APPENDIX 11 

 REPORT ON PUBLICATIONS 



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

 publications of the Smithsonian Institution and the Government 

 bureaus under its administrative charge during the year ending 

 June 30, 1932 : 



As announced last year, the three editorial offices formerly existing 

 under the Institution have been consolidated into one central office 

 under the general direction of the editor of the Smithsonian. This 

 arrangement has proved to be very satisfactory; it has produced a 

 more uniform style and greater accuracy in the different series pub- 

 lished by the Institution, has speeded up the appearance of the 

 publications, and has centralized the business operations connected 

 with the Institution's editorial work. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED DURING THE TEAR 



The Institution proper published during the year 17 papers in the 

 series of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 1 annual report and 

 pamphlet copies of the 29 articles contained in the report appendix, 

 Volume V of the Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, and 3 

 special publications. The United States National Museum issued 1 

 annual report, 2 volumes of proceedings, 5 complete bulletins, 3 parts 

 of bulletins, 1 paper in the series Contributions from the National 

 Herbarium, and 53 separates from the proceedings. The Bureau of 

 American Ethnology published 7 bulletins. 



The total number of publications distributed was 223,045 copies, 

 which included 118 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Contri- 

 butions to Knowledge, 44,057 volumes and separates of the Smithson- 

 ian Miscellaneous Collections, 30,560 volumes and separates of the 

 Smithsonian Annual Reports, 6,061 Smithsonian special publica- 

 tions, 101,975 volumes and separates of the various series of the 

 National Museum publications, 22,867 publications of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, 49 publications of the National Gallery of 

 Art, 70 publications of the Freer Gallery of Art, 1,041 volumes of the 

 Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, 50 reports of the Harri- 

 man Alaska Expedition, and 699 reports of the American Historical 

 Association. 

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