CONTENTS. 



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Resolution of Congress to print extra copies of the Report ii 



Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to 



Congress iii 



Genera] subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution viii 



Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Regents ii 



Members ex-oflficio of the "Establishment," and Regents of the Institution.. . xv 



Officers and assistants of the Institution, and of the National Museum xvi 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



Introductory 1 



The President's Inaugural Reception, March 4, 1881 1 



Death of General Garfield, September 19, 1881 3 



New Regents of the Institution 4 



Services of Hon. Hannibal Hamlin 5 



Meetings of the Members of the ''Establishment " 5 



and of the Board of Regents 6 



The Henry Statue - 6 



Finances 7 



Condition of the fund, January, 1882 8 



Buildings 9 



Smithsonian building 9 



National Museum building 10 



Armory building 12 



Laboratory of Natural History 12 



Routine work of the Institution 13 



Administration 13 



Correspondence 13 



The Laboratory 14 



Researches and Explorations 15 



Publications 24 



Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 25 



Twenty-third volume 25 



Rain-fall tables 26 



Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections : 26 



Twentieth volume 27 



Twenty-first volnme 27 



Check-list of Smithsonian publications 27 



Bulletins of the National Museum 27 



Proceedings of the National Museum 27 



Smithsonian Aninuil Report 28 



Conreuts of Report for 1880 28 



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