LETTER 



OF THE 



SECrvETAUY OE THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



COMMUNIC.VTIXG 



The Tenth Annual Beport of the Board of Begents of that Institution. 



July 25, 1856.— Kcad, and ordered to be printed. Motion to print 10,000 additlona 



copies referred to tlie Committee on Printing. 

 July 29, 1856.— Ordered, That ten thousand additional copies of the Tenth Annual Report 



of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution be printed ; twenty-five hundred of th.- 



same to be for the use of the Institution. 



. Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, July 24, 185 «j. 



Sir : lu behalf of tlie Board of Kegents, I have the honor to 

 submit to the Senate of the United States the Tenth Annual Keport 

 of the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Smithsonian 

 Institution, 



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



JOSEPH HENRY, 

 Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. J. D. Bright, 



President of the United States Senate. 



