CONTENTS. 



Journal of Proceedings of the Board of Kegents of the Smithsonian 

 Institution: 



Year. Page. Year. Page. 



1846 1 1862 172 



1847 2 1863 192 



1848 49 1864 218 



1849 52 1865 233 



1850 55 1866 242 



1851 68 1867 300 



1852 75 1868 316 



1853 85 1869 343 



1854-1 92 1870 351 



1855 114 1871 354 



1856 121 1872 384 



1857 128 1873 387 



1858 133 1874 419 



1859 ¥ 151 1875 428 



1860 154 1876 433 



1861 165 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Regents — Messrs. Pearce, 

 Mason, Rush, Maury, Totten, and Bache — on the distribution of the 

 income of the Institution 101 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Kegents — Prof. Felton — on 



the present of Miss Contaxaki 136 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Regents — Prof. Felton — on 



the purchase of the Stanley Indian Gallery 139 



Communication from Prof. Henry relative to a publication by Prof. Morse 139 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Regents — Messrs. Felton, 

 Mason, Pearce, and Douglas — on the communication of Prof. Henry 

 relative to the invention of the magnetic telegraph 141 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Kegents — Messrs. Wallach 



and Henry — relative to the fire of January 24, 1865 236 



Act of Congress to transfer the custody of the library of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution to Library of Congress 247 



Act of Congress to receive into the Treasury of the United States the residuary 

 legacy of James Smithson, to authorize the Regents to apply the income 

 of said legacy, and for other purposes 305 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Kegents — Messrs. Aejassiz, 

 Trumbull, Patterson, and Henry — on the best use of the new hall of the 

 Institution 317 



Report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents — Messrs. Dela- 



field, "VVallach, and Parker — on the Washington City canal 343 



Report of the Executive Committee — Messrs. Parker and Sherman — relative 



to the Corcoran Art Gallery 391 



Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Regents — Messrs. Gray and 



Coppee — on the museum 430 



