FIRST REPORT 



OF 



THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



TO THE 



BOARD OF REGENTS: 



GIVING 



A PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION, AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERA- 

 TIONS DURING THE YEAR. 



PRESENTED DECEMBER 8, 1847, 



WASHINGTON : 



RITCHIE & HEISS, PRINTERS. 

 1S48. 



