34th CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MIS Doc. TENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, SHOWING THE OPERATIONS, EXPENDITURES, AND CONDITION OF THE INSTI- AND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD UP TO MARCH 22, 1856. WASHINGTON: et LETTER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, COMMUNICATING The Tenth Annual Report of the Board of Regents of that Institution. MAY 23, 1856.-Laid upon the table, and ordered to be printed. AUGUST 9, 1856.-Resolved, That there be printed, for the use of the members of the present House of Representatives, 7,500 copies of the Report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and 2,500 copies of the same Report for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, May 23, 1856. SIR: In behalf of the Board of Regents, I have the honor to submit to the House of Representatives of the United States, the Tenth Annual Report of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary Smithsonian Institution. Hon. NATHANIEL P. BANKS, Jr., Speaker of the House of Representatives. |