DIVISION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



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investigation and careful consideration of the suitability of the bul- 

 letin for distribution, and after approval by the committee on 

 manuscripts. 



The Secretary having decided to make an allotment of the print- 

 ing fund, each bureau, division, and office was called upon to furnish 

 estimates of its requirements for the various classes of printing during 

 the fiscal year 1917. These estimates were carefully considered in 

 this division and by the committee on manuscripts under instructions 

 to submit to the Secretary for his approval, early in the ensuing 

 fiscal year, an equitable allotment of the appropriation of $600,000 

 allowed by Congress for printing and binding for this department. 



SALES OF DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS. 



The sales of department publications by the Superintendent of 

 Documents, Government Printing Office, continue large, notwith- 

 standing the wide distribution of publications by the department 

 gratis. Sales of the department's publications for the last seven 

 years by that official, with total amounts received by him annually, 

 are shown in the accompanying table: 



Although instructions are plainly printed at the head of all lists 

 of publications issued by this department advising applicants de- 

 siring to purchase publications to apply and send remittances to 

 the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, 

 still the department continues to receive many such requests ac- 

 companied by post-office money orders which this year amounted 

 in all to $2,808.36, requiring a careful record of the same to be made 

 and the daily forwarding to the Superintendent of Documents of 

 the post-office money orders so received. 



WORK OF THE DIVISION BY BRANCHES. 



The four branches of the work of the division are under the 

 immediate supervision of assistants in charge, as follows: (1) Edit- 

 ing, B. D. Stallings, editor and assistant chief; (2) indexing, 

 Charles H. Greathouse; (3) illustrating, A. B. Boettcher; distribut- 

 ing publications, Francis J. P. Cleary. 



A brief statement of the operations of each branch follows : 



EDITING. 



This work continues to increase with the increase and develop- 

 ment of the department. 



The following table shows the number of new publications and 

 reprints issued during the last ten years. 



72412°— agr 1916- 



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