[1972]

ANNUAL REPORT

OF

THE BOARD OF REGENTS

OF THE

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

SHOWING THE

OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE
INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR 1864.

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WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1865.

LETTER

OF THE

SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

COMMUNICATING

THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION FOR THE YEAR 1864.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

Washington, March 1, 1865.

In behalf of the Board of Regents, I have the honor to submit to the Congress of the United States the annual report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1864.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary Smithsonian Institution.

Hon. H. HAMLIN,

President of the Senate."

Hon. S. COLFAX,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS

OF THE

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,

SHOWING

THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION UP TO JANUARY, 1865, AND THE PROCEEDINGS

OF THE BOARD UP TO MARCH 1, 1865.

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 1864.

2. Report of the Executive Committee, giving a general statement of the Smithsonian fund, and also an account of the expenditures for the year 1864.

3. Proceedings of the Board of Regents up to March, 1865. 4. Appendix.

Respectfully submitted:

S. P. CHASE, Chancellor.
JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary.

OFFICERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

MARCH, 1865.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ex officio Presiding Officer of the Institution.
SALMON P. CHASE, Chancellor of the Institution.

JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary of the Institution.

SPENCER F. BAIRD, Assistant Secretary.

W. W. SEATON, Treasurer.

WILLIAM J. RHEES, Chief Clerk.

A. D. BACHE,

RICHARD WALLACH,

RICHARD DELAFIELD,

Executive Committee.

REGENTS OF THE INSTITUTION.

H. HAMLIN, Vice-President of the United States.

S. P. CHASE, Chief Justice of the United States.

R. WALLACH, Mayor of the City of Washington.

L. TRUMBULL, member of the Senate of the United States. GARRETT DAVIS, member of the Senate of the United States. member of the Senate of the United States.

S. S. COX, member of the House of Representatives.

J. W. PATTERSON, member of the House of Representatives.
H. W. DAVIS, member of the House of Representatives.

W. B. ASTOR, citizen of New York.

T. D. WOOLSEY, citizen of Connecticut.

L. AGASSIZ, citizen of Massachusetts.

A. D. BACHE, citizen of Washington.

RICHARD DELAFIELD, citizen of Washington.