CONTENTS 



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 Letter from the Secretary, submitting tlie Annual Report of the Eegents to 



Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Plates ix 



Members ex officio of the Establishment xiii 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution xiv 



Proceedings of the Board of Regents. 



Stated meeting January 28, 1903 . xv 



Report of the ExEcrTivE Committee for the year ending June 30, 1903. 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1903 xxi 



Receipts and expenditures for the year xxii 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xxiii 



Details of expenditures of same xxiii 



Appropriation for American Ethnology xxiv 



Details of expenditures of same xxiv 



Appropriations for the National Museum xx vi 



Details of expenditures of same xxvi 



Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory xliv 



Details of expenditures of same xlv 



Appropriation for observation of solar eclipse XLVi 



Balance of same xlvi 



Appropriation for the National Zoological Park xlvi 



Details of expenditures of same xlvi 



Recapitulation li 



General summary liii 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution, etc . lv 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



Board of Regents 2 



Organization of Regents 4 



Administration 4 



Buildings 5 



Finances 5 



Research 7 



Hodgkins fund 7 



Naples taljle 8 



Explorations 10 



Publications 11 



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