CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 Letter from the Secretary. sul)iiiittin.i; the Anmial Keport of the Resyeuts 



to Cougress m 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Plates i vii 



Members ex officio of the Establishment viii 



Regents of the Smithsonia.n Institution ix 



Proceedings of the Board of Regents : 



Meetings of December .j, 190.5. .Janiiary 24. INIarch ('», and iLiy Ki. 



1906 XI 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending .June 30, 190G: 



Condition of the fund July 1. 1900 xxiii 



Receipts and expenditures for the year xxiv 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xxv 



Details of expenditures of same xxv 



Appropriation for American Ethnology xxvu 



Details of expenditures of same xxvii 



Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory xxviii 



Details of expenditures of same xxix 



Appropriations for the National Museum xxx 



Details of expenditures of same xxx 



Appropriation for the National Zoological Park xli 



Details of expenditures of same xli 



Recapitulation xliii 



General summary xi.v 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution. 



etc XLVii 



REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 4 



The Board of Regents 4 



General considerations . 5 



Administration 8 



Finances 9 



Researches : 



Smithsonian grants 11 



Hodgkins fimd 12 



Naples table 14 



Publications 16 



The Library 21 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 21 



Preservation of American Antiquities 23 



Gifts to the Institution 24 



Correspondence -4 



Expositions, congresses, and celebrations 25 



Miscellaneous , 26 



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