FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, 1881-1883. 907 



March 3, 1883. 



Legislative, executive and judicial act for 1884. 



Library of Congress: For expenses of exchanging public documents 

 for the publications of foreign governments $1 000 



(Stat., XXII, 537.) 



Naval Observatory: For payment to Smithsonian Institution for 

 freight on Observatory publications sent to foreign countries $330 



(Stat, XXII, 555.) 

 March 3, 1883. 



Sundry civil act for 1884. 



Smithsonian Institution: For expenses of the international exchanges 

 between the United States and foreign countries, in accordance with 

 the Paris convention of 1877, including salaries and compensation of 

 all necessary employees, $7,500. 



(Stat., XXII, 603.) 



War Department: For the transportation of reports and maps to 

 foreign countries, through the Smithsonian Institution, $300. 



(Stat., XXII, 618.) 



FOREST PRESERVATION. 

 May 4, 1882 Senate. 



Mr. JOHN SHERMAN introduced a bill (S. 1826): 



That all of the public timbered lands adjacent to the sources of the navigable 

 rivers and their affluents be withdrawn from public sale and entry, and that Maj. 

 Gen. H. G. Wright, Chief of the Corps of Engineers, United States Army; Maj. Gen. 

 William B. Hazen, commanding the Signal Corps; Dr. George B. Loring, Commis- 

 sioner of Agriculture, and Prof. Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, shall form a commission for the examination of the subject of the pres- 

 ervation and cultivation of woods and forests adjoining the sources of the navigable 

 rivers and their affluents, for the purpose of preserving the same and increasing 

 their growth by planting there and along the courses of the said rivers where the 

 land is timberless, so that the said rivers may be kept in a navigable condition by 

 promoting a continuous supply from their sources and affluents; the fact having 

 become universally known that the destruction of the woods causes all countries to 

 become arid and unprofitable deserts. * 



Referred to Committee on Agriculture. 

 June 5, 1882 House. 



Mr. B. BUTTERWORTH introduced S. 1826. 

 Referred to Committee on Agriculture. 



GLOVER ENTOMOLOGICAL PLATES. 

 May 4, 1882. 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1 



Washington, May 4, 1882. 



SIR: I am in receipt of your letter requesting an answer to certain 

 questions with reference to the work on " American insects injurious 



1 See Report (H. 1520). 



