LIST OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 

 TO WHICH SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS ARE 

 SENT. (1885). 



The figure [i] indicates Smithsonian Reports; [ii] indicates Reports and Miscellaneous Collections; 

 [iii] indicates Reports, Miscellaneous Collections, and Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge.] 



DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLICATIONS. 



The distribution of the publications of the Institution requires care 

 and judicious selection, the object being to make known to the world 

 the .truths which may result from the expenditure of the Smithson fund. 

 For this purpose the " contributions" are so distributed as to be acces- 

 sible to the greatest number of readers; that is, to large central 

 libraries. 



Tliey are presented on the express condition that they shall be care- 

 fully preserved, shall be accessible at all times to students and others 

 who may desire to consult them, and be returned to the Institution in 

 case the establishments to which they are presented at any time cease 

 to exist. 



The following are the rules for the distribution of the Smithsonian 

 publications. To enable institutions as well as individuals, not coming 

 within their provisions, to procure copies of such as may be desired, they 

 are sold at a price which is intended merely to cover the actual cost of 

 their publication. 



Full sets can no longer be furnished, as some of the volumes are out 

 of print. 



RULES FOR distribution OF THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE SMITH- 



SONL&.N INSTITUTION. 



To Libraries. 



The* publications of the Smithsonian Institution are furnished : 



1. To learned societies of the first class, which present complete series 

 of their publications to the Institution. 



2. To colleges of the first class, which furnish catalogues of their 

 libraries and of their students, and all publications relative to their 

 organization and history. 



3. To public libraries containing 25,000 volumes. 



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