INDEX. 



837 



Rush, Rtchard— Continued. 



offered resolution to aid Dr. Kane's Arctic 

 exploration, 88. 



presented letter from Clarke, F3 r nmore and 

 Fladgate relative to Madame De la Batut, 

 20. 



presented letter from Harrison Hall, 56. 



presented letter from James Buchanan re- 

 commending Robert \V. Burrows for ap- 

 pointment, 23. 



presented letter from Miss Legare, 5. 



presented letters relative to applications for 

 office of secretary, 5. 



proposed as an Honorary Member, 45. 



re-elected Regent, 131. 



report of Building Committee, 707, 708, 710, 

 711,712. 



report relative to Madame De la Batut, 8. 



report of special committee on income, 101. 



resolution by, to publish report of Secretary 

 in National Intelligencer, 77. 



death of, announced, and remarks by James 

 A. Pearce, 154. 



resolutions of respect for memory of, 155. 



Messrs. Clarke, Fynmore & Fladgate to be 

 informed of death of, 106. 

 Russell, James, work in library by, 477. 



employment of, to construct planetarium 

 recommended, 34. 

 Russian antiquities, work on, presented, 127. 

 Russian Government, aid to Bischoff 's explo- 

 ration, 328. 



s. 



Sabine, Edward, letter from, relative to ex- 

 change of scientific publications, 82. 

 communication from,Tclative to establish- 

 ment of magnetic observatories, 153. 

 Safe, specifications for, 638. 

 Salary of Secretary fixed, 15. 

 increase of, proposed, 323. 

 Salary of Assistant Secretary, 27. 

 Salary, increase of, asked by Prof. Baird, 152. 

 of Chief Clerk fixed at §2,500, 436. 

 of messenger fixed at $400, 47. 

 of J. G. Flugel fixed at $000, 90. 

 Salaries, expenditures for, 43, 108, 490, 491, 493, 

 494, 490, 49S, 504, 60S, 510, 513, 510, 519, 521, 

 525, 528, 531, 534, 538, 543, 540, 549, 552, 556, 

 500, 507, 574, 582, 724. 

 of assistants referred to Secretary and Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, 104. 

 of officers referred to committee, 323. 

 of Secretary, Assistant Secretary, and Chief 

 Clerk increased, 241. 

 Sales of publications and old material, 54S, 551, 



557, 501, 508, 574, 583. 

 Salisbury, Prof, on paper submitted to, 475. 

 Samuelson, Bernhard, examination of Prof. 



Henry by, 775. 

 Sand, proposals for, 616. 



Sand-stone, report of James Renwick on, 661. 

 Sand-stones of the Potomac, D. D. Owen's re- 

 port on, 612. 

 Sandwich Islands, W. H. Pease on, 210. 

 San Jose, University of, Costa Rica, exchanges 



with, 334. 

 Sarcophagus from Sidon, inscription on, 157. 

 Sargent, A. A., appointed Regent, 420. 

 appointed on committee on connection of 



S. I. and National Museum, 436. 

 attendance as Regent, 419, 423, 428, 430, 433, 



434. 

 motion to charge amount of loss by theft, 



8154.50, to incidental expenses, 429. 

 motion that salary of Chief Clerk be $2,500, 



436. 

 motion to adopt report of Executive Com- 

 mittee, 436. 

 Saxton, Jos., opinion of seal, 461. 

 Schaefler, G. C, sealed packet deposited by, 

 402. 



Schilling, Baron, telegraph of. 145. 

 Schlagintweit, II. de, otters objects of natural 



history, ftc., for sale, 198. 

 Schlagintweit collection of ethnographic heads, 



329. 

 Schleider, R., thanks to, for intervention with 

 North German Lloyd for free freight , I >2. 

 Schoolcraft, Henry R., request of, re-, 



paper on ethnology, 39. 

 School for silk culture proposed, 123. 

 School of design in Washington, models loaned 



to, 95. 

 Schultz, John, letter from, on science in Ru- 

 pert's Land, l.so. 

 Schumacher, Prof., importance of astronom- 

 ical services of, 472. 

 Schurz, C, attendance .-it Establishment, 774. 

 Schuyler, Robert, letter from, 088. 

 Science in America, account of, by Prof. Henry, 



775. 

 Science in United States, influence of S. I. on, 

 317. 

 Tyndall trust for, 411. 

 Scientific Commission, English, examination 



of Prof. Henry by, 775. 

 Scientific researches^ value of, 106. 



speculations, 421. 

 Scrap-books from W. Darlington, 197. 

 Sculpture, copies of famous works of, proposed, 



125. 

 Sea, approach of, upon the land, 333. 

 Sea-coast defences of United States, 269. 

 Seal for Institution, 38, 445, 455, 450, 458, 461. 



procured for publications, 405. 

 Seaton, W. W., elected member of Executive 

 Committee, 2, 33, 439. 

 account as Treasurer, 501. 

 all disbursements for S. I. made by, 486. 

 appointed on committee to examine Mr. Har- 

 mon's plan of re-executing architectural 

 drawings, 00. 

 attendance as Regent, 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 34, 40, 

 41, 42, 44, 45, 40, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 69, 

 60, 02, 69, 75, 70, 78, 80, 83, 85, 80, 91, 92, 93, 

 114, 120, 121, 125, 133, 135, 151, 154, 101, 192, 

 218, 234. 

 attendance at Establishment, 771. 

 building contract, 630. 

 chosen Treasurer, 66, 486. 

 communication from, recommending placing 



bell in tower, 72. 

 elected chairman of Executive Committee,3, 



439. 

 letter of, relative to investment of interest 



in United States stocks, 440. 

 letters from R. D. Owen to, 5, 7. 

 motion by, to recommit report of Building 



Committee, 40. 

 motion by, on copyright certificate, 42. 

 motion by, fixing salary of messenger, 47. 

 motion by, that Sidney Breese move in Sen- 

 ate to till vacancy in Regents, 48. 

 motion by, that accounts oe entered on the 



Journal, 48. 

 motion by, to thank Dr. Hare for apparatus, 



51. 

 motion by, Secretary to appoint bookkeeper, 



53. 

 motion by, to make appropriations, 63. 

 motion by, to thank George M. Dallas for 



services as Chancellor, 64. 

 motion by, to meet to elect a Chancellor, 64, 

 motion by, to invito honorary members to 



attend meetings of the Board, 66. 

 motion by, that report of Secretary be sent 



to Congress, 66. 

 motion by, for system of keeping and dis- 

 bursing funds, i 13. 

 motion by, relative to Toronto Observatory, 



64. 

 motion relative to dork, -11. 

 offered library of Henry S. Fox f>r sale, 43. 

 Offered resolution on sale of steel;-. 



offered resolution relative to architects, 22. 



