LETTER
FROM THE
SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION,
ACCOMPANYING
The Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Institution for the year ending June 30, 1898.
Smithsonian Institution,
Washington, D. C., March 4, 1899.
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, 1898.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. P. Langley,
Secretary of Smithsonian Institution.
Hon. Garret A. Hobart,
President of the Senate.
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