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INDEX. 



Badger, Geo. E. — Continued. 

 motion by, thanks for aid by companies and 



individuals, 1G5. 

 Congress asked to take action as to his re- 

 maining as Regent, 103. 

 known to be in rebellion, 193. 

 Bailey & Co., desire to construct clock for 



tower, 41. 

 Bailey, Jacob \V., resolutions of respect to 



memory of, 132. 

 Baird, Spencer F., appointed Assistant Secre- 

 tary, 67. 

 report of, on museum read, 72. 

 statistics of museum given by, 79. 

 allowance to, in lieu of residence, 80. 

 estimate by, of value of books received by 



exchange, 109. 

 requests increase of salary, 152. 

 payments to be made by, during absence of 



Prof. Henry in Europe, 354. 

 advances made to, for drawings of researches 



in embryology of reptiles and fishes, 4G3. 

 $75 appropriated to, for collecting specimens 



of natural history, 473. 

 large collection of specimens made by, 476. 

 Baker & Scribner, application of, for new copy- 

 right certificate, 42. 

 Baker, Smith & Co., contract with, for steam- 

 heaters, 584. 

 Balloon, Lowe's plan to cross the Atlantic in a, 



1G7. 

 Balloons, Prof. Henry's views respecting, 171. 

 Bancroft, Geo., elected Regent, 429. 

 attendance as Regent, 428, 430, 433, 434. 

 report of Executive Committee, 577, 58G. 

 remarks on necessity for new heating appa- 

 ratus, 432. 

 motion to ask Congress for new heating ap- 

 paratus, 432. 

 Bank, First National, deposit with and suspen- 

 sion of payments, 419, 544, 566, 573, 582. 

 Bank, National, income to be deposited in, 306. 

 Bank of United States, trustees of, offered por- 

 traits of Revolutionary worthies, 41, 43. 

 Barlow, experiments of, 145. 

 Barnard, J. G., eulogy on Jos. G. Totten, 264. 

 Barnes, J. K., made trustee of Toner lecture 



fund, 408. 

 Barnum, P. T., presents of animals from, 425. 

 Barometers, fifty ordered for telegraphic lines, 

 471. 

 specimens of, exhibited, 70. 

 Barometric correction by Plantamour, 196. 

 Barometrical observations on MountGuyot and 



Pike's Peak by Dr. Parry, 195. 

 Bartlett, James R., offers to take charge of eth- 

 nological department without compensa- 

 tion, 18. 

 letter from, offering account of progress of 



ethnology, 38. 

 letter from, relative to preparing a new Eng- 

 lish dictionary, 50. 

 on Indian languages, 202. 

 on supposed similarity of Indian and Welsh 

 languages, 254. 

 Bat of Sandwich Islands, 210. 

 Bath and West of England Society for the En- 

 couragement of Agriculture, Arts, &c, ex- 

 changes with, 325. 

 Beaufort Library sent to S. I. by Secretary of 

 War, 194. 

 loss of, by fire, 238. 

 Belknap, A. E., letter from, in regard to char- 

 acter of Josiah Rogers, 22. 

 Bell for tower, authority given to purchase, 74. 

 Bequests, policy regarding, 219. 

 amount added to original, 542, 543. 

 of Smithson, cost of prosecution of claim for, 



732. 

 toS. I., by Thomas Wynns, 77; of $1,000, by 



James Hamilton, 392, 413, 427. 

 of A. D. Bache for advance of science, 400. 

 Berendt, Dr. H., letter from the British Minis- 

 ter, commending, 256. 



Berendt, Dr. H., letter from Guatemalan Minis- 

 ter on exploration of, 256, 257, 258. 

 Bern, museum of, request for a bison, 255. 

 Berret, James G., attendance as Regent, 151, 

 154, 156, 161. 

 motion by, relative to death of W. W. Turner, 



158. 

 appointed trustee of Corcoran Art Gallery, 

 402. 

 Berrien, J. Macpherson, elected Regent, 87. 

 attendance as Regent, 114, 116, 117. 

 made remarks on income, 115. 

 resolutions of respect to memory of, 122. 

 Berry, Alexander, memoir by, on atmospheric 



refraction of light, 39. 

 Bethune, Chas. J., letter from, on entomology, 



189. 

 Betts, William, witness of will of Thomas 



Wynns, 78. 

 Bibliographia Americana, by Henry Stevens, 

 plan of, approved, 51. 

 progress in, 58. 

 Bibliography, S. I. to be a center of, 110. 

 work on, by Ludewig, presented, 125. 

 Biela's Comet, investigations of, by Hubbard, 



196. 

 Bills to be audited and certified by Secretary, 



66, 486. 

 Binding of Vol. I, Smithsonian Contributions,, 

 at 35 cents, ordered, 464 ; to cost 42 cents, 

 465 ; appropriation for, 53. 

 Biographical notice of Smithson to be pre- 

 pared for the first volume of Smithsonian 

 Contributions, 26. 

 Birds, acknowledgement for, 229. 

 Sehlagintweit's collection, 199. 

 Bischotf, M., aid rendered exploration of, by 



Russian Government, 328. 

 Blake, Mr., zoological work of, 398. 

 Bland, Thos., letter from, relative to C. B. 



Adams, 90. 

 Blodget, Lorin, meteorological wqrk of, 114, 116. 

 commission of, examination in reference to 



claims of, 114. 

 report in relation to claims of, 116. 

 communications from, 117, 

 bill of charges from, 119. 

 Blow-pipe, researches on, by J. G. Totten, 295. 

 Board of Customs, England, mode suggested 



by, for admitting publications free, 82. 



Board of Regents, expenditures for, 496, 498, 503,. 



507, 510/513, 516, 519, 521, 525, 527, 530, 533, 



538, 542, 546. 549, 552, 556, 560, 507, 574, 582. 



Secretary to nave a voice, but not a vote in, 



16. 

 Honorary Members to be invited to attend 



meetings of, 56. 

 could not be sued, decision of court, 94. 

 Journal of Proceedings, 1. 

 special meeting called by Messrs. Meacham, 



English, and Stuart, 100. 

 presence of authorized representation of, 

 desired by special committee of House oi 

 Representatives, 118. 

 mode of communication between Establish- 

 ment and, 120. 

 annual meeting to be held on third Wednes- 

 day of January, 122. 

 expe'nses, 481, 482, 490, 493, 494. 

 Bonn, H. P., communication lrom, offering sale 



of portrait of Smithson, 56. 

 Bolles, E. C, letter from, on Portland Society 



of Natural History, 324. 

 Bonds, United States, purchased, 536. 



sale of, 305, 540, 542, 543. 

 Bonds. — See Stocks. 



Book-keeper to be appointed by Secretary, 53. 

 expenditures for, 43, 53, 498, 504, 508, 510, 513, 

 51 G, 519, 521, 525, 527, 531, 534, 538 ; salary of, 

 108 ; services of, required, 484. 

 Books and periodicals, expenditures for, 481,. 

 491, 493, 495, 496, 498, 504, 508, 511, 514, 517, 

 519, 521, 525, 528, 531, 538, 543, 540, 5-19, 553» 

 557, 567, 574, 582, 724. 



