COI^TEI^TS. 



Page 

 Tx^tter from tlio Secretary, su]>iiiittin2; the Aiiiiiial Report of the Regents to 



Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Plates viii 



IVIembers ex officio of the Establishment ix 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



Proceedings of the Board op Regents. 



Stated meeting January 24, 1900 xi 



Repijrt of the ExECi'TiVE Committee for the year ending June 30, l!fOO. 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1900 xxix 



Receipts and expenditures for the year xxx 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xxxi 



Details of expenditures of same xxx i 



Appropriation for American Ethnology xxxii 



Details of expenditures of same xxxiii 



Approiiriations for the National Museuii' xxxiv 



Details of expenditures of same xxxiv 



Apjjropriation for Astropliysical Observatory xlviii 



Details of expenditures of same xlviii 



Appropriation for Observation of Solar Eclipse xlix 



Details of expenditures of same i. 



Appropriation for the National Zoological Park l 



Details of expenditures of same 1 1 



General summary lvii 



Acts and Resolutions of Concjress relative to Smithsonian Institution, eti'. . Lix 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Introduction 1 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 2 



Appointment of Regents 3 



Administration 4 



Buildings 6 



Finances 6 



Research 9 



Hodgkins fund 9 



Naples table 14 



Explorations 15 



Publications 15 



Library 17 



V 



