ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION FOR THE 

 YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1897. 



SUBJECTS. 



1. ProceediDgs of the Board of Eegeuts for the session of January, 

 1897. 



2. Eeport of the Executive Committee, exhibiting the financial affairs 

 of the Institution, including a statement of the Smithson fund, and 

 receipts and expenditures for the year ending June 30, 1897. 



3. Annual report of the Secretary, giving an account of the opera- 

 tions and condition of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1897, 

 with statistics of exchanges, etc. 



4. General appendix, comprising a selection of miscellaneous memoirs 

 of interest to collaborators and correspondents of the Institution, 

 teachers, and others engaged in the promotion of knowledge. These 

 memoirs relate chiefly to the calendar year 1897. 



