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philosophical and ahemical apparatus, models, &c. ; the said appropriation to 

 commence on the first day of January next. 



Resolved, That the Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War, and of 

 the Navy of the United States, be respectfully invited to furnish to con- 

 suls and other public officers, in this and foreign countries, under their res- 

 pective departments, such suggestions as they may deem proper, in regard 

 to the procurement, as opportunity offers, of additions to the museum of the 

 institution, especially to its ethnological department ; that three hundred 

 copies of this report, when printed, be placed at the disposal of each of the 

 above-named Secretaries, as an explanation to these public functionaries of 

 the views of the institution in regard to a museum ; and that five hundred 

 dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of the accruing interest, 

 to pay transportation, or other expenses connected with the transmission 

 from foreign parts to Washington, of any collections thus made. And to 

 such contributions, when placed in the museum, the name of the officer 

 obtaining and forwarding the same shall, in all cases, be appended. 



Resolved, That the Secretary of War be respectfully invited to furnish to 

 the Commissioner of Indian Affairs such suggestions as he may deem proper 

 regarding the procurement, from the Indian country, of collections for the 

 museum of the Smithsonian Institution, illustrating the natural history of 

 the country, and, more especially, the physical history, manners, and 

 customs of \he various tribes of aborigines on the North American Conti- 

 nent ; that one hundred copies of this report, when printed, be placed at 

 his disposal, as a means of informing the various Indian Agents of the 

 special character of the collections desired ; and that the sums of five 

 hundred dollars be, and the same is hereby, annually appropriated, out of 

 the accruing interest of the Smithsonian Institution, for the procurement 

 and transportation of such Indian collections ; and, when placed in the 

 museum, there shall be appended to each the name of the agent through 

 whom the same may be procured. 



Resolved, That the public generally be invited to furnish contributions to 

 the museum of the Smithsonian Institution, and that all such contributions, 

 when considered worthy of a place, shall be labelled with the name and 

 residence of the donor. 



And, previous to the election of a Secretary, the following 

 resolution, submitted by the committee, was adopted by the 

 board : 



Resolved, That it is essential for the advancement of the proper interests 

 of the trust, that the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution be a man 

 possessing weight of character and a high grade of talent ; and that it is 

 further desirable that he possess eminent scientific and general acquire- 

 ments : that he be a man capable of advancing science and promoting letters 

 by original research and effort, well qualified to act as a respected channel 

 of communication between the institution and scientific and literary indi- 

 viduals and societies in this and foreign countries ; and, in a word, a man 

 worthy to represent, before the world of science and of letters, the institution 

 :>ver which this board presides. 



