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 30y 1894. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C, July 1, 1894. 

 To the Congress of the U'tiitcd States: 



In accordance with sectiou 5593 of the Revised Statutes of the 

 United States, I have the honor, in behalf of the Board of Eegeuts, 

 to submit to Congress the annual report of the operations, expend- 

 itures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 

 ending June 30, 1894. 



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



S. P. Langley, 

 Seeretary of ^Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, 



President of the Senate. 

 Hon. Chakles F. Crisp, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



