830 



INDEX. 



Portrait of Robert Hare purchased, 549. 

 of Smithson purchased, 5G. 

 of Smithson received, 03. 

 Portraits of Revolutionary worthies offered and 



purchase declined, 43. 

 Postage, expenditures for, 4S1, 490, 493, 494,490, 

 498,503,507,510, 513, 510, 519, 521, 525, 527, 

 530, 533, 53S, 542, 540, 549, 552, 550, 500, 507, 

 574, 582, 724. 

 Potier, Father, Huron dictionary, 203. 

 Potier's Huron grammar, 191. 

 Potomac water, introduction of, 170. 

 Pourtales, Count, zoological work of, 398. 

 Powell, J. W., account of exploration and rec- 

 ommendation of, 380. 

 exploration placed by Congress under S. I., 



38G. 

 report of, transmitted to Congress by Prof. 

 Henry, 393. 

 Powers, Hiram, statue of Greek Slave offered 



to S. I., 43, 58, 459, 4G1. 

 Pratt, Lucien, exchanges with Costa Rica, 



334. 

 Premium of $50 awarded to Miss Maria Mitchell 



for discovery of a comet, 474. 

 Premium for sale of gold, 245, 524, 533, 537, 545, 

 548, 551, 550, 5G0, 573, 578, 579, 724. 

 of 10 per cent, allowed by Corcoran & Riggs 



on United States stock, 70. 

 on gold bonds, 305. 

 on sale of stock, 724. 

 on sale of Treasury notes, 724. 

 Premiums, to architects, 21, 490. 



to be offered for original papers, 25. 

 Preservation of collections of exploring ex- 

 peditions, appropriations for, 730. 

 President of the United States, consent of, 

 to site selected, 3, 10, 20. 

 authority of, required to present petition for 



residuary fund, 183. 

 called meeting of Establishment, 92. 

 to be authorized to enter into correspondence 

 with Government of Great Britain on uni- 

 form coinage, 98. 

 Preston, Wm. C., drew six years' term as Re- 

 gent, 2. 

 attendance as Regent, 39. 

 letter from, withdrawing resignation, 33. 

 letter from, on purchase ot United States 

 stock, 441. 

 Priestley, J. R., lens and air pump of, presented, 

 155. 

 discovery of oxygen by, 150. 

 Prince, Mr., proposition relative to planting 



forest trees, 402. 

 Princeton, lectures at, by Prof. Henry, 48, 4S2, 



488. 

 Printing, expenditures for, 4,481,482,490,493, 

 494, 490, 498, 503, 507, 510, 513, 510, 519, 521, 

 525, 528, 530, 534, 538, 542, 540, 549, 552. 

 Prize gallery of architecture proposed, 59. 

 Prizes struck out of programme, 74. 

 Programme of accounts, 480. 

 letters commendatory of, 45. 

 of organization presented by Prof. Henry, 



40. 

 of organization, amendments made in, 74. 

 of organization received general approval, 



4G5. 

 presented by Secretary, adopted provision- 

 ally, 41. 

 Proposals for S. I. building, 30, 022. 

 Prussian Government presented work on 



Egypt, by Lepsius, 127. 

 Pruyn, J. V. L., appointed Regent, 310. 

 appointed on committee to ask for appropria- 

 tion for museum, 320. 

 attendance as Regent, 310, 317, 320, 321, 343. 

 commending Shea's Indian linguistics, 190. 

 motion to adopt report of Executive Com- 

 mittee, 343. 

 motion relative to the canal, 350. 

 remarks on exchanges, 317. 

 remarks on museum nail, 320. 



Publication of Hints on Public Architecture, 

 008. 

 of reports, appropriation for, 43. 

 of Transactions, appropriation for, 43. 

 Publications in popular form on subjects of 



general interest, 25. 

 Publications, assistants required to aid in, G7. 

 donation of a friend of science to aid, 551. 

 expenditures for, 452, 482, 491, 493, 495, 490,. 

 498, 504, 508, 511, 514, 510, 519, 521, 528, 531, 

 534, 500, 574. 

 remarks of L. Agassiz on, 220. 

 stock of, lost in hre, 238. 

 thanks to Sir Henry Bulwer for facilitating 

 transmission of, into Great Britain, 79. 

 Public schools, history of, 223. 

 of Washington, services of W. W. Seaton to. 

 313. 

 Purdy, John, letter of, 010. 

 Puryear, Mr., appointed on special committee 

 of House of Representatives to investigate 

 S. I., 119. 

 Putnam, G. P., sales by, as agent, 500. 

 resigned agency of S. I. publications, 139. 



Q, 



Quarries, examination of, 0, 481, 4S2, 490, 589,. 



004, 092. 

 Quartermaster's Department, aid rendered by, 



after the fire, 235. 

 Quorum of Board fixed, 10. 



IR,. 



Railroad Companies, thanks of Board to, for 

 free freight, 123. 

 free freights by, 320, 597, 598, 002. 

 Railroad explorations, results of, to be collect- 

 ed, 405. 

 Railroads, statistics of, asked for, 470. 

 Rain-gauge, simple form of, 120. 



specimens of, exhibited, 70. 

 Ramirez, Don Jose Fernando, on Mexican lan- 

 guages, 207. 

 Randall, A., letter from, asking extension of 



time for furnishing plans, 9. 

 Randall, A., provided expense of purchase of 

 instruments for California Academy of 

 Science, 95. 

 Randolph, Wm. B., to be paid for arrangement 

 of accounts, 74. 

 accounts placed in hands of, 173. 

 appointed chief marshal at ceremonies of 



laying corner-stone, 080. 

 arrangement of accounts by, 487. 

 books posted by, 532, 530. 

 Ray, J., proposal for bricks, 017. 

 Receipts, general statement of, 724. 

 of Institution fund, 4S1, 4S2, 484, 485, 488, 492, 

 494, 495, 490, 497, 499, 500, 503, 507, 510, 513, 

 515, 51S, 521, 524, 527, 530, 533, 537, 541, 545, 

 548, 551, 555, 559, 500, 505, 5G0, 507, 572, 578, 

 579. 

 Recording clerk authorized, 3. 

 Recording, expenditures for, 481, 482. 

 RedficId,"Mr., on fossil fish of INorth America, 



407. 

 Redfield, Wm. C, respect to memory of, 132. 

 Regents of S. I., account of Board of, and list 

 of, from 1S40-1879, 741. 

 account of attendance of, at meetings of the 



Board, 741. 

 accounts of, for expenses to be adjusted, 106. 

 authorized to apply income of Smithson leg- 

 acy, 305. 

 committee of, appointed to confer as to means 

 of communication between Establishment 

 and, 110. 

 compliance of, with law of organization, 102. 

 Journal of proceedings of, 1. 

 list of, according to mode of appointment, 749. 

 list of, according to residence, 751. 

 not interested in debt of Arkansas, 1G6. 



