REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 15 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The Institution and its branches published during the year 91 

 volumes and separate pamphlets. The total distribution was 134,284 

 copies, which included 1,591 volumes and memoirs of Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge, 26,412 volumes and separates of the 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 19,815 Annual Reports and 

 separate papers, 75,300 volumes and pamphlets of Museum Pro- 

 ceedings, 7,344 Bureau of American Ethnology publications, 2,929 

 special publications, and others relating to the Astrophysical Obser- 

 vatory, the Harriman Alaska Expedition, and the American His- 

 torical Association. 



War conditions naturally greatly delayed the issuance of publica- 

 tions by the Government Printing Office, so that there is a large 

 accumulation of material in proof and manuscript awaiting com- 

 pletion. 



Allotments for printing. — The allotments for the printing of the 

 Smithsonian Report and the various publications of the branches of 

 the Institution were practically used up, a small balance remaining 

 in one or two cases owing to the impossibility of getting certain 

 publications off the press before the close of the year. 



The allotments for the year ending June 30, 1919, are as follows : 



For the Smithsonian Institution: For printing and binding the annual 

 reports of the Board of Regents, with general appendices, the editions 



of which shall not exceed 10,000 copies $10, 000 



For the annual reports of the National Museum, with general appen- 

 dices, and for printing labels and blanks, and for the bulletins and 

 proceedings of the National Museum, the editions of which shall not 

 exceed 4,000 copies, and binding, in half morocco or material not 

 more expensn-e, scientific books, and pamphlets presented to or ac- 

 quired by the National Museum library 37, H00 



For the annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology and for miscellaneous printing and binding for the bureau 21, 000 



For miscellaneous printing and binding: 



International Exchanges 200 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 100 



National Zoological Park 200 



Astrophysical Observatory 200 



For the annual report of the American Historical Association 7, 000 



Total 70.200 



Committee on printing and publication. — The Smithsonian ad- 

 visory committee on printing and publication considers all manu- 

 scripts offered for publication by the Institution or its branches. 

 During the past year 13 meetings were held, at which G8 manuscripts 

 were considered and acted upon. The membership of the commit- 

 tee is as follows: Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, head curator of biology, 

 National Museum, chairman; Mr. N. Hollister, superintendent of 

 the National Zoological Park; Mr. A. Howard Clark, editor of the 



