LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution , 

 Bureau of American Ethnology, 

 Wdsln'iKjfoit, D. r., January 29, 1906. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the Twenty - 

 fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Eth- 

 noh:)gy. 



The preliminary portion comprises an account of the 

 operations of the Bureau during the fiscal year ending- 

 June 30, 1904, and is followed by two memoirs Ijy Jesse 

 Walter FeAvkes, ''The Aborigines of Porto Rico and 

 Neighboring Islands" and "Certain Antiquities of East- 

 ern Mexico." 



Permit me to express my appreciation of your aid in 

 the work iinder my charge. 



Very respectfully, yours, 



W. H. Holmes, Chief. 

 Mr Richard Rathbun, 



Aciiiiij Secretari/ of the Smithsonian Institution. 



