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CONTENTS.


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  2. Letter from the Secretary, submitting the Annual Report of the Regents to Congress
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  3. General subjects of the Annual Report
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  4. Contents of the Report
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  5. List of Illustrations
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  6. Members ex officio of the Establishment
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    IX
  7. Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
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    X
  8. Proceedings of the Board of Regents.
  9. Stated meeting January 26, 1898
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    XI
  10. Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending June 30, 1898.
  11. Condition of the fund July 1, 1898
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    XVII
  12. Receipts for the year
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    XVIII
  13. Expenditures for the year
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    XVIII
  14. Sales and repayments
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    XVIII
  15. Appropriation for International Exchanges
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    XIX
  16. Details of expenditures of same
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    XIX
  17. Appropriations for American Ethnology
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    XX
  18. Details of expenditures of same
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    XX
  19. Appropriations for the National Museum
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    XXII
  20. Details of expenditures of same
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    XXII
  21. Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory
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    XXXVI
  22. Details of expenditures of same
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    XXXVII
  23. Appropriations for the National Zoological Park
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    XXXVIII
  24. Details of expenditures of same
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    XLII
  25. General summary
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    XXXVIII
  26. Income available for ensuing year
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  27. Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum, etc
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  28. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.
  29. Introduction
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  30. The Smithsonian Institution
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  31. The Establishment
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  32. The Board of Regents
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  33. Administration
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  34. Finances
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  35. Hamilton fund
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  36. Avery fund
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  37. Buildings
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  38. Research
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  39. Hodgkins fund
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  40. Naples table
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