Appendix 8. 

 REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the publi- 

 cations of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the 

 year ending June 30, 1915 : 



The Institution proper published during the year 14 papers in the 

 series of " Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections," two annual re- 

 ports, pamphlet copies of G8 papers from the general appendices of 

 these reports, and 8 special publications. The Bureau of xVmerican 

 Ethnology published 2 bulletins and 3 miscellaneous publications, 

 and the United States National Museum issued 1 annual report, 1 

 volume of the Proceedings, and 41 separate papers forming parts of 

 this and other volumes, G bulletins, and 1 volume pertaining to the 

 National Herbarium. 



The total number of copies of publications distributed by the In- 

 stitution proper during the year was 77,710. This number includes 

 620 volumes and separate memoirs of Smithsonian Contributions to 

 Knowledge, 30,058 volumes and separate pamphlets of Smithsonian 

 INIiscellaneous Collections, 30,909 volumes and separate pamphlets of 

 Smithsonian annual reports, 10,185 publications of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, 5,424 special publications, 36 volumes of the 

 Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, 121 reports of the Harri- 

 man Alaska Expedition, 245 reports of the American Historical 

 Association, 5 publications of the United States National Museum, 

 and 108 publications not of the Smithsonian or its branches. There 

 were distributed by the National Museum 54,300 copies of its several 

 series of publications, making a total of 132,010 publications dis- 

 tributed hy the Institution and its branches during the year. 



SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



QUARTO. 



No publications of this series were issued during the year. 

 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 

 OCTAVO, 



Of the Miscellaneous Collections, volume 57, the title-page and 

 table of contents was published; of volume 62, 1 paper; of volume 63, 

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