INDEX. 



.A.. 



Aboriginal relics, thanks to E. G.Squier for. 62. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 



acknowledgement for shells, 249. 

 Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, thanks of, 



for birds, 333. 

 Accident to building, 2G February, 1850, 61. 

 Accountant, to be appointed, 53, 74, 484. 

 Account books to be kept in Smithsonian build- 

 ing, 66, 486. 

 Account current, quarterly to be rendered, 306. 

 .Accounts, report of committee on system of, 

 302, 306. 

 examination of, 66, 173, 4S6, 492, 547, 550, 554, 



558, 564, 570, 577, 585. 

 services of Mr. Rhees' on, 352. 

 of National Museum, how paid and examined, 



426; report on, accepted, 427. 

 method of keeping, 434. 

 programme or classification of, 4S6. 

 new system of, 486, 492, 539. 

 See reports of Executive Committee. 

 Act of Congress establishing Institution, com- 

 mittee to procure bill amendatory of, 15. 

 explanation of, 102. 

 relative to increase of trust fund, 305. 

 on international exchanges, 317. 

 to substitute Governor of District in place of 



Mayor of Washington, 384. 

 to establish the S. I., August 10, 1846, 753 

 to establish the S. I., Revised Statutes, 761. 

 .Active operations, resolution requiring equal 

 division of income between museum and, 

 repealed, 112. 

 fruits of, 107. 



Agassiz's remarks on, 220, 317. 

 appointment of committee on, 220. 

 report of committee on, 233. 

 not to be interfered with, on account of the 



fire, 239. 

 not to be encroached on by expenses of col- 

 lections, 320. 

 value of, 492. 

 Adams, C. B., letter from family of, offering to 

 refund money advanced, 90. 

 repayment not required from executors of, 



90. 

 resolutions of respect to memory of, 89. 

 Adams, C. P., letter on De la Batut annuity, 219. 

 Adams, G. M., notice from, of appointment of 



Regents, 433. 

 Address of Geo. M. Dallas at laying corner 



stone of Institution building, 6S4. 

 Advances by Institution, 519,522,525,528,538, 



557, 501, 568, 574, 5S3. 

 Aerial navigation, application of currents of 



atmosphere to, 171. 

 Aerolites, General Carleton's account of, 251. 

 Aeronautic plans of T. S. C. Lowe, commended 



by citizens of Philadelphia, 167. 

 Agassiz, L., election as Regent, 218. 

 attendance as Regent, 219, 233, 300, 302, 316, 



317, 387, 389. 

 appointed on committee on active operations 



and museum, 220. 

 appointed on committee on use of room, 304. 

 commendation by, of Catlin's Indian collec- 

 tion, 390. 

 gave account of expedition through Straits 



of Magellan, 391. 

 made trustee of Bache Fund, 400. 

 memoir on fossil fish of North America, 467. 

 moved thanks of American Academy to S. I. 



for agency in exchanges, 124. 

 narrative of the Hassler expedition to South 

 America, 394. 



Agassiz, L. — Continued. 



on cetacean remains found on American con- 

 tinent, 467. 



opinion of publications of Institution, 220. 



remarks by Dr. Peter Parker on death of, 421. 



remarks of, commending policy of Prof. 

 Henry, publications of Institution and 

 library, 301. 



remarks of Gen. Jas. A. Garfield on, 418. 



remarks on aid from Congress to museum 

 at Cambridge, 390. 



remarks on policy of Institution in regard 

 to museum, 303. 



remarks on museum hall, 320. 



remarks on policy of Institution in distribu- 

 tion of specimens. 390. 



report of, on use of hall, 317. 



report of committee on active operations and 

 museum, 233. 



resolutions on death of, 421. 



views of, on transfer of library, 318. 



views of, on transfer of museum to Govern- 

 ment, 318. 

 Agency of Smithsonian publications changed 



from Putnam to Appleton, 139. 

 Agent to conduct exchanges, to be appointed, 



Agricultural chemistry, D. P. Gardner applies 



for professorship of, 19. 



Daniel Lee applies for professorship of, 20. 



Agricultural colleges, bill for benefit of, 390, 392. 



Agricultural geology and. chemistry, Josiah 



Holbrook's tracts on, 81. 

 Agricultural report, meteorological statistics 



for, 517, 520. 

 Agricultural Society, letter from president of, 

 96 ; meetings in S. I., 96. 

 use of lecture-room granted to, 97. 

 Agriculture, papers on, presented, 19. 

 Agriculture, Commissioner of, part salary of 



meteorological clerk, paid by, 538, 543. 

 Agriculture, Department of, co-operation with, 

 in meteorology, discontinued, 386. 

 deposit of plants and insects in, 425. 

 Prof. Henry's remarks on, 794. 

 Ainsa, S., letter on meteorite, 226, 227. 

 Album of Grecian art, presented, 134. 

 Alcohol, expenditures for, 498, 504, 508, 511, 514, 



517, 534, 543, 546, 549. 

 Alexander, Capt. B. S., plans of, for finishing 

 building, 87. 

 report on the fire, 236. 

 estimates cost of repairs to building at 



8100,000, 239. 

 employed as architect, 707. 

 report of, on building, 710. 

 work done by, as architect, 713. 

 Alexander, Charles A., death and services of, 



351. 

 Allen, Mr., letter from, on importance of at- 

 tention to ventilation, 38. 

 Alphabet standard, use of, recommended by 



Lepsius, 168. 

 American Academy Arts and Sciences, thanks 

 of, for Smithsonian system of exchanges, 

 124, 324. 

 circular of, relative to continuance of observ- 

 atory at Altona, and the Astronomische 

 Nachrichten, 472. 

 American Academy of Fine Arts, recommends 



procuring casts of the Elgin marbles, 98. 

 American Association for Advancement of Sci- 

 ence, purchase of 100 copies of report of, 

 478. 

 American Geographical and Statistical Society, 



map of Nile referred to, 251. 

 American Journal of Science, paper of Prof. 

 Henry on electro-magnet, in, 146. 



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