810 



INDEX. 



Choate, Rufus— Continued. 

 made remarks on income, 115. 

 statement by, on behalf of C. C. Jewett 117 

 letter of, resigning place as Regent, referred 

 to select committee of House of Repre- 

 sentatives, 119. r 

 on purchase of United States stock, 442. 

 Choppin, W., contract with, for altering east 



wing, 710. 

 Cincinnati visited by Building Committee, 6. 

 Circulars on storms sent to telegraph offices 

 195. ' 



sent with specimens to institutions, 414. 

 Cisterns, specifications for, G59. 



to be arched over, 130. 

 Citizens of States and of Washington who have 



been Regents, 750. 

 City Hall, report on, as site for building 37 



use of, granted to Building Committee, 671. 

 City of Washington stocks, 510, 513, 51G, 517 518 

 _,, 621,524,527,530,533,537,540, 541,642, 580. ' 

 Clark, Edward, new roof constructed by, 235 

 to oversee work of completing upper hail 

 355. 

 Clarke Fynmore & Fladgate, written to, on 

 De la Batut annuity, 8. 

 letter from, relative to Madame De la Batut, 



to be informed of death of R. Rush, 1G6 

 Classical Bouquet, presented by Miss Con- 



taxaki, 135. 

 Classification of accounts, 486. 

 Clayton, John M., attendance at Establishment 



771. ' 

 Cleaveland, Parker, elected Honorary Member 



772. * ' 

 notice of death of, 164. 



Clerks of committees to be appointed 32 

 salary of, 108, 498. 



See Chief Clerk and extra clerk-hire, 

 Clifford, N., attendance as Regent, 416 419 4^3 



elected Chancellor, 416. 

 Clock, Bailey & Co. offer to construct, 41. 

 to be obtained free of cost, 74. 

 resolution relative to, 73. 

 Cluss, A., employed as architect, 241, 713. 



plans of, highly creditable, 718. 

 Clymer, H., appointed Regent, 433. 

 attendance as Regent, 433, 434. 

 appointed on committee on connection of 



S. I. and National Museum, 436. 

 motion to procure a carriage for use of S. I. 

 436. ' 



Coale, J. S. N., letter from, on rates of freight 



on canal, 667, 680. 

 Coast Survey, account of, by Prof. Henry 367 

 expedition, Prof. Agassiz's narrative of! 394 

 payment by, 500. 



instruments for magnetic observatory fur- 

 nished by, 89. 

 Codd, J Arthur, letter from, of thanks for 



books, 187. 

 Coe, Charles A., executor of Thomas Wynns, 77. 

 Coffin, Edward, executor of Thomas Wynns, 



Coffin, J. H., list of observers by, 466. 

 death of, and remarks by Prof. Henry, 392 

 resolution of sympathy, 392. 

 Coinage, memorial of American Philosophical 



Society in favor of uniformity of, 98. 

 Coin interest received in year 1865, and appli- 

 cation made for back years, 243, 244 

 payment of interest in, 245 

 Col cock, W. F., appointed Regent, 55. 

 reappointment of, 75. 



attendance as Regent, 56, 57, 59, 60, 64. 67 70 



73, 76, 77, 78, 84, 80, 87, 88, 91. ' 



motion by, declining deposit of Markoe"s 



minerals, 62. 

 motion by, on annual report, 73 



m ™ ion , of ' t0 refer win of Thos. Wynns to 

 Mr. Mason, 78. 



resolution by, to construct magnetic observa- 

 tory, 89. 



Coleock, W. F — Continued. 



resolution making appropriations for ex- 

 penses, 91. 



resolution offered by, on appropriations, 68. 

 Colfax, Schuyler, appointed Regent, 173. 



attendance as Regent, 173, 192, 385, 387. 

 Collamer, Jacob, attendance at Establishment, 



Collections, T. R. Peale proposed as curator 

 Of, 10, 21. 



expense of care of increasing, 109. 



removal of, from Patent Office, 125 



by G. Wurdeman, 164. 



by Hudson's Bay Company, 165. 



separate maintenance of, appointment of 

 committee on, 220. 



from Brazil, 254. 



conditions on which presented, 261 



exchange of, with Toronto University, 261 



should be called for from all recipients of 

 specimens from Institution, 319. 



great hall in second story of building to be 

 devoted to, 319. 



expense of, not to encroach upon active ope- 

 rations, 320. ^ 



memorial to Congress asking appropriation 



desired by Hamburg Aquarium, 331. 

 offered by Museum of Athens, 332. 

 appropriation to be asked for care of 354 

 expenditures, 495, 498, 504, 508, 511. 514 517 

 519,538,736. ' ' ' 



made by L. Agassiz, 399. 

 additions to, by P. T. Barnum, 425. 

 at Patent Office, transfer of, 512, 514 737 

 preservation of, 557, 562, 5G9, 575, 584, 736 

 fitting up halls for, 557, 5G3, 584, 736. 

 Columbian College, request from, that lectures 



be given for pupils of, 479. 

 Comet, account of discovery of. bv Miss 

 Mitchell, 467. 

 Hubbard's investigations of, 196. 

 Comets, telegraphic announcement of, 384, 389 

 Commission of the English Government, ex- 

 amination of Prof. Henry by, 775. 

 Commissioner of Indian Affairs to procure col- 

 lections from Indian country, 13. 

 Commissioner of Public Bui'ldings, stable 



erected with permission of, 3S5. 

 Committee to digest plan to carry out provis- 

 ions of act establishing S. I., 4. 

 on organization, resolutions of, 8, 12 

 to confer with Board of Regents, 773. 

 to draft by-laws, 771, 772. 

 on organization, report of, recommitted, 19. 

 authorized to fill vacancies, 33. 

 on finance, memorial relative to reception of 

 interest taken from files of Senate and re- 

 ferred to, 76. 

 of Congress appointed on Smithson fund in- 

 vestment, 93. 

 Committees, chairmen of, to be committee to 



prepare report, 45. 

 Compromise resolutions relative to plan of 

 organization, 103. 

 report on, 100. 

 repealed, 115. 

 Computations relative to occultations, appro- 

 priations for, 43. 

 expenditures, 491, 493, 504, 508, 511. 514. 516 

 556. ' ' ' 



Conchology, J. G. Totten's labors in, 294. 

 illustrations of, granted by British Museum, 



Concrete foundations, specifications for, 632. 

 Congress, act of, relative to increase of the 

 trust fund, 305. 



act of, organizing Institution, 753. 



act of, to transfer library, 247. 



act, special, necessary, 536. 



action of, relative to construction of cases, 



application to be made to, to receive extra 

 fund, 127. 



