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 Letter from the Secretary, suhinitting the Aniiunl Ri'ijort of the Regents 



to Congress - ill 



(leneral subjects of the Annual Report .- iv 



Contents of the Report -- - -. v 



List of Plates --- IX 



Members ex ufficio of the Establishment XllI 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution xiv 



Proceedings of the Boakd of Regents. 



Meetings of December 8, 1903, January 27, 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 .". . xxxvil 



Details of expenditures of same .-_ xxxvil 



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 LX 



Balance of same . lx 



Appropriation for the National Zoological Park LX 



Details of expenditures of same lx 



Recapitulation i-xv 



General summary _ ,_ i.xvi 



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 



Biiiidings H 



Finances - H 



Research - 13 



Hodgkins fund - - 13 



Naples table lf> 



Explorations - - 16 



Publications - 16 



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