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learned societies, and specialists throughout the world, and certain of 

 the less technical publications, such as the Smithsonian Reports and 

 Smithsonian exploration pamphlets, are widely distributed among 

 the general public. 



In the General Appendix to the Smithsonian Report of each year 

 are included 25 to 30 articles selected from the periodical literature 

 of the world to show advances and interesting features of all branches 

 of science. 



During the past year the Institution published 117 volumes and 

 pamphlets, of which there were distributed altogether 183,196 copies, 

 including 29,720 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Annual 

 Reports, 26,099 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Miscel- 

 laneous Collections, 5,878 Smithsonian Special Publications, 111,405 

 publications of the National Museum, and 9,126 publications of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology. The titles of the papers, number 

 of pages, and other bibliographical information are given in the 

 report of the editor of the Institution, Appendix 10. 



The following sentence occurs in a letter received by the editor 

 from the chief of the Smithsonian Division in the Library of 

 Congress : 



The Smithsonian Report is one of the most constantly called-for publications 

 we have here in the Library of Congress. 



The annual pamphlet issued by the Institution describing the 

 year's explorations and field work covered 30 expeditions to all parts 

 of the world and was illustrated with 213 photographs taken by the 

 Smithsonian field workers. An innovation in the latest pamphlet, in 

 the desire to make it more attractive to the general reader, was to 

 present the accounts in the form of short separate articles, written in 

 the first person and each signed by the author, instead of as im- 

 personal reports as heretofore. 



Allotments for printing. — The congressional allotments for the 

 printing of the Smithsonian Report to Congress and the various 

 publications of the Government bureaus under the administration of 

 the Institution were virtually used up at the close of the year. The 

 appropriation for the coming year ending June 30, 1929, totals 

 $95,000, allotted as follows : 



Annual report to the Congress of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution $11, 500 



National Museum 46, 500 



Bureau of American Ethnology 28, 300 



National Gallery of Art 500 



International Exchanges 300 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 100 



National Zoological Park 300 



Astrophysical Observatory 500 



Annual report of the American Historical Association ^ 7, 000 



