LETTEE 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



TRANSMITTING 



The Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1874. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, January 20, 1875. 

 Gentlemen : 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 1874. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JOSEPH HENRY, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. Henry Wilson, 



President of the Senate. 

 Hon. J. G. Blaine, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



