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INDEX. 



Towers, John T., Regent ex-officio, 112. 

 attendance as Regent, 112, 114, 117, 118, 119, 



125. 

 elected to Building Committee, 118. 

 report of Building Committee, 711. 

 Tracts on agricultural geology and chemistry, 

 memorial of Josiah Holbrook requesting 

 publication of, 81. 

 popular, to be published, 14. 

 Transactions of societies, proposal of Prof. 



Henry relative to catalogue of, 123. 

 Transactions, publication of, appropriation for, 



43. 

 Trans-Atlantic Steamship Company, thanks to, 



for free freights, 320. 

 Transfer of minerals from Land Office, 503. 

 Transfer of collections, appropriations for, 737. 

 Transportation, expenditures for, 496, 408, 503, 

 507,508,510,511, 513, 516, 519, 521, 525, 527, 

 530, 533, 538, 543, 540, 540, 500. 

 Traveling expenses to be adjusted by Secre- 

 tary, 106. 

 Treasurer to be appointed, 66. 

 W. \V. Seaton elected, 480. 

 accounts of W. W. Seaton, 501. 

 attendance of, at meetings of Regents, 121, 125, 



151, 154, 101, 102, 218,234. 

 orders on, given, 173. 



presented statement of receipts and expend- 

 itures, 70, 87, 110, 122, 120, 133, 151, 155, 218. 

 to give security, 486. 

 to pay bills certified by Secretary, 486. 

 to report to Secretary monthly all payments 

 made in preceding month, 06, 486. 

 Treasurer of United States, money to be de- 

 posited with, 233. 

 receives deposits of Smithson income and 

 makes payments on checks of the Secre- 

 tary, 423. 

 Treasury of United States, cashier of, bonds 

 deposited with, 506. 

 deposit in, of bequest of James Hamilton, 



427. 

 $150,000 to be received into, 71. 

 notes, 30, 38, 53, 482, 484, 485, 488. 

 notes, interest account, 724. 

 Treasury, Secretary of, assent of, to be given to 

 site, 3. 

 authorized to receive into the Treasury the 



residuary legacy of Smithson, 305. 

 communication of Dr. Hare referred to, 

 • 132. 

 decision of, as to payment of interest in coin, 



244. 

 deposit of income with, 419. 

 to be asked for interest in gold, 234. 

 payment of coin interest by, 245. 

 thanks to, for assistance, 52. 

 Treasurer of Virginia, letter of, on seal on 



bonds, 380. 

 Trees planted in grounds, account of, 663, 697. 

 Trinity Church, New York, illustrations of, to 



be procured, 600, 672, 678, 693. 

 Trist, N. P., present of paper-holding press 

 from, 404. 

 thanks to, for donation, 52. 

 Troyon, F., letter from, on donations and arch- 

 eology, 185. 

 Trubner, N., publication of Ludewig's bibli- 

 ography by, 125. 

 Trumbull, Lyman, appointed Regent, 172. 

 attendance as Regent, 173, 174, 192, 103, 218, 

 233, 234, 240, 242, 243, 240, 302, 310, 320, 321, 

 343, 351, 352, 354, 3S4, 385, 387, 388, 301. 

 appointed on committee on transfer of 



library, 243, 245. 

 appointed on committee on use of large 



room, 304. 

 motion by, relative to De la Batut annuity, 



184. 

 motion by, relative to death of James A. 



Pearce, 193. 

 motion by, to postpone action on Agassiz's 

 plan, 234. 



Trumbull, Lyman — Continued. 

 motion by, fixing salaries, 241. 

 motion by, on transfer of library, 244. 

 motion by, to ask Congress to receive ad- 

 ditional sums to increase Smithson fund 

 to $1,000,000, 248. 

 motion by, of thanks for free freights, 320. 

 motion by, to accept report of Executive 



Committee, 384. 

 motion by, relative to stable, 3S5. 

 motion by, to accept report of Secretary, 386. 

 motion by, on death of James H. Coffin, 302. 

 motion by, to take action against (jeo. E. 



Badger, 103. 

 remarks by, relative to Stephen A. Douglas, 



170. 

 remarks by, on death of W. P. Fessenden, 



352. 

 remarks by, on transfer of lihrary, 243, 244. 

 resolution on death of W. P. Fessenden, 352. 

 Trust, act of Congress accepting, to be re- 

 corded, 3. 

 Trustees of Chicago Academy of Sciences, 



thanks from, for aid rendered, 326. 

 Tryon, G. W., report on shells given to Phila- 

 delphia Academy of Natural Sciences, 249. 

 Tucson meteorite, account of, 220, 251. 

 Turnbull, William, associated with committee 



to examine building, 04. 

 Turner, W. VV., on Indian languages, 191, 254. 



eulogy on, by C. C. Felton, 150. 

 Turnstile, recording, suggested by Committee 



on Museum, 432. 

 Tuttle, L. R., receipt of, for bequest of James 



Hamilton, 427. 

 Tyler, Grafton, made trustee of Toner lectures, 



408. 

 Tyndale, Hector, made trustee of Tyndall fund, 



412. 

 Tyndall, John, letter from, to Prof. Henry, on 

 lectures in America, 411. 

 trust for the promotion of science in the 

 United States, 393, 411. 



TJ- 



Union, editor of, communication to, from 



committee of Board, on site, 30. 

 United States Mail Steamship Co., thanks to, 



for free freight, 123, 152. 

 United States stock, certificates of, obtained in 

 exchange for Treasury notes, 409. 

 purchase of, 236, 439, 536. 

 sold, 306, 474. 

 University of Christiania, specimens from, 229. 

 of Toronto, on exchanges, ls.8, 201. 

 of State of New York, thanks for specimens, 

 252. 

 Upham, Charles W., appointed on special com- 

 mittee of House of Representatives to in- 

 vestigate S. I., 110. 

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



"V. 



Vail, Aaron, history of telegraph by, 140, 144. 



Vannini, Joseph, witness of will of Thomas 

 Wynns. 78. 



Varden, John, death of, 240. 



Ventilation, attention called to by Mr. Allen, of 

 New York, 38. 



Vespidee, De Saussure's treatise on, 212. 



Vice-Presidents, list of those who have been 

 Regents, 749. 



Victoria, mining in, 251. 



Vienna, Imperial Library of, books from, 256. 



Views of building ordered, 481, 663. 



Vinson, Chas., letter of, 616. 



Vinton, Francis, executor of Thomas Wynns, 

 77. 

 communication from, relative to Wynns' es- 

 tate, 152. 

 facts relative to Wynns' estate received from, 

 182. 



