BEPOET OF THE SECEETABY 15 



bv issuing two reports in one year, and this has now been accom- 

 plished, the report for 19-23 having been received from the printer 

 in June. 1S!>*25, and the 19-24 report promised for delivery in October. 

 19-25. This is probably as nearly on time as the reports can be 

 issued, owing to their complicated nature, which involves the assem- 

 blin«^ of material from foreign as well as American sources and the 

 submitting of proof to some 30 authors in all parts of the world. 



AUotmenfs for printing. — The congressional allotments for the 

 printing of the Smithsonian report to Congi-ess and the various 

 publications of the Government bureaus under the administration 

 of the Institution were practically used up at the close of the year. 

 The appropriation for the coming year ending June 30. 1926. totals 

 $90,000. allotted as follows: 



Annual Eeport to the Congress of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution S12. 5t>0 



National Museum -12. 500 



Bureau of American Ethnology 25. 600 



National Gallery of Art 1,200 



International Exchanges 300 



Internatiunal Catalogue of Scientific Literature 100 



National Zoological Park 300 



Astrophysieal Observatory 500 



Annual Report of the American Historical Association 7. Oc"^' 



Committee on printing and puhlication. — The Smithsonian advis- 

 ory committee on printing and publication considers and makes 

 recommendations concerning all manuscripts offered for publica- 

 tion. It also assists in determining the publication policy of the 

 Institution and endeavors to insure the most etficient administration 

 of all funds for printing and binding. During the year five meet- 

 ings were held and To manuscripts acted upon. A vacancy was cre- 

 ated in the personnel of the committee by the death of Mr. X. Hollis- 

 ter. superintendent of the National Zoological Park. Dr. Alexander 

 Wetmore, who succeeded him as superintendent of the park, also took 

 liis place on the committee. Upon Doctor Wetmore's appointment as 

 an assistant secretary of the Institution, he in turn was succeeded 

 on the committee by Dr. William M. Mann, the present superin- 

 tendent of the park. The membership of the committee is as fol- 

 lows : Dr. Leonhard Stejneger (chairman). Dr. George P. Merrill, 

 Dr. J. Walter Fewkes, Dr. William M. Mann. Dr. Marcus Benjamin, 

 Mr. Stanley Searles. and Mr. W. P. True, secretary. 



LIBRARY 



During the year the most important change in the staff of the 

 Smithsonian library was the appointment of Mr. William L. Corbin 

 as librarian. Mr. X. P. Scudder, assistant librarian in charge of the 

 National Museum library for the past 38 years, died May 19. 1925. 



