26 EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF 



honorary members of the " Smithsonian Institution," or, in other words, 

 of the body which is generally known by the name of the " Establish- 

 ment." I may mention that this body consists of the President of the 

 United States, the Vice President, the Chief Justice, the Mayor of 

 Washington, the several officers of the cabinet, (excepting the Secretary 

 of the Interior, this department having been created since the passage 

 of the act establishing the Institution,) the Commissioner of Patents, and 

 such other persons as they may elect honorary members. This body met 

 in the Smithsonian building on the 3d of May, 1853, and at a subse- 

 quent meeting adopted a set of by-laws, and elected Professor Parker 

 Cleaveland, of Bowdoin College, Maine, an honorary member. 



In accordance with the third section of the act of incorporation, a 

 full account of the proceedings of the Establishment will be given in 

 connexion with the report of the proceedings of the Board of Regents. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



JOSEPH HENRY, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



January, 1854, 



