ANNUAL REPORTS

OF THE

USDEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1899.

MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.

PART I.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

CONTENTS.

[Index to the several reports at end of the volume.]

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Report of the Commissioner of Patents...

(For index, see p. 567.)

Report of the Commissioner of Pensions...

(For index, see p. 567.)

Report of the Commissioner of Rallroads..

(For index, see p. 569.)

Report of the Director of the Census..

(For index, see p. 571.)

Report of the Government Hospital for the Insane.

(For index, see p. 571.)

Report of the Freedmen's Hospital

(For index, see p. 572.)

Report of the President of the Washington (D. C.) Hospital for Foundlings...

(For index, see p 572.)

Report of the President of Howard University.

(For index, see p. 572.)

Report of the Columbla Institution for the Deal and Dumb..

(For index, see p. 573.)

Report of the Architect of the United States Capitol ...

(For index, see p. 573.)

Report of the Superintendent of the Hot Springs Reservation

(For index, see p. 573.)

Report of the Acting Superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park.

(For index, see p. 574.)

Report of the Acting Superintendent of the Yosemite National Park..

(For index, see p. 574.)

Report of the Superintendent of the Sequoia and General Grant National Parks..

(For index, see p. 575.)

Report of the Receipts, Distribution, and Sale of Public Documents

(For index, see p. 575.)

Report of the Marltime Canal Company of Nicaragua..

(For index, see p. 575.)

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