10 Mis. No. 48. 



Whereupon j on motion of Mr. Bache, it was 

 Resolved, That the Secretary be requested to prepare for the use of the 

 Institution, a descriptive catalogue of Dr. Hare's apparatus, illustrated by 

 impressions from the original blocks. 



On motion, the board adjourned to meet on Saturday next, at 10 

 o'clock, a. m. 



SATURDAY, January 6, 1849. 



The board met agreeably to adjournment. 



Present, the Chancellor, Messrs. Bache, Davis, Hiiliard, McClelland, 

 Marsh, Pearce, Seaton, and Totten. 



Mr. Totten presented the revised report of the Building Committee; 

 which was accepted. 



Mr. Hiiliard read a letter from Mr. Squier, which was referred to the 

 Secretary and Executive Committee. 



On motion of Mr. Bache, it was- 



Resolved, That as the discharge of the duties assigned to the Assistant 

 Secretary, acting as Librarian, are now such as to give entire employment 

 to his time, he receive from the first instant the full compensation pro- 

 vided by the resolution of the board, adopted January 26, 1S47. 

 On motion of Mr. Seaton, it was 



Resolved, That when the board adjourn, it adjourn to meet on Wed- 

 nesday, the 7th of March next, at 10 o'clock, a. m., in the Vice President's 

 room in the Capitol, for the purpose of electing a Chancellor, in the place 

 of Mr. Dallas, whose term of office as Regent expires on fire 4th of March 

 next. 



The Assistant Secretary, acting as Librarian, read his report relative to 

 the Ijibrary. 



The board then, on motion, adjourned to meet on Wednesday, the 7th 

 of March next. 



SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN IN- 

 STITUTION, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE YEAR 1848. 

 PRESENTED DECEMBER 13, 1849. 



Gentlemen: By a resolution of the Board of Regents, at their last an- 

 nual meeting, I was charged with the execution of the details of the pro- 

 gramme, which had been provisionally adopted, and was directed to report 

 annually to the board the progress made in the execution of the duty as- 

 signed to me. In accordance with this resolution I present the following 

 statement of the operations of the past year. 



The programme of the plan of organization of the institution has been 

 submitted to a number of literary and scientific societies, and in every 

 case has received their unqualified approbation. The principal officers of 

 these societies have expressed a willingness to co-operate with the Smith- 

 sonian Institution in carrying out the plans which have been adopted, 

 and it is confidently believed, that as soon as these are fully developed 

 and brought into practical operation, they will meet with general approval. 



It was recommended in my last report that the details of the plan should 

 be adopted provisionally, and should be carried into operation gradually 



