38 carni;gie institution of Washington. 



Provision must be made, therefore, for more adequate storage room in the 

 near future. Such room is provided for by the plans for the proposed Admin- 

 istration Building, which it is hoped may be erected within two years. In 

 the meantime use is being made of the available storage room in the attic of 

 the Geophysical Laboratory, where the risk of loss from fire is much less 

 than in the present office quarters of the Institution. 



As to the possibilities of sales of publications, it appears plain from a 

 study of existing trade conditions, as well as from the accumulating ex- 

 perience of the Institution itself, that 500 to 700 copies of each volume of 

 our published works will be needed to meet a normal commercial demand; 

 so that to supply the omnia list and the trade our standard edition of 1,000 

 copies is essential. But to secure this normal commercial demand the Insti- 

 tution must strictly limit the gratuitous distribution of its books and let them 

 pass on their merits thru the legitimate channels of trade. Believing this 

 method of distribution to be the best one in the interests of society as well 

 as in the interests of the Institution, it is hereby recommended for early 

 adoption. 



