86 4.NNUAL REPOKT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1911. 



1910, was received from the society February 24, 1911, and was communicated 

 to Congress on February 27, in accordance with the act of incorporation of 

 that organization. 



X. 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 Insti- 

 tution as well as those offered for printing in the Smithsonian Miscellaneous 

 Collections. The committee also considered forms of routine blanks and vari- 

 ous matters pertaining to printing and publication, including the qualities of 

 paper suitable for text and plates. Twenty-four meetings were held and 115 

 manuscripts were acted upon. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. Howard Clark, Editor. 



Dr. Charles W. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



