REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. | Wa EY 
THE SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND 
PUBLICATION. 
The editor has continued to serve as secretary of the Smithsonian 
advisory committee on printing and publication. To this committee 
have been referred the manuscripts proposed for publication by the 
various branches of the Institution, as well as those offered for print- 
ing in the Smithsonian publications. The committee also considered 
forms of routine, blanks, and various matters pertaining to printing 
and publication, including the qualities of paper suitable for text 
and plates. Twenty meetings were held and 121 manuscripts were 
acted upon. . . ; 
Respectfully submitted. 
A. Howarp Criarx, Editor. 
Dr. Cuartes D. Watcort, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
