CONTENTS. 



Page. 

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



Congress in 



General subjects of the Annual Report iv 



Contents of the Report v 



List of Illustrations vin 



Members ex officio of the Establishment ix 



Regents of the Smithsonian Institution x 



Proceedings of the Board of Regents. 



Stated meeting January 26, 1898 xi 



Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1898. 



Condition of the fund July 1, 1898 xvn 



Receipts for the year xvni 



Expenditures for the year xvm 



Sales and repayments x vin 



Appropriation for International Exchanges xix 



Details of expenditures of same xix 



Appropriations for American Ethnology xx 



Details of expenditures of same xx 



Appropriations for the National Museum ^ xxn 



Details of expenditures of same xxn 



Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory xxx vi 



Details of expenditures of same xxx vn 



Appropriations for the National Zoological Park xxx vin 



Details of expenditures of same xxxvm 



General summary xlh 



Income available for ensuing year xli v 



Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, National Museum, etc xlv 



REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



Introduction 1 



The Smithsonian Institution 1 



The Establishment 1 



The Board of Regents 2 



Administration -. 3 



Finances 4 



Hamilton fund 6 



Avery fund 6 



Buildings 7 



Research 7 



Hodgkins fund 8 



Naples table 10 



