LE TTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



ACCOMPANYING 



The annual report of the Board of Regents of that Institution for the year 



1883. 



June 24, 1884.— Ordered to be printed. 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washingtan, D. C, January 21, 1884. 



Sib : In accordance with section 5593 of the Eevised Statutes of the 

 United States, I have the honor in behalf of the Board of Begents to 

 submit to Congress the annual report of the operations, expenditures, 

 and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1883. 

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



Spencer F. Baird, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



Hon. George P. Edmunds, 



President of the United States Senate. 

 Hon. John G. Carlisle, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



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