INDEX. 



841 



Surgeon General, advance refunded by, 528. 

 of United States Army made trustee of Toner 



lectures, 408. 

 of United States Navy made trustee of Toner 

 lectures, 408. 

 Surplus fund, Corcoran & Riggs to allow five 

 per cent, for, 91. 

 account of investment, 129. 

 Corcoran and Riggs do not wish to retain, 



123. 

 income, funding of, 93. 

 Surrogate, of County of Kings, N. Y., notice 



from, to appear in Wynns' estate, 242. 

 Surveying, expenditure for, 481. 

 Symington, Thomas, letter of, relative to mar- 

 ble, G17, 618, 020. 

 Surveyor of city to make plat of grounds, 671, 

 675. 



T. 



Taney, Roger B., elected Chancellor, 69. 

 attendance as Regent, 1, 18, 23, 69, 72, 76, 77, 

 78, 79, 80, 92, 93, 95, 99, 114, 116, 117, 118, 120, 

 127, 131,137. 

 re-elected Chancellor, 131. 

 thanks of, for election as Chancellor, 69. 

 advice of, to Prof. Henry, 133, 140, 141. 

 charges of S. F. B. Morse referred to, 140. 

 communication from, resigning office of 



Chancellor, 131. 

 letter from, on purchase of United States 



stock, 441. 

 letter from, stating inability to attend meet- 

 ings, 8, 101. 

 resolutions of Board on death of, 233. 

 H. W. Davis to prepare eulogy on, 240. 

 Taylor, N. G., appointed ori special committee 

 of House of Representatives to investigate 

 S. I., 119. 

 Taylor, \V. B., report by, on an improved system 



of numeration, 327. 

 Taylor, Zachary, attendance at Establishment, 



771. 

 Teachers' Association, meetings of, 478. 

 Telegram of discovery of new planet by C. H. 



Peters, 392. 

 Telegraphic announcement of astronomical 

 discoveries, 384. 

 of storms, 195, 471. 

 Telegraph, history of invention of, 140. 

 communication from F. O. J. Smith on, 386. 

 companies grant free telegrams announcing 



astronomical discoveries, 389. 

 Companion, Shaffner's, article in, by S. F. B. 

 Morse making attack on Prof. Henry, 140, 

 142. 

 company, co-operation of, in meteorology, 



194. 

 Henry O'Rielly on discovery of, 385. 

 lines granted for meteorological purposes, 



473, 476. 

 stations to be supplied with meteorological 

 instruments, 473. 

 Telescope, committee to examine for Hamil- 

 ton C6llege, 124. 

 Ten Eyck, Dr., assisted Prof. Henry in experi- 

 ments, 145. 

 Tennessee, archteological remains, 200. 

 State stock, 129, 246, 247, 510, 513, 516, 518, 519, 

 521, 524, 527, 530, 533, 537, 539, 540, 542, 5S0. 

 Testimony of Prof. Henry in telegraph suits, 



141. 

 Thayer, S., communication from, asking per- 

 mission to attend meetings of Board, 115. 

 Theft from office of Secretary, 429. 

 Thermometers, specimens of, exhibited, 70. 

 Thompson, Mr., visited by Building Committee, 



6. 

 Thorwaldsen, bust of, presented, 464. 

 Thought, personification of, by Thorwaldsen, 

 298. 



Tide gauge lent to W. A. Pease at Honolulu, 189 

 Timber, limit of, 195. 



result of experiments on, 277. 

 Todd, John P., offered blocks of marble, 24. 

 Totten, Joseph G., drew four years' term as 

 Regent, 2. 



re-elected Regent, 131. 



attendance as Regent, 1,5, 16, 40, 41, -12, i I, 46, 

 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 62, 68, 09, 73, 

 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 

 93, 97, loo, lot, 112, 111, 116, 117, L18, L19, 

 120,121, 122,125, 131, 166, 170, 174, 193, 218. 



appointed on committee on claim of Came- 

 ron, 94. 



appointed on committee to confer with Es- 

 tablishment, 116. 



appointed on special committee on distribu- 

 tion of income, 92. 



elected to Executive Committee, 2, 33, 67, 

 439. 



eulogy on, by J. G. Barnard, 264. 



examinations of building material by, 5, 6. 



excused from service on Executive Commit- 

 tee, 42. 



motion by, to refer report on James Renwick, 

 87. 



motion by, to appoint Secretary on Building 

 Committee, 76. 



motion by, to make compromise with con- 

 tractor, 63. 



motion by, on Gilliss' observations, 44. 



motion by, to preserve and bind correspond- 

 ence, 81. 



motion of thanks to Wm. J. Hough, 15. 



motion to pay for building from deposit, 118. 



presented letters relative to applications for 

 office of Secretary, 6. 



Prof. Henry to prepare eulogy on, 240. 



report by, on accident to building, 62. 



report by, on fire-proofing building, 66. 



report by, on residences for officers, 83. 



report by, on distribution of income, 100. 



report by, on claim of L. Blodget, 117. 



report of Building Committee, 50, 54, 5G, 696, 

 698, 701. 



report of special committee on income, 101. 



report of Executive Committee, 492, 493, 495, 

 497, 502, 506, 509, 512, 521, 523, 526. 



report on building, 7. 



resignation from Building Committee, 00. 



resignation from Executive Committee, 456. 



resolution by, on account of James Renwick, 

 85. 



resolution by, thanks for free freights, 123. 



resolution by, to convert cast wing into resi- 

 dence for the Secretary, 92. 



resolution otfered by, of sympathy on death 

 of A. J. Downing, 85. 



resolutions by, on death of J. W. Bailey, 132. 



resolutions of Board on death of, 233. 



resolutions of Light-house Board relative to, 

 298. 



services of, to S. I., 293. 



telescopo of Hamilton College referred to, 

 124. 



to be associated with Building Committee in 

 investigating accident to building, 61. 



to select plans fur building, 6. 

 Toner, J. M., deed of gift instituting Toner 

 lectures for advance of medical science, 

 393, 408. 

 Tools, expenditures for, 549, 552. 

 Topographical exploration of mountain chains, 



465. 

 Topographical map, George Gibba on, 203. 

 Tornado, Chappelsmith's memoir on, 97. 

 Toronto, British Government t>> be memorial- 

 ized relative to discontinuance of observa- 

 tory at, 89. 



magnetical observations at, present' 



University, on exchange of specimens, 109. 

 201. 

 Towers, additional floors in, 721. 



description of, 630. 



