LETTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



ACCOMPANYING 



The annual reiwrt of the Board of Regents of that Institution for the year 



1880. 



January 19, 1881. — Ordered to be printed. 



S3IITHS0NIAN INSTITUTION, 

 Washirigton, January 19, 1881. 



Gentleimen : In belialf of the Board of Eegeiits, 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 1880. 



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



Spencer F. Baird, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. Wm. a. Wheeler, 



President of the United States Senate, and 

 Hon. S. J. Randall, 



Speaker of the Rouse of Representatives. 



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