L E T T E R 



FROM THK 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



ACCOMPANYING 



The Atiniial Report of fJie Board of Regents of the InstUnt'ton for 

 the year endiiK/ Jinie SO, lOOJf. 



S AIITHSOXI AN 1 NSTITUTION, 



Wash /'/If/ton, D. C, Fehruary 27, J 006. 

 To the Congress of tJie United States: 



In accordance Avith section f}^)\):\ of tlu' Keviscd Statutes of the 

 United States, I ha\^e tlie honor, in behalf of the Board of Regents, to 

 submit to Congress the Annual Kej)ort of the operations, exjxMidi- 

 tures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year end- 

 ing June 80, 1904. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your ol)edient servant, 



S. P. LANCIiFA", 



Secret<irj/ of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. William P. Frye, 



President pro tempore of the Senate. 



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