146 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1930 



ALLOTMENTS FOR PRINTING 



The congressional allotments for the printing of the Smithsonian 

 Ileport to Congress and the various publications of the Government 

 bureaus under the administration of the Institution were virtuall}^ 

 used up at the close of the year. The appropriation for the coming 

 year ending June 30, 1931, totals $99,000, allotted as follows : 



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

 sonian Institution $11, r»()0 



National Museum 4G, 51)0 



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 Observatoi'y 4, 500 



Annual report of the American Historical Association 7, 000 



SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON TRINTING AND PUBLICATION 



The editor has continued to serve as secretary of the Smithsonian 

 advisory committee on printing and publication, to which are re- 

 ferred for consideration and recommendation all manuscripts offered 

 to the Institution and its branches. The committee also considers 

 matters of publication policy. Five meetings were held during the 

 year and 70 manuscripts acted ujjon. The membership at the close 

 of the year was as follows: Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, head curator 

 of biology, National Museum, chairman ; Dr. William M. Mann, di- 

 rector. National Zoological Park ; Mr. M. W. Stirling, chief. Bureau 

 of American Ethnology ; Dr. R. S. Bassler, head curator of geology. 

 National Museum; Mr. W. P. True, editor of the Institution, secre- 

 tary; Dr. Marcus Benjamin, editor of the National Museum; and 

 Mr. Stanley Searles, editor of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 



Respectfully submitted. 



W. P. True, Editor. 



Dr. Charles G. Abbot, 



Secretary^ Stnithsonian Institution. 



