REPORT OF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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relates to eollecting and preserviug- tlie bones and teeth of specimens 

 of Mastodon and Mammotb. 



The titles of a large number of papers published during the year by 

 officers of the Museum and other investigators are given in the Biblio- 

 graphy (Appendix iv). Many of these papers appeared in publica- 

 tions otlier than those of the Museum. The number of authors repre- 

 sented is 83, and the total number of papers mentioned, 234. The sub- 

 jects treated upon are indicated in the following table: 



The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, in an order dated 

 March 19, 1898, placed 5,800 copies of the .Aluseum Report at the dis- 

 posal of the Museum, retaining 1,200 copies, out of the edition of 7,000 

 allotted to both establisliments, for distribution by the Institution 

 itself. This increase enables the Museum to supply a large number of 

 public libraries and schools which had not heretofore received the 

 volume. 



In the last Annual Report mention was made of an arrangement by 

 which members of the sciciititic staff might, M'ith the approval of the 

 Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, print i)apers based upon 

 Museum material in publications other than those of the Museum. 

 During the year permission lias been given to publish sixteen papers 

 in this way. The names of the authors are as follows: James E. 



