LETTER 



FROM THE 



ACTING SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN 

 INSTITUTION 



ACCOMPANYING 



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

 year ending June 30^ 1905. 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C, June 26, 1906. 

 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 Cono-ress the Annual Report of the operations, expendi- 

 tures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending 

 June 30, 1905, which includes the last Report prepared by the late 

 Secretary, S. P. Langley. 



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



Richard Rathbun, 



Acting Secretary. 

 Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, 



Yice- President of the United States. 

 Hon. Joseph G. .Cannon, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



