INDEX. 



827 



"Museum— Continued. 



of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Agas- 

 siz's account of, 390. 

 co-operation with, 391. 

 Museums, 0. A.Shepard on catalogues of, 187. 



IsT. 



Narrative of Prof. Agassiz's expedition on the 



llassler, 304. 

 National Academy of Sciences, Prof. Henry's ac- 

 count of, 794. 

 A. D. Bache's bequest to, 401. 

 eulogy on J. G. Totten reprinted from, 2G4. 

 vacancies in trustees of Tyndall trust to be 

 filled by, 413. 

 National Bank, suspension of, containing de- 

 posit of S.I., 419. 

 National Intelligencer, special report of Secre- 

 tary to be published in, 77. 

 defence of policy of Prof. Henry by, 309. 

 National Medical College, request for lectures 



by, 479. ' 

 National Museum.— See Museum. 

 National Observatory, investigations at, 19G. 

 .Natural history, assistants required in, 07. 

 collection of H. S. Fox offered for sale, 51. 

 collections by C. B. Adams, 89. 

 collections not to be purchased, 52. 

 of State of New York, 14 volumes of, presented 



to S. I. by State of New York, 52. 

 promotion of, by S. I., 107. 

 report of committee on, 430. 

 Smithsonian publications on, L. Agassiz's 



opinion of, 220. 

 specimens offered for sale, 51, 89, 212. 

 Nautical Almanac, appropriation for, pays for 



computations by Downes, 478. 

 Naval Observatory, advance refunded by, 528. 

 Navy, defence of sea-coast by, 209, 271. 

 opinion in regard to Lieut. Gilliss' observa- 

 tions to be laid before, 41. 

 paid for instruments for Lieut. Gilliss' expe- 

 dition, 470. 

 placed J. P. Espy under direction of S. I., 72, 



406. 

 Secretary of, assent of, to be given to selec- 

 tion of site, 3. 

 thanks to, for assistance, 52. 

 Naylor, P., recommended to roof the building, 



34. 

 Neptune, ephemeris of, published, 4G3, 474. 

 Neuroptera, American, letter by H. Hagen on, 



ISO. 

 New Mexico, meteorites in, 252. 

 Newspapers, resolution appointing committee 

 to obtain plans, &c, published in, 6. 

 reporters not admitted to meeting of Board, 

 115. 

 New Y'ork, buildings in, visited by Building 

 Committee, 0. 

 State of donation by, 52. 

 State of, purchased 25 sets of meteorological 

 instruments, 470. 

 New Y'ork, New Foundland and London Cable 

 Telegraph Company, free telegrams by, 389. 

 New Y'ork Daily Times, reporter of, not ad- 

 mitted to meeting of Board, 115. 

 New York Evening Post, reporter of, not ad- 

 mitted to meeting of Board, 115. 

 New Y'ork, thanks of "University of the State of, 



for rocks, minerals, See., 252. 

 Niernsee, J. K., advice of, on building, 64, 05. 

 Niglas, J., appointed by Illinois State Board of 



Education to co-operate with S. I., 127. 

 Nile, Miani's map of, 251. 



Niven, T. M., letter of, with estimates for build- 

 ing, 625. 

 Normal school, petition relative to establish- 

 ment of, 81. 

 North Carolina, State stock of, recommended 

 for investment of sruplus fund by W. W. 

 Corcoran, 90. 



North German Lloyd, free freight granted by, 

 151. 



thanks to, for free freight, 152, 320. 

 Northumberland, Duke of, presents from, 155. 

 Norway, account of museum in, 199. 



ethnological collections from, 229. 

 Nota? Cestriensis, by Win. Darlington, 197. 

 Notman, John, premium to, 21. 



drawings of, to be returned, 44. 



explanation of plans by, 23. 



letter from, relative to plans of building, 22, 23. 



letter from, requesting action upon bill, 33. 



letter from, on compensation, 690. 



premium for plans of, 689. 



report relative to claims of, 35. 



visited by Building Committee, 0. 

 Numeration, report of W. B. Taylor on, 327. 

 Nye, G., otter of, to sell pictures", 464. 

 Nystrom, J. VV., on tonal system of measures. 

 327. ' 



O. 



Oakes, Dr., purchase of plants collected by, 478. 

 Observatory at Altona, resolution as to import- 

 ance of, 472. 

 O'Callaghan, E. B., commending Shea's Indian 



linguistics, 191. 

 Occultations, computation of, 4:% 46G, 47S, 482. 

 Odd-Fellows invited to lay corner-stone, 670. 

 Officers, public, to procure additions to mu- 

 seum, 12. 

 Ohio, Legislature of, resolution of, recommend- 

 ing employment of James Russell to con- 

 struct planetarium, 34. 

 Opinions of S. 1. not to be given for individual 

 benefit, 107. 

 of Secretary to be given only when required 

 by the Board, 44. 

 O'Rielly, Henry, relative to discovery of electro- 



_ magnetic telegraph, 385. 

 Original researehto have one-half the income, 



30. 

 Origin of the human race, memoir on, 127. 

 Organization of Board, preliminary, 1. 

 Organization Committee, report of, 8, 24. 

 resolutions of, 12. 



to publish Contributions to Science, 2G. 

 Organization, act of, by Congress, 753, 761. 

 law of, complied with by Regents, 102. 

 programme of, presented by Prof. Henry, 40. 

 programme of, letters and reports commend- 

 ing, 45, 52. 

 programme of, amendments to, 74. 

 Owen, David Dale, furnished plans for build- 

 ing, 3. 

 letters from, relative to selection of material, 



5, 6. 

 plans for laboratory, C78. 

 report on Baltimore County quarries, 004. 

 report on Potomac sandstones, 012. 

 report on Aquia Creek and other freestones, 



604. 

 services of, as geologist, 597. 

 thanks of Board t , I. 

 Owen, Richard, offers fossils in exchange, 261. 

 Owen, Robert Dale, attendance as Regent, 1, 2, 

 3,5,16,20,34,40, 41,42, 44, 46. 

 appointed on Committee on Site, it, 20. 

 appointed on committee on amending the 



law of organization, 15. 

 appointed on committee to digest plan to 

 carry out provisions of act to establish S. 

 I., 3. 

 appointed on Executive Committee, 33. 

 appointed on committee on claims of John 



Notman and Isaiah Rogers, 33. 

 building contract, 630. 



contract for publication of Hints on Archi- 

 tecture, 669. 

 elected member of Executive Committee, 2, 



439. 

 examination of building materials by, G. 



