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 Letter itora the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to 



Congress iii 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of illustrations viii 



Members ex officio of the Establishment ix 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



JOUKNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OP THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 



Stated meeting January 27, 1897 xi 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1897. 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1897 xvii 



Receipts for the year xviii 



Expenditures for the year xviii 



Sales and repayments xviii 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xix 



Details of expenditures of same xix 



Appropriations for North American Ethnology xx 



Details of expenditures of same xx 



Appropriations for the National Museum xxii 



Details of expenditures of same xxii 



Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory xxx v 



Details of expenditures of same xxxv 



Appropriations for the National Zoological Park xxxvi 



Details of expenditures of same xxxvi 



General summary xl 



Income available for ensuing year xlii 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, National Museum, etc xliii 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY, 



Introduction 1 



Thk Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 2 



Administration 3 



Finances 5 



Avery fund 7 



Buildings 7 



Research 7 



Hodgkins fund 8 



Naples table 9 



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