OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE 1878. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1879. FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS-THIRD SESSION. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, March 3, 1879. The following resolution was agreed to by the Senate February 10, 1879, and concurred in by the House of Representatives March 3, 1879: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That 10,500 copies of the Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1878 be printed, 1,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the Senate, 3,000 copies of which shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and 6,500 for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. Attest: GEO. C. GORHAM, 2 Secretary. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, TRANSMITTING The annual report of the Institution for the year 1878. FEBRUARY 8, 1879.-Ordered to be printed. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SIR: 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 1878. I have the honor to be, your obedient servant, SPENCER F. BAIRD, Secretary Smithsonian Institution. Hon. W. A. WHEELER, President of the Senate. 3 |