CONTENTS. VII 

 Report of the Building Committee: 



Year. Page. Year. Page. 



1847— 589 1854 708 



1848 095 1855 710 



1849 098 1850 711 



1850 702 1857 712 



1851 705 1865 713 



1852 706 1866 717 



1853 707 1867 720 



General financial and statistical statements 723 



Receipts and expenditures of the Institution from 1846 to 1877 724 



Statement of the condition of the fund January 1, 1878 730 



Statistics of literary and scientific exchanges, 1846-1877 731 



Books, &c, received for the Smithsonian Library, 1846-1877 731 



Books forwarded to foreign countries, 1846-1877 731 



Appropriations and expenditures from the National Treasury, 1836-1876 732 



Regents of the Institution from 1846-1879 741 



according to mode of appointment 749 



accordingto residence 751 



Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution, August 10, 1846 753 



Act to establish the Smithsonian Institution, Revised Statutes 761 



By- laws of the Smithsonian Institution 769 



The Establishment op the Smithsonian Institution: 



Accountof its organization: 771 



Journal of Proceedings : 



August 1, 1849 771 



May 3,1853 772 



May 17, 1853 772 



June 6, 1853 772 



May 2, 1854 772 



June 6, 1854 773 



July 15, 1854 773 



1857 773 



June 4, 1873 774 



May 5, 1877 774 



Examination of Professor Henry by the English Government Scientific Com- 

 mission, 28th June, 1870 775 



Index 803 



