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large perc<Mitage of the distribution was made directly from the 

 plants of the contracting printers. 



The distribution of all emergency printed matter was carefully 

 planned with the view to disseminating it in the locality to which 

 it was adapted and at the tune when it was most helpful. 



PUBLICATION WORK OF THE WEATHER BUREAU. 



A sum not exceeding $47,000 is allotted to the Weather Bureau 

 from the appropriation for the printing of the department. This 

 money is expended by the Weather Bureau and is not under the 

 supervision of the Division of Publications, but in order to furnish a 

 complete report of the publications of the department the following 

 list is supplied by that bureau : 



Weather Bureau publications, issued during the fiscal year 1919, at Washington, D. C. 



Total num- 

 ber of copies. 



Instructions to Cooperative Observers (Instrument Division Circulars B and C 



combined) 5, 000 



Dailv River Rtacres at river-£^is:e stations on the principal rivers of the United 



States, for the vear 1917;'Vol. XV.: G75 



Monthly Weather ReAiew; Mav, 1918, to March. 1919, 11 numbers IG, 475 



Index and title-page for Vol. 46, :Monthly Weather Review. 1918 2, 000 



Supplements Nos. 10 to 14 (Aerology Nos. 5 to 9), Monthly Weather Review. . 7, 500 

 Climatological Data for the United States, hj sections, March, 1918, to 



March. 1919, wth annual summary for 1917 ; 14 numbers 4, 340 



Daily Wasliingtou weather maps, first and .second editions 370, 877 



National Weather and Crop Bulletin; issued weekly from April to September, 



and monthly from October to March; 32 numi)ers 112, 800 



Snow and Ice Bulletin: issued weekly during the A^inter months; 17 numbers. 19, 190 



Forecast cards, daily except Sundays and holidays 373, 243 



Weekly forecasts 8, 415 



Monthly Meteorological Summary for ^^'ashington, D. C- 3, 280 



Total 923, 855 



WORK OF THE DIVISION, BY BR.\NCHES. 



The work of the division during the year has been organized in 

 six branches, charged respectively with printing, editing, indexing, 

 illustrating, distributing, find motion-picture activities. A brief 

 statement regarding the operations of each follows: 



PRINTING SECTION. 



The printing work included the preparation of manuscripts for 

 the printer, supervising reproductions of illustrations and approving 

 finished work of same, assembling material for transmission to the 

 Government Printing Office, making requisitions for printing and 

 binding, preparing schemes of distribution for publications, keeping 

 records of manuscripts, job work, etc., received for printing and 

 binding, and conducting business relating to the publication and 

 printing and binding work of the department between the various 

 bureaus of the department and the Government Printing Office. 

 The work of this section was directly in charge of the assistant chief, 

 Mr. B. D. Stallings. 



