c o tnt t e n ^r s 



Pago. 

 Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents 



to Congress ill 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Plates ix 



Members ex officio of the Establishment xiii 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution xiv 



Proceedings of the Board ov Rfxients. 



Meetings of December 8, 1903, January 37, and March 7. 1904 xv 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1904. 



Condition of the fund July 1 , 1904 . . ^ xxxv 



Receipts and expenditures for the year xxxvi 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xxxvii 



Details of expenditures of same xxxvii 



Appropriation for American Ethnology xxxviii 



Details of expenditures of same xxxix 



Appropriations for the National Museum XLi 



Details of expenditures of same XLi 



Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory LViii 



Details of expenditures of same . _ Lviii 



Appropriation for observation of solar eclipse i^x 



Balance of same _ LX 



Appropriation for the National Zoological Park LX 



Details of expenditures of same lx 



Recapitulation Lxv 



General summary _ . lxvi 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution, 

 etc _ Lxix 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



Organization of the Board of Regents 2 



Meetings of the Board of Regents 2 



General considerations 5 



The removal of the remains of James Smithson 7 



Buildings 11 



Finances 11 



Research 13 



Hodgkins fund - 13 



Naples table 15 



Explorations . . 16 



Publications 16 



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