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INDEX. 



Building, plan of Renwick adopted, 7, 29. 



plan recommended for, by committee of 

 Board, 21. 



plan of I. Rogers, 28. 



inexpedient to expend more than $100,000 

 upon, 28. 

 Building Committee to hear explanations of 

 architects, 22. 



allowed to withdraw report to make more 

 complete, 52. 



approval by Board of course in reference to 

 Mr. Archer, 41. 



authorized to contract for fence, 29. 



authorized to contract for fitting up build- 

 ing, 29. 



authorized to contract for laying out grounds, 

 29. 



authorized to contract for finishing building, 

 80. 



Bailey & Co.'s request to construct clock re- 

 ferred to, 41. 



bill of extra work referred to, 83. 



claim of C. Buckingham referred to, 40. 



claims of John SnifHn referred to, 79. 



clerk to, to be appointed, 32. 



communication from Gilbert Cameron re- 

 ferred to, 116,119. 



contract to publish work on architecture, 668. 



exhibited drawings for lecture-room, 94. 



expenditures, 490, 493, 494, 496. 



John T. Towers elected to fill vacancy in, 118. 



Journal of, 597. 



letters of Cameron & Renwick referred to, 76. 



letter of Mr. Cameron referred to, 88. 



letter referred to, from W. B. Howard, offer- 

 ing granite, 34. 



may contract for warming and lighting, 29. 



may make alterations in plan, 29. 



Mr. Lenox appointed on, 67. 



presented communication from James M. 

 Carlisle, 88. 



referred recommendation of J. Renwick to 

 Board, 84. 



report of J. Renwick referred to, 87. 



report of, on letter of J. H. Bradley relative 

 to claims of John Sniffin, 80. 



report of, on progress of erection of build- 

 ings presented, 50. 



reports of, 587. 



resolution by, relative to advance to con- 

 tractor, 76. 



Secretary added to, 76. 



suggestion of Secretary relative to changes 

 in building referred to, 80. 



to arrange contracts so that wings be com- 

 pleted in two years and whole in 5 years, 29. 



to award contracts, 29. 



to be appointed, 21, 29. 



to compensate B. S. Alexander, 87. 



to consider propriety of altering east wing 

 for residence, 92. 



to extend gallery of art and arrange lecture 

 room and library, 30. 



to have building fire-proofed, 60. 



to invite proposals for construction of exterior 

 walls, 31. 



to invite separate proposals for different de- 

 scriptions of work, 30. 



to pay excess of expense of building over 

 appropriation out of funds on deposit, 118. 



to publish volume containing plans, 30. 



to report plan to finish portion of library in 

 which accident occurred, 61. 



to return Mr. Notman's drawings, 44. 



to settle accounts of Mr. Cameron, 85. 



to supervise erection of magnetic observa- 

 tory, 89. 



to take legal advice as to power possessed by 

 Regents under contract, 62. 



to transfer two hundred dollars from appro- 

 priation for experiments on building ma- 

 terials for publication of volume on public 

 architecture, 53. 



vacancy in, filled, 93. 



Building materials, Secretary to make ex- 

 periments to determine value of, 38. 

 experiments on, 39. 

 experiments by J. 0-. Totten, 277. 

 examination of, 481, 490, 589. 

 Dr. Page's report on, 600. 

 Bulfmch, Chas., library of, offered, 28. 

 Bulfinch, G. S., letter from, offering library, 28. 

 Bull Run sand-stones, report on, 612. 

 Bulwer, Sir Henry, vote of thanks to, for aid in 



exchanges, 79. 

 Burlamaqui, Don F. L., specimens from Bra- 

 zilian Museum, 255. 

 Burrows, Robert \V., recommended for appoint- 

 ment, 23. 

 Business of the S. I., account of details of, 356. 

 Butler & Co., letter of, correcting estimates, 624. 

 By-laws of the S. I., 769. 

 committee appointed to draft, 771, 772. 



Cable dispatches free, 3S9. 

 California Academy of Natural Science author- 

 ized S. I. to purchase meteorological and 

 magnetic instruments, 95. 

 California and Mexico Steamship Company, 



thanks to, for free freights, 321. 

 Calvary Church, New York, illustration of, to 



be procured, 671. 

 Cameron, Gilbert, letter of, referred to Build- 

 ing Committee, 76. 

 letter from, requesting to be allowed to finish 



centre building, 88. 

 claims of John Sniffin against, 79, 80, 83. 

 accounts of, to be settled, 85. 

 report that balance due to, should be paid, 98 

 bid for building accepted, 591. 

 building contract, 630. 

 claims of, 75, 83, 94, 119, 624, 6S8, 707. 

 Campbell, Archibald, letter of, accompanying 



donation by State of New York, 52. 

 Campbell, James, attendance at Establishment. 



772, 773. 

 Canada, Department of Public Instruction, ac- 

 count of meteorological system of, 260. 

 Canal Company, Chesapeake and Ohio, letters 



from, 667, 680. 

 Canal explorations, results of, to be collected 



405. 

 Canal, Washington Cit3% report on, 343. 

 remarks on, by P. Parker, 321. 

 facts on, collected by R. Delafield, 321. 

 report on, by R. Delafield, 351. 

 resolution of Regents to ask Congress to 



abate as a nuisance, 350. 

 statistics asked for, 476. 

 Canby, Edward, letter of, to J. P. Slough, on 



Bishop Johns' library, 194. 

 Canina's work on architecture, notice of, 695. 

 Cantoni, G., on exchanges, 225. 

 Capen, Nahum, letter from, suggesting forma- 

 tion of statistical department, 9. 

 Carleton, J. H., on aerolites, 251. 

 Carlisle, J. M., opinion on contract, 63, 88, 94. 

 appointed trustee of Corcoran Art Gallery, 402. 

 legal advice of, 707. 

 Carpenters' and joiners' work, specifications 



and proposals for, 622, 052. 

 Carriage to be procured at cost not exceeding 



S-kio, 436, 4S1. 

 Casemated batteries, experiments with and 



history of, 288, 289. 

 Cases, fitting up, 576. 

 action of Congress relative to construction 

 of, 135. 

 Cash from a friend of science, 724. 

 Casilear, engraver of portraits, 669. 

 Cass, Lewis, attendance as Regent, 20, 40, 42, 44. 

 letter from, transmitting present from Miss 



Contaxaki, 135. 

 advised th at Secretary give no opinion unless 

 required by Board, 44. 



