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 Letter from the Acting Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Re- 

 gents to Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Plates vii 



Members ex officio of the Establishment ix 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



Proceedings of the Board of Regents. 



Meetings of December 6, 1904, January 25, and March 6, 1905 xi 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1905. 



Condition of the fund July 1 , 1905 xxi 



Receipts and expenditures for the year xxii 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xxiv 



Details of expenditures of same xxiv 



Appropriation for American Ethnology xxv 



Details of expenditures of same xxvi 



Appropriations for the National Museum xxvii 



Details of expenditures of same xxviii 



Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory xliii 



Details of expenditures of same xliii 



Appropriation for observation of solar eclipse xliv 



Balance of same xliv 



Appropriation for the National Zoological Park : xlv 



Details of expenditures of same xlv 



Recapitulation x lvi i 



General summary xlix 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution, etc. li 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



Organization of the Board of Regents 2 



Meetings of the Board of Regents 2 



General considerations 5 



Buildings 6 



Finances 7 



Researches 9 



Hodgkins fund 9 



Naples table 12 



Explorations _..'.'. 13 



Publications T 17 



