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OFFICERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, Ex-officio Presiding Officer of the Institution.

ROGER B. TANEY, Chancellor of the Institution.

JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary of the Institution.

CHARLES C. JEWETT, Assistant Secretary, in charge of the Library, up to July 10, 1854. SPENCER F. BAIRD, Assistant Secretary, in charge of the Museum.

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Vice President of the United States.

ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice of the United States.

JOHN T. TOWERS, Mayor of the City of Washington.

JAMES A. PEARCE, Member of the Senate of the United States.
JAMES M. MASON, Member of the Senate of the United States.
S. A. DOUGLAS, Member of the Senate of the United States.
W. H. ENGLISH, Member of the House of Representatives.
DAVID STUART, Member of the House of Representatives.
JAMES MEACHAM, Member of the House of Representatives.

RUFUS CHOATE, Citizen of Massachusetts.

GIDEON HAWLEY, Citizen of New York.

J. MACPHERSON BERRIEN, Citizen of Georgia.

RICHARD RUSH, Citizen of Pennsylvania.

ALEXANDER D. BACHE, Member of the National Institute, Washington.
JOSEPH G. TOTTEN, Member of the National Institute, Washington.

MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO OF THE INSTITUTION.

FRANKLIN PIERCE, President of the United States.
Vice President of the United States.

WILLIAM L. MARCY, Secretary of State.

JAMES GUTHRIE, Secretary of the Treasury.
JEFFERSON DAVIS, Secretary of War.
JAMES C. DOBBIN, Secretary of the Navy.

JAMES CAMPBELL, Postmaster General.

CALEB CUSHING, Attorney General.

ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice of the United States.
CHARLES MASON, Commissioner of Patents.

JOHN T. TOWERS, Mayor of the City of Washington.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

ROBERT HARE.

WASHINGTON IRVING.

BENJAMIN SILLIMAN.

PARKER CLEAVELAND.

EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

BOARD OF REGENTS

OF

THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

SHOWING

The operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution up to January 1, 1854, and the proceedings of the Board up to July 8, 1854.

To the Senate and House of Representatives:

In obedience to the act of Congress of August 10, 1846, establishing the Smithsonian Institution, the undersigned, in behalf of the Regents, submit to Congress, as a report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution, the following documents:

1. The Annual Report of the Secretary, giving an account of the operations of the Institution during the year 1853, including reports from the Assistant Secretaries, relative to the library, museum, &c.

2. Report of the Executive Committee, giving a general statement of the proceeds and disposition of the Smithsonian fund, and also an account of the expenditures for the year 1853.

3. Report of the Building Committee, relative to the progress made in 1853 in the erection of the Smithsonian edifice.

4. Proceedings of the Board of Regents and of the Establishment, up to July 2, 1854

5. Appendix. Respectfully submitted.

ROGER B. TANEY, Chancellor.

JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary.

JULY 22, 1854.

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