LETTEE 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



ACCOMPA2JYING 



amu.1 rcort of m Board of Regent. oftKat imU«tionfor tU year 



^'- ' • 1882. 



Jaotaet 22, ISSS.-Ordered to be printeil. 



SMiTHSomAN Institution, 

 Washington, D. C, January 19, 1883. 

 c.™ • In accordance with section 5593 of the Eevised Statutes of the 

 TTn^^d StZ I haTe the honor in behalf of the Board of Kegents to 

 It a to Con^eL the annual report of the op— s expend.tures, 

 and condition of the Smithsonian Institntion for the ye"' l^S^ 

 'IZe the honor to he, ver. respectfully, ^oa-^^f -' ™^; 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



Hon. J. W. Keifer, 



Spealcer of the House of Representatives. 



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