30th Congress, [SENATE.] Miscella.veous. 



1st Session. No. 23. 



REPORT 



OF THE 



BOARD Ox^ REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONI/LN INSTITUTION 



SHOWING 



The operations, expenditures j and condition of the Institution. 



January 6, 1S48. 

 Ordered to be printed. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States : 



In obedience to the act of Congress "^^to estabhsh the Smithsonian In- 

 ■stitution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men;" the 

 Board of Regents herewith submit to Congress a report of the operations, 

 expenditures; and condition of the institution, "with sundry acconnany- 

 ing documents. 



These documents embrace a complete record as well of the operations 

 of the institution since the date of the last annual report to Congress, as 

 of its expenditures, and of its present condition. 



They are as follows: 



No. 1. Report of the building committee to the Board of Regents, 

 accompanied by a copy of their journal from the date of the appointment 

 of the committee to the 1st December, 1847. 



No. 2. Copy of the journal of the building committee, referred to in 

 the foregoing. 



No. 3. Report of the Executive Committee, containing a statement of 

 the expenditures of the institution from the organization of the institu- 

 tion to the 1st December, 1847. 



No. 4. Proceedings of the Board of Regents, from the date of the last 

 annual report to the 22d of December, 1847. 



No. 5. Report of the Executive Committee to the Board of Regents, 

 dated December 15, 1847, embodying a statement of the present condi- 

 tion of the funds of the institution, and the proposed scale of annual ex- 

 penditure until the completion of the building. 



No, 6. Report of the Secretary of the institution to tiie Board of Re- 

 gents, containing a programme of organization of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, presented to the board December 8, 1847. 



Document No. 1 will be found to contain a condensed statement of the 

 proceedings of the building committee, compiled from their journal; by 

 "vvhich it will be seen, that in the discharge of their duty they had occa- 

 sion to collect, and record, a variety of information of practical value, 

 especially on the subject of building-materials. The result, in their own 

 case, has b een, that they have obtained for the institution building a free- 

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