﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  13 
  

  

  effectiveness 
  of 
  the 
  apparatus. 
  A 
  discussion 
  of 
  these, 
  in 
  detail, 
  is 
  

   deferred 
  for 
  a 
  later 
  report. 
  Additional 
  financial 
  support 
  has 
  been 
  

   granted 
  for 
  the 
  work 
  by 
  Clark 
  University. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS. 
  

  

  A 
  total 
  of 
  164 
  volumes 
  and 
  pamphlets 
  were 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  

   year 
  by 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  its 
  branches. 
  Of 
  these 
  publications, 
  

   there 
  were 
  distributed 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  165,196 
  copies, 
  including 
  251 
  

   volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Knowl- 
  

   edge, 
  20,777 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Miscel- 
  

   laneous 
  Collections, 
  27,263 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  annual 
  reports, 
  97,806 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  publica- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  14,215 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  American 
  Ethnology, 
  3,159 
  special 
  publications, 
  706 
  volumes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Annals 
  of 
  the 
  Astrophysical 
  Observatory, 
  64 
  reports 
  on 
  the 
  

   Harriman 
  Alaska 
  expedition, 
  and 
  812 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  His- 
  

   torical 
  Association. 
  

  

  The 
  Institution 
  carries 
  out 
  one 
  of 
  its 
  chief 
  functions, 
  the 
  " 
  dif- 
  

   fusion 
  of 
  knowledge," 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  its 
  various 
  series 
  of 
  publications. 
  

   They 
  embrace 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  investigations 
  and 
  systematic 
  studies 
  

   in 
  nearly 
  every 
  branch 
  of 
  natural 
  science, 
  and 
  are 
  distributed, 
  in 
  

   most 
  cases 
  free 
  of 
  charge, 
  to 
  important 
  libraries, 
  educational 
  in- 
  

   stitutions, 
  and 
  scientific 
  establishments 
  throughout 
  the 
  world. 
  In 
  

   order 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  creating 
  a 
  greater 
  popular 
  interest 
  in 
  scientific 
  

   matters, 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  has 
  always 
  contained 
  

   a 
  general 
  appendix 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  selection 
  of 
  authentic, 
  

   semipopular 
  articles 
  reviewing 
  recent 
  advances 
  in 
  every 
  branch 
  of 
  

   scientific 
  activity. 
  There 
  is 
  a 
  widespread 
  and 
  growing 
  demand 
  

   for 
  this 
  publication, 
  showing 
  an 
  increased 
  appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  science 
  and 
  scientific 
  investigations. 
  

  

  Besides 
  the 
  annual 
  report, 
  the 
  Institution 
  issues 
  two 
  series 
  of 
  

   publications, 
  the 
  Contributions 
  to 
  Knowledge 
  and 
  the 
  Miscellaneous 
  

   Collections. 
  The 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  and 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  are 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  reports 
  of 
  

   those 
  branches 
  appended 
  hereto. 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  Smithsonian 
  Miscellaneous 
  Collections, 
  9 
  papers 
  

   were 
  issued 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  among 
  them 
  one 
  paper 
  by 
  your 
  sec- 
  

   retary 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  on 
  Cambrian 
  Geology 
  and 
  Paleontology, 
  and 
  

   the 
  usual 
  annual 
  pamphlet 
  describing 
  and 
  illustrating 
  the 
  various 
  

   scientific 
  expeditions 
  sent 
  out 
  or 
  cooperated 
  in 
  by 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Institution. 
  

  

  Allotments 
  for 
  printing, 
  — 
  The 
  congressional 
  allotments 
  for 
  the 
  

   printing 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  reports 
  and 
  the 
  various 
  publications 
  

   of 
  the 
  branches 
  of 
  the 
  Institution 
  were 
  practically 
  used 
  up 
  at 
  the 
  

  

  