33d Congress, [SENATE.] Mis. Doe. 



1st Session. No. 73. 



LETTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



COMMUNICATING 



The Annual Report of the Board of Regents. 



July 25, 1854. — Ordered to be printed. 



JuLT 28, 1854. — Ordered that 10,000 additional copies be printed, 500 of wliich for tlie use 

 of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Smithsonian Institution, July 22, 1854. 



Sir : I have the honor herewith to transmit to you the Annual 

 Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and beg 

 leave to request that you will present it to the Senate of the United 

 States. 



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



JOSEPH HENRY, 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. David R. Atchison, 



Pi'esident of the Senate of the U. S. 



