JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF 

 THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Annual Meeting of the Board of Regents. 



January 22, 1S96. 



In accordance with a resolution of the Board of Regents, adopted 

 January 8, 1890, by which its stated annual meeting occurs on the 

 fourth Wednesday of January, the board met to-day at 10 o'clock a. m. 



Present: The Chancellor (the Hon. M. W. Fuller) in the chair; the 

 Vice-President of the United States (the Hon. A. E. Stevenson), the 

 Hon. J. S. Morrill, the Hon. S. M. Culloni, the Hon. George Gray, the 

 I Ion. Joseph Wheeler, the Hon. R. R. Hitt, the Hon. Robert Adams, jr., 

 the Hon. Andrew D. White, the Hon. J. B. Henderson, the Hon. Gardi- 

 ner G. Hubbard, the Hon. W. L. Wilson, and the Secretary Mr. S. P. 

 Langley. 



Excuses for nonattendance were read from Dr. William Preston 

 Johnston, on account of illness, and from Dr. J. B. Angell, on account 

 of an important business engagement. 



At the Chancellor's suggestion, the Secretary read the minutes of 

 the last meeting, in abstract. There being no objection, the minutes 

 stood approved. 



The Secretary then announced the following reappointments and 

 appointments of Regents: 



REAPPOINTMENTS. 



The Hon. S. M. Cnllom, of Illinois, by the President of the Senate, 

 on December 18, 1895. 



The Hon. Joseph AVheeler, of Alabama, and the Hon. R. R. Hitt, of 

 Illinois, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on December 

 LM>, 1895. 



The Hon. William L. Wilson, of West Virginia, by joint resolution 

 of Congress, approved by the President January 14, 1890. 



APPOINTMENTS. 



The Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard, of Washington, D. C, by joint reso- 

 lution of Congress, approved by the President February 27, 1895. 



The Hon. Robert Adams, jr., of Pennsylvania, by the Speaker of the 

 House of Representatives, on December 20, 1895. 



