REPORT OF S. P. LANGLEY, 



SECRETARY OP THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 

 FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1893. 



To the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: 



Gentlemen: I have the honor to submit herewith a report of the 

 operations of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 

 1893, including the work placed by Congress under its supervision in 

 the National Museum, the Bureau of Ethnology, the Bureau of Inter- 

 national Exchanges, the Zoological Park, and the Astro-Physical Ob- 

 servatory. 



I liave endeavored to give in the body of the report, and as briefly as 

 possible, a general account of the affairs of the Institution for the year, 

 reserving for the appendix the more detailed and statistical reports 

 from the officers in (marge of the different branches of work. 



The report upon the National Museum by the Assistant Secretary, 

 Dr. G. Brown Goode, is here given only in abstract. Its full presenta- 

 tion occupies a separate volume. (Report of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, National Museum, 1893.) 



THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



THE ESTABLISHMENT. 



Since the change of executive officers of the United States Govern- 

 ment on March 4, 1893, the Smithsonian establishment consists of the 

 following ex officio members: 



Grover Cleveland, President of the United States. 



Adlai E. Stevenson, Vice-President of the United States. 



Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the 

 United States. 



Walter Q. Gresham, Secretary of State. 



John G. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury. 



Daniel S. Lamont, Secretary of War. 



Hilary A. Herbert, Secretary of the Nary. 



Wilson S. Bissell, Postmaster- General. 



Richard Olney, Attorney -General. 



John S. Seymour, Commissioner of Patents. 

 The Hon. W. E. Simonds was succeeded on April 10, 1893, as Com- 

 missioner of Patents by the Hon. John S. Seymour. 



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