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Robert Kennicott, of Cook county; Dr. J. Niglas, of Peoria 

 county; and W. F. M. Amy, of McLean county. 



The Secretary also presented from the author a manuscript trans- 

 lation of a memoir on the origin of the human race, by Baron 

 Mullcr, of Marseilles, France. 



He also exhibited a copy of the great work on Egypt by Lepsius, 

 presented to the library by the Prussian Government; a very ex- 

 pensive and valuable work on Russian antiquities, from the Impe- 

 rial Library at St. Petersburg; a portfolio of colored engravings to 

 illustrate the Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, from the 

 Sultan ; and other valuable donations and articles received in ex- 

 change. 



The Board then adjourned, to meet at the call of the Secretary, 

 and afterwards visited the differeut parts of the building. 



June 18, 1856. 



The Board of Regents met this day at 11 o'clock, in the hall of 

 the institution. 



Present, Hon. R. B.. Taney, Chancellor, Hon. J. A. Pearce, W. 

 II. English, II. Warner, A. D. Bache, William B. Magruder, and 

 the Secretary; and, by special invitation, Mr. W. W. Corcoran. 



The Secretary stated that Dr. W. B. Magruder, having been 

 elected Mayor of the city of Washington, is ex officio a Regent of 

 the institution, and therefore takes his scat in the Board. 



Mr. English, from the Finance Committee, made the following 

 report : 



The Committee on Finance, charged by the resolution of March 8, 1855, with the 

 duty of inquiring into and reporting upon the propriety and manner of permanently 

 investing the money of the institution now in the hands of Messrs. Corcoran & Eiggs, 

 respectfully report: 



1st. That in the judgment of the committee the best disposition to make of said 

 fund would be to add it to the funds of the institution already in the Treasury of the 

 United States, and to that end, your committee recommend that application be mado 

 to Congress for an act authorizing such addition. 



2d. As the money is at present yielding the institution no interest, your committee 

 further recommend, that for the time being, and until favorable action can be pro- 

 cured by Congress in relation to receiving said extra fund into the United States 

 Treasury, the same be invested under the direction of the Finance Committee, in 

 the stocks and bonds of such sound interest paying States, and at such rates as the 

 Board of Regents may select and determine. 



All of which is respectfully submitted. 



The following resolutions were offered : 



Resolved, That the report of the Committee on Finance be concurred in, and that 

 the Chancellor appoint a committee to make application to Congress for an act author- 

 izing the receipt of the extra fund into the Treasury of the United States. 



And further be it resolved, That until such action by Congress can be procured, the 

 Committee on Finance invest said fund, in the name of the Regents of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, in such bonds and stocks as are mentioned in the following table, and 



