﻿LETTEE 
  OF 
  TRANSMITTAL 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  December 
  28, 
  1943. 
  

  

  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 
  conditions 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1943. 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  be, 
  

   Very 
  respectfully, 
  your 
  obedient 
  servant, 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  Secretary. 
  

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