CONTENTS. 



EEPORT OF THE SECRETAEY. 



rage. 



Letter from the Secretary to Congress - 3 



Letter from the Chancellor and Secretary 4 



Ofldcers and Regents of the Listitution 5 



Members ex officio of the Institution. _ • 6 



Programme of organization 7 



Report of the Secretary for 1855 13 



Report of Prof. S. F. Baird for 1855 , 36 



List of Meteorological Observers. 62 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES TO THE BOARD. 



Report of the Executive Committ e for 1855 - 67 



General statement of expenditures -. 68 



Appropriations for 1856 71 



Report of the Building Committee .- _ 73 



BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Journal of proceedings from January 2, 1856, to March 22, 1856 75 



APPENDIX. 



Report of the Senate Judiciary Committee 83 



LECTURES. 



" On Marine Algse." By Professor W. H. Harvet 87 



"Natural History as applied to Farming and Gardening." By Rev, J. G. 



Morris 131 



' ' Insect Instincts and Transformations. ' ' By Rev. J. G. Morris 137 



' ' Oxygen and its Combinations. ' ' By Professor George I. Chace 143 



"On. Meteoric Stones." By Dr. J. Lawrence Smith 151 



"On Planetary Disturbances." By Professor E. S. Snell 175 



METEOROLOGY. 



On the Climate of California. By Thomas M. Logan, M. D. 191 



Directions for Meteorological Observations. By Professor A. Guyot 215 



Earthquake, directions 245 



Aurora, directions 247 



Green' s Barometer , -- 251 



Registry of Periodical Phenomena - 529 



Observations on Thunder and Lightning. By S. Masteemak - 265 



