﻿LETTER 
  

  

  FROM 
  THE 
  

  

  ACTING 
  SECEETARY 
  OF 
  THE 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION 
  

  

  SUBMITTING 
  

  

  THE 
  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOARD 
  OF 
  REGENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   INSTITUTION 
  FOR 
  THE 
  YEAR 
  ENDING 
  JUNE 
  30, 
  192T 
  

  

  Smithsonian 
  Institution, 
  

   Wa.shingfon, 
  Novemher 
  26, 
  1927. 
  

   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 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Institution 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  

   ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1927. 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  be, 
  

   Very 
  respectfully, 
  your 
  obedient 
  servant, 
  

  

  C. 
  G. 
  Abbot, 
  

  

  Acting 
  Secretcvry. 
  

  

  Ill 
  

  

  