Book Description
Includes the Annual Report of the Secretary that gives an account of the operations of the Institution during the year 1860; the Report of the Executive Committee that gives a general statement of the proceeds and disposition of the Smithsonian fund and also an account of the expenditures for the year 1860; the Proceedings of the Board of Regents up to February 22, 1861; a general appendix that illustrates the operations of the Institution by reports of lectures and extracts from correspondence; and an index.