ANNUAL KEPORT 



BOAED OE EEGENTS 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION, UP TO JANUARY 

 1, 1857, AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD UP TO JANUARY 28, 1857. 



To the Senate and House of Representatives : 



In obedience to the act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing 

 the Smithsonian Institution, the undersigned, in behalf of the Regents, 

 submit to Congress, as a Report of the operations, expenditureSj and 

 condition of the Institution, the following documents : 



1. The Annual Report of the Secretary, giving an account of the 

 operations of the Institution during the year 1856. 



2. Report of the Executive Committee, giving a general statement 

 of the proceeds and disposition of the Smithsonian fund, and also an 

 account of the expenditures for the year 1856. 



3. Report of the Building Committee for 1856. 



4. Proceedings of the Board of Regents up to January 28, 1857. 



5. Appendix. 



Respectfully submitted : 



R. B. TANEY, Chancellor. 

 JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary. 



