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wbeiiev^er necessary. If a paper is to have illustrations, the manuscript 

 will uot be seut to the printer until the blocks are ready to accomi^any it. 



The Editor will forward original drawings to the engraver, receive 

 and take charge of the blocks, and, after recording-, numberiug, and 

 X^laiul^^ marking the blocks, so that their phice may be easily determined, 

 he will send them to the printer. Original drawings not in actual use 

 will be kept by tbe Editor and filed, so as to facilitate future reference. 

 Plates not in use will be placed in charge of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Proofs of all papers will be sent by the Public Printer to the Director, 

 who will transfer them to the Editor for distribution to the authors to 

 whom they belong. Each author will be responsible for the proper cor- 

 rection of proofs of his papers and for their return to the Editor. 



Applications for extras, stating the number desired, must be made to 

 the Director when the manuscripts are presented for approval. 



The Editor will attend to the general management of the volumes, 

 arranging title pages, x)refaces, heads, numbering- plates, &c,, &c. He 

 will assign a card to each article, on w^hich will be given the serial num- 

 ber, copy of title, number of manuscript pages, character of illustrations, 

 date of receipt, date of sending- drawings to engraver, time of sending 

 blocks to i^rinter, and the various stages of i^rogress of proofs. 



c. 



Printed List of Accessions. — A list of the accessions to the Museum 

 will be i^rinted from time to time, and at the end of the year incorporated 

 in the annual report. In connection with the list will be printed the 

 memoranda relating" to the history of each accession list, which may 

 be worthy of presentation. This list will be prepared by the Assistant 

 Director and Registrar, aided by the several curators. 



To secure promptness and accuracy in this work it is important that 

 the accession cards, sent with each accession list to the curator to whom 

 it is assigned, should be filled out and returned with all possible expe- 

 dition. This work should be the first and most important in the rou- 

 tine of each day. Otherwise the records of the Museum will be imper- 

 fect. 



CI. 



Puhlication Storage. — The i^ublications, stereotype plates, and wood- 

 cuts, property of the Museum, will be administered upon under the 

 rules of the Smithsonian Institution, and under the direction of its 

 Chief Clerk. 



CII. 



List of the imhlications. — Alistof the publications is given in Circuhir 

 No. 12, and also in the Catalogue of Publications of the Smithsonian 

 Institution; both Proceedings and Bulletin being reproduced in the 

 Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 



