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138  JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS.

Dr. Parker, in behalf of the Executive Committee, presented the annual report of receipts, expenditures, estimates, &c, which at his request was read by General Sherman. 

On motion of Mr. Withers, the report was adopted.

Dr. Parker, in behalf of the Executive Committee, presented a report in relation to the duty imposed on them by the fifth resolution of the Board of Regents, adopted at the meeting of May 17, 1878, "to make arrangements for a public commemoration in honor of the late Secretary of the Institution." The committee had held numerous meetings, the minutes of which were read, and the arrangements had finally been made as follows:

The exercises will be held in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Thursday evening,, 16th of January, 1879. 

The Vice-President of the United States, supported by the Speaker of the House, will preside on this occasion, and the Senate and House will take part in the exercises.
 
1. Opening prayer by Rev. Dr. McCosh, President of Princeton College.
2. Address by Hon. H. Hamlin, of the United States Senate. 
3. Address by Hon. R. E. Withers, of the United States Senate. 
4. Address by Prof. Asa Gray, of Harvard University.
5. Address by Prof. W. B. Rogers, of Boston. 
6. Address by Hon. Jas. A. Garfield, of the House of Representatives.
7. Address by Hon. S. S. Cox, of the House of Representatives. 
8. Address by General W. T. Sherman.
9. Concluding prayer by Rev. Dr. Sunderland, Chaplain of the Senate. 

By authority of the Speaker of the House, reserved seats will be provided on the floor of the House for the following bodies with which Professor Henry was associated:

1. The Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and the orators of the evening, who will meet in the room of the Speaker of the House.  
2. The National Academy of Sciences.
3. The Washington Philosophical Society. 
4. The Light-House Board, who will meet in the room of the Committee of Ways and Means. 
5. The Alumni Association of Princeton College.
6. The Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
7. The Washington Monument Association, who will meet in the room of the Committee on Appropriations.
 
On motion of Mr. Sargent, the action of the committee was approved.

On motion of General Garfield, it was-

Resolved That the Board of Regents assemble on Thursday evening next at half past seven o'clock, in the Speaker's room at the Capitol, to proceed in a body to attend the exercises in the Hall of the House of Representatives in honor of the memory of Professor Henry.