PUBLICATION 



The eighth volume of the Bulletin, comprising seventy-four 

 pages, has been completed in 1912. The total cost of this vol- 

 ume for printing, envelopes, postage, etc. is $257.08, as against 

 $209.06 for 1911, and $171.17 in 1910. There has been very 

 little variation in the number of copies printed. The higher 

 cost at present is due to increase in printing expense. The value 

 of the Bulletin, however, as a record of progress and as a means 

 of keeping in touch with the people of Charleston and with mu- 

 seums abroad is great and it must be considered a very necessary 

 and important part of the work of the Museum. 



Among the longer articles printed during the year mention 

 may be made of the annual report of the director, a summary of 

 recent bird records of the biological survey, a report of progress 

 in the organization of the herbaria, notes on botanical field work, 

 the announcement of the purchase of the Secessionville heronry 

 in the name of the Museum, and a paper by Mr. A. B. Massey 

 on the flora about Clemson College. 



The series of research publications entitled Contributions 

 FROM THE Charleston Museum is designed as a medium for 

 publication of the results of the biological survey and for other 

 investigations pertaining to the field of the Museum. The first 

 volume of this series, Wayne's Birds of South Carolina, has set 

 a high standard, and other volumes in preparation or contem- 

 plated should make the series as a whole reflect much credit up- 

 on the Museum. These publications are the chief basis of the 

 exchanges by which the library receives some of its most import- 

 ant accessions and they are, therefore, an essential feature of our 

 work. It is important that the second number of the series, 

 Mazyck's Mollusca of South Carolina, should be published early 

 in the coming year. The Manuscript is now ready for the print- 

 ers. 



The cost of the Contributions is charged to the general ac- 

 count, since it is the policy of the director to defray the expense 



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