LETTER

FROM THE

ACTING SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN

INSTITUTION

ACCOMPANYING

The Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1905.

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. C., June 26, 1906.

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, expenditures, and condition of the Smithsonian Institution for the year ending June 30, 1905, which includes the last Report prepared by the late Secretary, S. P. Langley.

I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHARD RATHBUN,
Acting Secretary.

Hon. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS,

Vice-President of the United States.

Hon. JOSEPH G. CANNON,

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

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