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Allotments for printing. — The allotments to the Institution and its 

 branches, under the head of public printing and binding, during the 

 past fiscal year, aggregating $72,700, were, as far as practicable, ex- 

 pended prior to June 30. The allotments for the year ending June 

 30, 1911, are 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 pamplets presented to or acquired by 



the National Museum library 34, 000 



For the annual reports and bulletins of the Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology,' and for miscellaneous printing and binding for the bureau, 

 including the binding in half turkey, or in material not more expensive, 



scientific books and pamphlets acquired by the bureau library 21, 000 



For miscellaneous printing and binding: 



International Exchanges 200 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 100 



National Zoological Park 200 



Astrophysical Observatory 200 



For the annual report of the American Historical Association 7, 000 



Total 72,700 



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-five meetings of the committee were 

 held during the year and 106 manuscripts were passed upon. The 

 personnel of the committee is 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; Dr. George P. Merrill, head 

 curator of geology, United States National Museum ; and Dr. Leon- 

 hard Stejneger, curator of reptiles and batrachians, United States 

 National Museum. 



THE LIBRARY. 



The Smithsonian Library as at present organized includes (1) the 

 Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Congress, (2) the Smithsonian 

 office library, (3) the library of the National Museum, (4) the library 

 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, (5) the library of the Astro- 



