REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. Peal 
In accordance with the act of Congress approved March 30, 1906, 
providing that the cost of printing end binding for the Executive 
Departments and Government bureaus shall be charged to specific 
appropriations for the Departments and bureaus, and the further 
provision in the sundry civil act of June 30, 1906, that no appropria- 
tions except those specifically for printing and binding shall be used 
for such purpose, special allotments have been made to the Institution 
and its branches for the year ending June 30, 1908, as follows: 
For the Smithsonian Institution for printing and binding annual reports 
of the Board of Regents, with general appendixes______-___--__-___ $10, 000 
For the annual reports of the National Museum, with general appen- 
dixes, 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 turkey or material not more 
expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired 
DyatheeNationaleMuseum Library == 22-8 2s ee ee ee 33, 000 
For the annual report and bulletins of the Bureau of American HEth- 
IC LC) ye eee ce es ci a es ee Sn EE en Pee a 21, 000 
For miscellaneous printing and binding: 
internationalwexchan resets sa 8 a ee ee 200 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature_________________ 100 
Nationale Z0ologicale Parkas. 2a ie Sa eee ee 200 
Astrophysical Observatory (including the publishing of results of 
researches, not exceeding 15500 (coples) == == a ee 2, 000 
Annual report of the American Historical Association____________ 7, 000 
ET halle ee ee ree OS) ae re a res ieee Ae See Se ee 73, 500 
The allotments to the Institution and its branches under the head of 
public printing and binding during the past fiscal year were as far as 
practicable expended prior to June 30. It was, however, difficult to 
determine the actual balances available at any particular date, for the 
reason that the actual cost of publications in press could not be ascer- 
tained until their completion. The estimates not being accurate 
enough to serve as a basis for calculation, the transmission of new 
works was in some cases delayed so long that their completion was 
impracticable before the appropriation had expired. In the case of 
the allotment of $10,000 for the Smithsonian Reports it was thus pos- 
sible to expend only $8,127.98; of $21,000 allotted to the Bureau of 
American Ethnology, $19,831.76 was expended, and of the $39,000 
allotted for the National Museum and the American Historical Asso- 
ciation there was expended $38,980.47. 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND PUBLICATION. 
The advisory committee on printing and publication appointed by 
the Acting Secretary on February 7, 1906, in order that the practice 
of the Institution in the supervision of its publications might corre- 
spond with that of the Executive Departments as prescribed in the 
