APPENDIX 8. 



REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the pub- 

 lications of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during 

 the year ending June 30, 1920 : 



The Institution proper published during the year 14 papers in 

 the series of Miscellaneous Collections, 1 annual report and pam- 

 phlet copies of 20 articles in the appendix to the report, and 1 special 

 publication. The Bureau of Ethnology published 1 annual report 

 and 3 separate papers from the same report, and 4 bulletins. The 

 United States National Museum issued 1 annual report, 3 volumes 

 of the proceedings, 33 separate papers forming parts of these and 

 other volumes, 5 bulletins, and 9 separate parts of bulletins. 



The total number of copies of publications distributed by the In- 

 stitution and its branches was 143,290, which includes 157 volumes 

 and separates of the Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 24,949 

 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 

 16,720 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian annual reports, 

 81,936 volumes and separates of National Museum publications, 

 16,761 publications of the Bureau of American Ethnology, 1,958 

 special publications, 19 volumes of the Annals of the Astrophysical 

 Observatory, 23 reports on the Harriman Alaska Expedition, and 

 564 reports of the American Historical Association. 



SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



Of the Miscellaneous Collections, volume 67, 2 papers were issued ; 

 volume 69, 2 papers; volume 70, 3 papers; volume 71, 5 papers; vol- 

 ume 72, 2 papers; in all, 14 papers, as follows: 



VOLUME 67. 



No. 5. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. IV, No. 5. Middle Cambrian 

 Algae. By Charles D. Walcott. December 26, 1919. Pp. 217-260, pis. 43-59. 

 (Publ. 2542.) 



No. 6. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. IV, No. 6. Middle Cambrian 

 Spongiae. By Charles D. Walcott. April 21, 1920. Pp. 261-364, pis. 60-90. 

 (Publ. 2580.) 



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