INDEX. 



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Congress — Continued. 

 appropriation by, for meteorology, 72. 

 appropriations by, for collections, 514, 517, 

 520, 522, 626, 528, 531, 535, 539, 543, 545, 547, 

 548, 552, 555. 557, 562, 668, 575, 584. 

 asked to fund $150,000, 63. 

 asked to invest $15(1,000, 485. 

 did not intend a library to be principal ob- 

 ject, 105. 

 grant of volumes of Exploring Expedition 



to S. I., 184. 

 memorial relative to reception of interest 

 by, to be taken from files of Senate and re- 

 ferred to Committee on Finance, 76. 

 memorial of American Philosophical Society 



to, relative to uniformity of coinage, 98. 

 memorial to, on increase of the fund, 302. 

 memorial to, asking for appropriation for 



museum, 322. 

 petition to, to add $150,000 to Smithson fund, 



7. 

 petition to, to take $150,000, 492. 

 resolution of, appointing Regents to be en- 

 tered, 3. 

 subject of purchase of Indian gallery to be 



brought to attention of, 139. 

 to increase Smithson fund, 543. 

 Cone-in-cone, account of, by H. Poole, 228. 



account of, by Prof. Henry, 229. 

 Connolly, Henry, account of meteorites, 251. 

 Connor, John, death of, 240. 



funeral expenses paid by order of Board, 241. 

 Conrad, T. A., chalk found in Colorado, 252. 

 Constantinople, mosque of St. Sophia at, en- 

 gravings to illustrate, presented, 127. 

 Construction of law of organization, 105. 

 Consuls to procure additions to museum, 12. 

 Contaxaki, Miss, present from, of ornamental 

 album from Greece, 134. 

 report relative to present by, 136. 

 Contract for building, J. M. Carlisle's opinion 



on, 63. 

 Contract of G. Cameron would expire on 19th 

 of March, 80. 

 between Jas. Dixon and G. Cameron and the 



Board of Regents of S. I., 627. 

 for building S. I., 591, 626. 

 for building, A. D. Bache's addendum, 627. 

 for building completed, 706. 

 for publishing work on architecture, 694. 

 with Wiley & Putnam to publish work on 



architecture, 596. 

 with Jas. Dixon, 676. 

 with C. Buckingham for water, 674. 

 with J. Downer for fence, 675. 

 with J. Douglass for a hedge, 697, 701. 

 with W. Choppin for altering east wing, 710. 

 with Phoenix Iron Co. for roof, 717. 

 Contracts, Building Committee to award, 29. 

 Contractor to report on cause of accident, 61. 

 Contributions to Knowledge, lithographic 

 stones of first volume to be purchased, 51. 

 appropriations for, 53. See Reports of Exec- 

 utive Committee, 

 distribution of first volume, 51. 

 kept in Custom-House, New York, 466. 

 account of Vol. 2, 467. 

 Convicts, memorial against use of marble 



dressed by, 21, 22, 23. 

 Cooke, H. D., attendance as Regent, 384, 385, 

 391. 

 appointed trustee of Corcoran Art Gallery, 

 412. 

 Cooper, E. J., proposal for stone and lime, 615, 



616. 

 Co-operation promised to L. K.Daa for making 



collections for the Norway Museum, 200. 

 Coppee, II., elected Regent, 419. 

 attendance as Regent, 419, 428, 430, 434. 

 appointed on committee to report on mu- 

 seum, 430. 

 Copying, expenditures, 481, 482. 

 Copyright books presented, 42. 

 report from C. C. Jewett in relation to, 60. 



Copyright books— Continued. 

 plan for remedying evils of system of, 81. 

 books, subject of depositing, referred to 



committee, 81. 

 none taken on Smithsonian publications, 107. 

 Copyrights, proposed action on, 463. 



expenditures, 491, 495. 

 Corner-stone, account of ceremonies at laying. 



674, 680. 

 address of George M. Dallas at, 684. 

 list of articles deposited in, 683. 

 inscription on, 677. 

 cost of, 481, 482. 

 Corcoran Art Gallery, deed of gift and trust 



of, 403. 

 deposits with, 425. 

 plan of co-operation with, 3S8, 391. 

 Corcoran, W. W., recommending investment 



of surplus fund in North Carolina stocks, 



89. 

 attendance at meeting of the Board, 127. 

 about to found gallery of art, 163. 

 letter of, to trustees of Art Gallery, 401. 

 funds relinquished by, 506. 

 Corcoran & Riggs, proposition of, to give pre- 

 mium for stock, and allow five per cent. 



interest on amount, 76. 

 certificates of stock transferred to, 78. 

 interest account, 724. 

 to furnish written agreement relative to 



stock, 78. 

 written statement from, relative to sale of 



stock, 78. 

 offered to allow interest on deposit, 91. 

 did not desire to retain extra funds, 122. 

 report on manner of investing money in 



hands of, 127. 

 interest received from, 129. 

 funds deposited with, to be transferred to 



Riggs & Co., 130. 

 funds to be deposited with, 63, 66, 76, 486. 

 accounts, 500. 

 surplus fund, 505. 

 Correspondence, account of, 67, 323, 356, 424. 

 illustrations of, 94, 1S4, 194, 221, 249, 324. 

 importance of preserving, 81. 

 to be conducted by Secretary, 120. 

 to be registered and recorded as directed by 



the Secretary, 120. 

 loss of, by fire", 237. 

 Costa Rica, exchanges with, 334. 

 minister, letter from, commending Dr. Be- 



rendt, 257, 258. 

 Council, Common, of Washington, vote by, 



relative to city hall, 38. 

 Court, decision of, that Board of Regents could 



not be sued, 94. 

 money due Cameron may be paid into, 85. 

 Cox, S. S., appointed Regent, 173, 351, 420. 

 reappointed Regent, 218. 

 attendance as Regent, 172, 173, 192, 193, 218, 



219, 233, 235, 240, 351, 354, 357, 384, 419, 430. 

 appointed on committee on active operations 



and museum, 220. 

 eulogy on S. A. Douglas by, 179. 

 resolution of sympathy at death of R. B. 



Taney and J. G. Totte'n, 233. 

 motion to elect S. P. Chase, Chancellor, 233. 

 motion to furnish Congress with information 



as to the losses by the fire, the residuary 



legacy of Smithson, and payment of inter- 

 est in coin, 239. 

 motion relative to eulogies on Dayton, Taney, 



and Totten, 240. 

 motion to intrust repairs of building and 



disposal of stocks to Chancellor, Secretary, 



and Executive Committee, 241. 

 motion to accept and transmit report of Sec- 

 retary, 432. 

 Coyle, R., city surveyor, chart of grounds by r 



675. 

 Cree dictionary, by Watkins, 208. 

 Cresson, John C, memorial of, on Lowe's plan 



to cross the Atlantic, 167. 



