LETTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



ACCOMPANYING 



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

 the year ending June 30, 1901. 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Washington, D. C, January 30, 1902. 

 To the Congress of the United States: 



In accordance with section 5593 of the Revised Statutes of the 

 United Statas, I have the honor, in behalf of the Board of Regents, to 

 submit to Congress the Annual Report of the operations, expenditures, 

 and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 

 30, 1901. 



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



S. P. Langley, 

 Secretary oftht Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. William P. Frye, 



President pro tempore of the Senate. 



