REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. aby) 
For the annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Eth- 
nology and for miscellaneous printing and binding for the bureau___ $21, 000 
For miscellaneous printing and binding: 
Antena On AlebINCRAN GCS) 2a ae Ne ee ee 200 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature___.____.__________ 100 
Nai onuale ZOOlog Cals Parkes 2 SS a See ea 200 
ASCrODHY SICAL ODSCLVATORY: 22 == = a ee eS ee ee 200 
For the annual report of the American Historical Association_________ 7, 000 
BTS (21) oem ene ee ete ee Se ee ee he ee ee 72, 700 
The practice of sending out abstracts of the publications of the 
Institution and its branches to newspapers throughout the country 
has been continued, and in this way many millions of readers, who 
would not have ready access to the scientific information in the 
papers themselves, have been reached. 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND PUBLICATION. 
The committee on printing and publication has continued to ex- 
amine manuscripts proposed for publication by the branches of the 
Institution and has considered various questions concerning public 
printing and binding. ‘Twenty-seven meetings of the committee were 
held during the year and more than a hundred manuscripts were 
passed upon. Upon the resignation of Dr. Cyrus Adler, chairman 
of the committee, as assistant secretary of the Institution, the com- 
mittee was reorganized as follows: Dr. Frederick W. True, head 
curator of biology, United States National Museum, chairman; Mr. 
C. G. Abbot, director of the Astrophysical Observatory; Mr. W. I. 
Adams, of the International Exchanges; Dr. Frank Baker, superin- 
tendent of the National Zoological Park; Mr. A. Howard Clark, 
editor of the Smithsonian Institution; Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist, 
the Bureau of American Ethnology; Prof. O. T. Mason, head curator 
of anthropology, United States National Museum; Dr. George P. 
Merrill, head curator of geology, United States National Museum; 
and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, curator of reptiles and batrachians, 
United States National Museum. 
In order to prevent duplication of work in the examination of 
papers, the Museum advisory committee on publications was discon- 
tinued and its duties transferred to this committee. 
THE LIBRARY. 
The additions to the Smithsonian Library during the year aggre- 
gated 29,729 complete volumes and parts of volumes, besides over 
34,000 parts of periodical publications. Of the accessions more than 
20,000 were placed in the Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Con- 
egress, and the remainder were divided among the libraries of the 
Secretary’s office, the Astrophysical Observatory, the National Zoo- 
