LETTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



ACCOMPANYING 



The annual report of the Board of Regents of that Institution to the end of 



June, 1885. 



July 17, 1S86.— Ordered to be printed. 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C, January 15, 1886. 

 To the Congress of the United States : 



Id accordance with section 5593 of tlie Eevised Statutes of the United 

 States, I have the honor, in behalf of the Board of Regents, to submit 

 to Congress the annual report of the operations, expenditures, and con- 

 dition of the Smithsonian Institution to July, 1885. 

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



Spencer F. Baied, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. John Sherman, 



President of the Senate, pro tern. 

 Hon. John G. Carlisle, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



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