136 MEMORIAL OF JOSEPH HENRY. 



Resolved , That as a token of our appreciation of our loss, the 

 Board attend his funeral in a body; that the colors of the vessels 

 in the Light-House Service be set at half-mast on the day of the 

 funeral ; that the offices of the Light-House Establishment through- 

 out the country be closed on that day; and that the members of the 

 Board, and the officers of the Light-House Service, wear the usual 

 badge of mourning for thirty days. 



Resolved, That we tender to the family of the deceased our 

 deepest sympathy in their great bereavement. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be spread on the Journal of the 

 Board ; and that a properly engrossed copy of them be sent to the 

 family of the deceased. 



The Board then adjourned. 



C. P. PATTERSON, 



Chairman pro tern. 

 GEORGE DEWEY, 



PETER C. HA INS, 



Secretaries. 



OFFICE OF THE LIGHT-HOUSE BOARD, 



Washington, July 9, 1878. 



SIR : I transmit herewith a copy of a letter dated London, June 

 25, 1878, from Mr. ROBIN ALLEN, Secretary to the Light-House 

 Establishment of Great Britain, (Trinity House,; condoling with 

 the Board upon the death of its late Chairman, Professor HENRY, 

 and expressing the high appreciation of his distinguished services 

 in Pharology, entertained by the "Elder Brethren" of the first 

 named body. 



In transmitting this letter, allow me to express the hope that its 

 reception will be as agreeable to you, as it has been to the Light- 

 House Board. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



GEORGE DEWEY, 



Naval Secretary. 

 To the Secretary 



of the Smithsonian Institution. 



