722 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



June 7, 1870. Mr. ASPER offered a resolution that 2,000 

 copies of the reports of the Smithsonian Institution for 

 1866, '67, '68 be printed from the stereotype plates. 



The following letter from Professor Henry, was read: 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28, 1870. 



MY DEAR SIB: I have the honor, with your permission, to address you 

 in relation to extra copies of the reports of this institution, for which tho 

 demand has of late years become so great that the number ordered by the 

 House for its members has not been sufficient to supply more than half their 

 constituents who desire them. During the last thn-.j yar.-. and especially 

 during the year just passed, so numerous have been the demands upon u- 

 for copies of reports that our stock is entirely exhausted. The report ^-iv-> 

 not only an account of the operations of the institution, but also, in an ap- 

 pendix, a series of translations which exhibit the progress of science in 

 foreign countries. A copy is sent to each of the foreign corr-p(>mlents of 

 the establishment; to colleges, public libraries, and learned societies publishing 

 transactions; to meteorological observers of tin- in-titiitimi ; to contrilmtnrs 

 of the material to the library or museum, and to person-, rMu r :iLT' i( l in tcarh- 

 ing or in special scientific research, so far as the number of e<>pi<- I'm-iiMn-il 

 to the institution will allow. 



In view of these facts, I would respectfully suggest that there be struck 

 off from the stereotype plates of the reports for 1866, 18G7, and 1868, now 

 in the hands of the Public Printer, 2,000 copies of each volume 1,000 t>r 

 .the use of the House and the other 1.000 for distribution by the institution. 

 . I have the honor to be, very truly, your obedient servant, 



JOSEPH HENRY, 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. J. F. ASPER, 



U. S. House of Representatives. 



Referred to Committee on Printing. 

 July 12, 1870. Mr. LAFLIN reported the following reso- 

 lution from the Committee on Printing, which was adopted: 



Resolved, $c., That 10,000 additional copies of the report of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution for the year 1869 be printed, 3,000 of which shall be for 

 the use of the Senate, 4,000 for the use of the House, and 3,000 for the use 

 of the Smithsonian Institution: Provided, That the aggregate number of 

 pages of said report shall not exceed 450, and there shall be no illustrations 

 except those furnished by the Smithsonian Institution. 



December 12, 1870. Mr. INGERSOLL offered the following 

 resolution : 



Resolved, That there be printed, from stereotyped plates now in posses- 

 sion of the Public Printer, 2,000 copies each of the reports of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, for the years 1865, 1866, 1867, 1868; 1,000 of these to 

 be tor the use of the members of the House, and 1,000 for distribution bv 

 the Smithsonian Institution. 



January 30, 1871. On motion of Mr. POLAND, the House 

 took up and passed the joint resolution appointing General 

 William T. Sherman a Kegent of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, in the place of General Richard Delafield, resigned. 



February 24, 1871. The Clerk read as follows : 



" For continuing the completion of the survey of the Colorado of the 



