The copies distributed to domestic and certain foreign exchanges 

 on the Museum's lists totaled 9,212 scientific publications, 120 

 leaflets, and 1,587 miscellaneous publications and pamphlets. 



Sales during the year totaled 2,800 publications, 6,360 leaflets, 

 and 17,505 miscellaneous pamphlets, such as Guides, Handbooks, 

 and Memoirs. Nineteen new exchange arrangements with institu- 

 tions and scientists were established. For future sales, foreign 

 exchanges, and other distributions, the Museum in 1943 wrapped, 

 labeled, and stored 29,205 copies of scientific publications and miscel- 

 laneous pamphlets. 



A total of 83,909 post cards was sold during the year. 



Production of the Division of Printing in 1943 included twenty- 

 two new numbers in the Museum's regular publication series. These 

 comprised 1,980 pages of type composition. The aggregate number 

 of copies printed was 24,676. A pamphlet containing three addresses 

 delivered at the meeting commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of 

 Field Museum, consisting of 30 pages (7,007 copies), and The Gen- 

 eral Council on Zoological Nomenclature, consisting of four pages 

 (130 copies), also were printed. A twenty-third edition of the Gen- 

 eral Guide, consisting of 58 pages and nine illustrations (10,244 

 copies), and a twelfth edition of the Handbook of the Museum, con- 

 taining 80 pages (3,069 copies), were also printed. The total number 

 of pages printed in all books was 2,188 and the total copies issued 

 numbered 45,545. 



Of major importance was the printing of eight issues of Field 

 Museum News (now Chicago Natural History Museum Bulletin), 

 with an average of 5,200 copies a month. In 1943 there was one 

 issue of 15,000 copies — the special Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. 

 Exhibition labels printed during the year reached a total of 1,968. 

 Other printing, including posters, Museum Stories, lecture schedules, 

 and post cards, brought the total number of impressions for the 

 year to 1,190,964. 



Following is a detailed list of publications issued during the year: 



Publication Series 



523. — Zoological Series, Vol. 24, No. 25. External Characters of the Bats of the 

 Subfamily Glossophaginae. By Colin Campbell Sanborn. January 6, 

 1943. 8 pages, 1 text figure. Edition 904. 



524. — Botanical Series, Vol. 23, No. 1. Studies of Central American Plants — 777. 

 By Paul C. Standley and Julian A. Steyermark. January 14, 1943. 

 28 pages. Edition 824. 



525. — Anthropological Series, Vol. 34. Slavery in China During the Former Han 

 Dynasty. By C. Martin Wilbur. January 15, 1943. 490 pages, 2 plates, 

 1 map. Edition 718. 



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