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papers illustrative of the work of the Museum and descriptive of its 

 collections, selected with reference to their general interests, as being 

 suited for publication in a large edition and calculated to excite interest 

 in the work of the Museum. 



An edition of 7,000 copies of the Smithsonian Report, Part I and 

 Part II, is placed in the hands of the Smithsonian Institution for dis- 

 tribution. 



(2) The Bulletin of the National Museum.— This .series was 

 begun in 1875, and thirty-seven numbers have been printed, Bulletin 38 

 being now in the hands of the printer.* The aggregate number of 

 pages is 9,930+610 plate pages, in all 10,555 pages, or 659-} ^ signatures. 

 The number, character, and size of these bulletins is given in the accom- 

 panying table. 



Bulletins of the National Museum.] 



* At the close of the fiscal year covered by this report, Bulletin 33 was the latest 

 issued. Nos. 34, 35, 36, and '.M have since been published, and il seems proper i<> 

 include them in this general statement of Museum publications. 



t It may be found desirable to condense the scries of bulletins into volumes, each 

 containing three or four papers. Three such volumes have already been published. 



