LETTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



ACCOMPANYING 



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



1884. 



January 27, 1885.— Ordered to be printed. 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington^ D. C, January 25, 1885. 

 Sir : In accordance with section 5593 of the Ee vised Statutes of the 

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

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

 and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1884. 

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



Spencer F. Baird, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. G. F. Edmunds, 



President of the Senate. 



Hon. John G. Carlisle, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



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