INDEX. 



821 



Hough, Wm. J. — Continued. 

 resolution by, relative to vacancy caused by 



Mr. Rush's absence, 44. 

 thanks to, as Secretary, 15. 

 visited quarries, 6. 

 House of Representatives, certificate of clerk 

 of, as to Regents, to be recorded, 3. 

 communication from, relative to investiga- 

 tion ordered by, US. 

 directed Committee on Public Buildings to 



inquire into tire, 235. 

 memorial relative to funding §150,000 pre- 

 sented to, 98. 

 memorial of Regents asking appropriations, 



printed and referred to committee, 322. 

 notice from, of appointment of Regent, 433. 

 passage of bill by, relative to fund, 303. 

 Howard, Charles, Tetter of, 508, 603. 

 Howard, Ward B., letter from, offering to fur- 

 nish granite, 34. 

 Hubbard, J. S., on investigation relative to 

 Biela's comet, 106. 

 letter from, on exchanges, 1S8. 

 on asteroids, 467. 

 Hudson's Bay Company, co-operation of agents 

 of, 135. 

 aid rendered to R. Kennicott by, 232. 

 services of, 165. 

 Hudson's Bay Territory, Governor of, offers to 

 collect information, 102. 

 account of Indian tribes in, 262. 

 Humming-birds, thanks of John Gould for, 333. 

 Hungarian National Museum, acknowledg- 

 ment from, for birds, 229. 

 Huxley, Thomas H., examination of Prof. 



Henry by, 789. 

 Hyde, Anthony, appointed trustee of Corcoran 

 Art Gallery, 402. 



Ice, sudden disappearance of, in lakes account- 

 ed for, 295. 



Ice-house, cistern to be converted into, 130,712. 



Illinois State Board of Education, resolution of, 

 relative to simultaneous meteorological 

 obs M-vations, 126. 



Illustrations, wood-cuts for, lost in fire, 238. 



Incidentals, expenditures for, 481, 482, 490, 491, 

 493, 494, 406, 498, 503, 508, 510, 513, 516, 517, 

 519, 521, 525, 527, 531, 534, 538, 542, 556, 560, 

 567, 574, 582, 724. 



Income, resolution requiring equal division of, 

 repealed, 112. 

 equal distribution of, not recommended by 



committee, 100. 

 new division of, proposed by Secretary, 91. 



Increase of knowledge, means provided for, 106. 



Indian dictionaries, 191, 20S, 209. 



Indian Gallery, Catlin's, communication in re- 

 gard to, presented, 17. 

 Board ask Congress to purchase, 389, 390. 



Indian Gallery, John M. Stanley's, 83, 119, 134. 

 report relative to purchase of, 138. 



Indian language similar to the Welsh, 253. 



Indian linguistics, Shea's library of, 190, 206. 



Indian tribes, D. Peiree's plan for educating, 

 58. 

 in Hudson's Bay Territory, account of, 262. 

 memoir on, by Gibbs, 206. 



Indian vocabularies, Shea's, 190, 206. 

 Gibbs on, 202, 254. 



Indiana State stock, 128, 129, 247, 306, 510, 513, 

 516, 518, 521, 524, 527, 530, 533, 537, 540, 542, 

 680. 



Inman steamers, thanks to, for free freights, 



320. 



Inscription on corner-stone of Smithsonian 

 building, 677. 



Insects deposited with Department of Agri- 

 culture, 425. 



Institution, account of operations of, 107. 

 party to a suit, 85. 



Instruments for meteorological observations, 

 appropriation for purchase of, 43. 

 for California Academy, 95. 

 loss of, by fire, 238. 

 to be furnished to Lieut. Gilliss, 53. 

 Insurance ordered on east wing and range, 351. 

 of $10,000 effected on east wing and range of 

 building at 66%, 355. 

 Interest, decision of Solicitor of Treasury rela- 

 tive to gold, 534. 

 at 5 percent, offered by Corcoran & Riggs,91. 

 disposition of, 76. 



in coin, question to be submitted to Con- 

 gress, 236. 

 on Smithson fund should be paid in coin, 234. 

 on fund paid in coin, 243, 244, 245. 

 on State and city bonds. 724. 

 paid on overdraft, 546. 

 proposition to invest in United States stock, 



439. 

 $150,000 of, to be funded, 71. 

 $250,000 received in treasury notes, 448. 

 Interest account, 481, 482, 4S4, 4S5, 488, 492, 494, 

 495, 496, 497, 500, 503, 507, 510, 513, 516, 518, 

 521, 524, 527, 530, 533, 537, 541, 545, 548, 551, 

 555, 559, 560, 565, 566, 567, 572, 578, 579, 724. 

 of United States with Smithson fund, 734. 

 Interior,Secretary of the, disbursements by, for 

 National Museum, 426, 514, 517,520,522, 528, 

 531, 535, 539, 543, 545, 547, 54S, 552, 557, 558, 

 564, 569, 577, 585. 

 offers to receive minerals by mail, 389. 

 International exchanges, account of, 317. 

 Exhibition, appropriation for, 738. 

 Geographic and Scientific Commission, com- 

 munication relative to, referred to Execu- 

 tive Committee and Secretary, 132. 

 Inventions, Institution would accept account 



of, on usual conditions, 167. 

 Investigation of Institution by Committee of 



House of Representatives, 119. 

 Investigations, scientific, expenditures for, 491, 

 493, 495, 498, 504, 508, 511, 514, 510, 519, 521, 

 525, 528. 

 Investment account by United States of Smith- 

 son fund, 733. 

 Committee of Finance appointed to make, 



120. 

 in State stocks, account of, 129, 247. 

 in treasury notes, 484, 485. 

 in United States stocks ordered, 236. 

 of accrued interest, 440. 

 of $5,000 of extra fund, 163. 

 of surplus fund referred to Executive Com- 

 mittee, 89. 

 Irisarri, A. T., commending Dr. Berendt, 256, 



257. 

 Iron work, specifications for, 637. 

 Irving, Washington, elected Honorary Mem- 

 ber, 475, 771. 

 attendance at meetings of Regents, 80, 87, 88, 



89. 

 eulogy on, by C. C. Felton, 158. 

 Irwin, Mr., present of bust of Thorwaldsen in 

 bronze, and books, 404. 

 thanks to, for donation, 52. 

 Irwin, B. J. D., on areolites, 251. 



on the great meteorite, .220. 

 Italy, free freight by Anchor line to, 355. 



Janitor, 498, 504, 508, 510, 513, 516, 538, 546, 549. 



death of Wm.McPeak.and funeral expenses 

 of, paid, 193. 



salary of, fixed, 108. 

 Jav, John, recommends J. R. Brodhead, 15. 

 Jewett, Mr., visited by Building Committee, 6. 

 Jewett, Charles C, nominated as assistant sec- 

 retary, 27. 



allowance to, in lieu of residence, 83. 



arranged letters, 479. 



arrangement of accounts by, 487. 



asks for compensation, 401. 



