L E T T E E 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 



ACCOMPANYING 



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

 year ending June 30^ 1908. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington.^ June 12., 1909. 

 To the Congress of the United States: 



In accordance with section 5593 of the Revised Statutes of the 

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

 to submit to Congress the Annual Report of the operations, expendi- 

 tures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 

 ending June 30, 1908. 



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



Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary. 



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