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, 1888. 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C, July 1, 1888. 

 To the Congress of the United States: 



In accordauce with sectioQ 5593 of the Revised 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 for the j ear ending June 30, 1888. 

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



S. P. Langley, 

 Sceretari/ of tSniithaonian Institution. 

 Hon. John. J. Ingalls, 



President of the Senate, pro tern. 

 Hon. John G. Carlisle, 



SpeaJcer of the House of Representatives. 



