REPORT OP ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 



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from year to year, and that the demand upon the Institution would 

 very soon become too burdensome. 



The desired result could be attained by obtaining from Congress an 

 increase in the appropriation for the Museum printing. It would then 

 be practicable to publish an edition of 2,000 copies in addition. A 

 volume of Proceedings not exceeding 800 pages could then be printed 

 each year, and an indefinite number of bulletins, not to exceed in the 

 aggregate 1,(500 pages, with the necessary illustrations. 



It is estimated that an edition of at least 3,000 copies is needed in 

 order to place these publications in the hands of those libraries which 

 ought to receive them. 



Two tables are appended, one giving a list by States of the insti- 

 tutions to which it would seem proper that distribution should first be 

 made, and another, giving a schedule of the number required to supply 

 not onlv the institutions in the United States, but also scientific socie- 

 ties and specialists at home and abroad. 



Alabama 



Arizona 



Arkansas 



California 



Colorado 



Connecticut 



North Dakota — 

 South Dakota — 



Delaware 



Florida 



Georgia 



Idaho 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Indian Territorj 



Iowa 



Kansas 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts . . 



Michigan 



Minnesota ... .. 

 M Ississippi .... 



Missouri 



Montana 



Nebraska 



