Mis. Noo 48. 9 



Mr. Baclie presented letters from J. Guillemard, esq., of Woodford, 

 England, and from Professor Faraday, of London, concerning James 

 Smithson; which were ordered to be preserved in the archives of the In- 

 stitution. 



Mr. Seaton, from the Building Committee, read a letter from Mr. Owen, 

 late a Regent and Chairman of the Building Committee, relative to the 

 publication of the work entitled "■ Hints on Public Architecture." 

 Whereupon, on motion, it was 



Resolved, That the Building Committee be authorized, provided the 

 same be required by the pubhshers, to transfer out of the appropriation 

 originally made for experiments on building materials, a sum not exceed- 

 ing two hundred dollars, to the appropriations heretofore made, for the pub- 

 lication of a volume on public architecture. 



On motion of Mr. Seaton, the following appropriations, recommended 

 by the Executive Committee for the service of the ensuing year, were 

 taken up, considered, and adopted, viz: 



For publication of " Contributions to Knowledge" - -$3,000 00 



Scientific researches and computations - - TOO 00 



Meteorological instruments and researches - - 1,000 00 



Public lectures, &c. ..-•.. 500 00 



Publication of scientific reports - - - 500 00 

 Preparation of the general catalogue of American 



hbmries 1,000 00 



Pufchase-of bibliographical works and books of general 



reference 2,000 00 



Binding, blank books, stamps, certificates, &c. - 250 00 



Purchase of books needed by authors of reports, (kc • 400 00 

 General expenses, including salaries of officers, expenses 



of the meetings of the board and of committees, 



clerk hire, postage, &c. .... .8,000 00 



17,350 00 



On motion, it was 



Resolved, That the Chancellor and the Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution be authorized to exchange the treasury notes belonging to the 

 Institution for United States stock; that the certificates for the said stock be 

 taken in the name of the Chancellor and Secretary, and that the stock and 

 its proceeds be at the disposal of the same, under the regulations heretofore 

 existing as to the treasury notes for the purposes of the Institution, in accord- 

 ance with the several appropriations of the board. 

 On motion of Mr. Seaton, it was 



Resolved, That the Secretary be authorized to appoint some suitable 

 person, at a salary not to exceed four hundred dollars per annum, to act as 

 book-keeper and accountant of the Institution and to })erf(irm such other 

 duties as are specified in the report of the Executive Connnittee. ^. 



The Secretary exhibited a copy of the last edition of Dr Hare's Chem- 

 istry, presented to the Institution by the author, containing illustrations of 

 his apparatus now the property of the Institution, and mentioned that 

 among the articles presented by Dr. Hare, were the blocks from which 

 these illustrations were printed. 



