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L E ^P T E R 



FltOM TIIK 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



ACCOMPANYING 



The Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Institution for 

 the year cndimj Jane SO^ lOOIf. 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington^ D. C, February ^7, 1005. 

 To the Congress of the TJnited States: 



In accordance with section 5r)<)3 of the Kevised Statutes of the 

 United States, I have the honor, in hehalf of the Board of Regents, to 

 submit to Congress the Annual Keport of the operations, exj)endi- 

 tures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year end- 

 ing June 30, 1904. 



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



S. P. Langley, 

 Seeretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. William P. Frye, 



President pr'o tempore of the Senate. 



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