righteousness throughout the whole of his long, 

 useful, and honorable career ; with a gTateful sense of the manifold serv- 

 ices he rendered to the Smithsonian Institution, for whose welfare he 

 worked without weariness, and watched without flagging even after he 

 had began to feel the burden of age; with profound sorrow for his death, 

 mingled with reverence for his beautiful memory, and with thanksgiv- 

 ing for the serene and peaceful close of a finished life, as full of years 

 as it was full of honor, we hereby testify and record our admiration of 

 the exalted Christian character with which he dignified and adorned 

 every station that he was called to hold in the eyes of men ; our respect 

 for the solidity of the learning which supported him in the high dis- 

 charge of every professional duty, whether in the pulpit, the academic 

 chair, or at the post of executive administration ; and lastly, in special 

 recognition of the grateful savor which his genial presence never failed to 

 shed on the deliberations of this council chamber, our cheerful and loyal 

 homage to the dignity of bearing and amenity of manners which made 

 him as courteous m debate as he was wise in council, as gracious in all 

 the relations of private life as he was inflexible in the maintenance of 

 Christian honor ana conscientious in the performance of public (\ntj. 



" Resolved, That this preamble and resolution be spread on the minutes 

 of the Board in respectful tribute to the services and memory of our 

 venerated colleague, and that a copy of these resolutions be transmitted 

 to the family of our deceased friend in token of the share we fain would 

 take with them in this bereavement." 



Congress by joint resolution, approved by President Cleveland Jan- 

 uary 19, 1887, filled the vacancy on the Board of Eegents occasioned 

 by the death of Dr. Maclean by the election of Dr. James B. Angell, 

 president of the University of Michigan. 



FINANCES. 



The Smithson fund in the Treasury of the United States remains the 

 same as stated in the last report, $703,000. 



The receipts and expenditures for the year ending 30th of Jane, 1887, 

 are as follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on hand July 1, 1SS6 (including July in- 

 terest on the fund) $24, 784. 17 



Interest on the fund January 1, 1887 21, 090. 00 



Cash from repayments, sales, etc 1, 3G0. 62 



Total receipts _ $47, 234. 79 



