CONTENTS.
Page. Letter from the Secretary. sul)iiiittin.i; the Anmial Keport of the Resyeuts
to Cougress m
General subjects of the Annual Report iv
Contents of the Report v
List of Plates i vii
Members ex officio of the Establishment viii
Regents of the Smithsonia.n Institution ix
Proceedings of the Board of Regents :
Meetings of December .j, 190.5. .Janiiary 24. INIarch ('», and iLiy Ki.
1906 XI
Report of the Executive Committee for the year ending .June 30, 190G:
Condition of the fund July 1. 1900 xxiii
Receipts and expenditures for the year xxiv
Appropriation for International Exchanges xxv
Details of expenditures of same xxv
Appropriation for American Ethnology xxvu
Details of expenditures of same xxvii
Appropriation for Astrophysical Observatory xxviii
Details of expenditures of same xxix
Appropriations for the National Museum xxx
Details of expenditures of same xxx
Appropriation for the National Zoological Park xli
Details of expenditures of same xli
Recapitulation xliii
General summary xi.v
Acts and Resolutions of Congress relative to Smithsonian Institution.
etc XLVii
REPORT OF THE ACTING SECRETARY.
The Smithsonian Institution 1
The Establishment 4
The Board of Regents 4
General considerations . 5
Administration 8
Finances 9
Researches :
Smithsonian grants 11
Hodgkins fimd 12
Naples table 14
Publications 16
The Library 21
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 21
Preservation of American Antiquities 23
Gifts to the Institution 24
Correspondence -4
Expositions, congresses, and celebrations 25
Miscellaneous , 26
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