20 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1926 
publications, all on scientific subjects with the exception of the cata- 
logues of the National Gallery of Art, are distributed for the most 
part free to libraries, learned societies and institutions, and special- 
ists throughout the world. For the general reader interested in 
keeping up with the march of scientific progress, the Institution 
presents in the Smithsonian Annual Reports a series of carefully 
selected articles, some specially prepared, some reprinted, covering 
as far as possible recent advances and interesting developments in all 
branches of science. 
During the past year 88 volumes and pamphlets have been pub- 
lished by the Institution and the Government bureaus unders its 
administrative charge. There were distributed 168,932 publications, 
which included 96,804 volumes and separates of the National Museum 
series, 35,671 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Annual 
Reports, 20,222 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian Miscel- 
laneous Collections, 12,993 publications of the Bureau of American 
Ethnology, and smaller numbers of the various other series. 
Among the eight papers to appear in the Smithsonian Miscellane- 
ous Collections there may be mentioned as of special interest one 
entitled ““ An introduction to the morphology and classification of the 
foraminifera,” by Joseph A. Cushman, which has proved of great 
value to petroleum geologists; “ Fossil footprints from the Grand 
Canyon,” by Charles W. Gilmore, describing a large and valuable 
series of fossil tracks of extinct creatures collected for the National 
Museum by Mr. Gilmore; and “Music of the Tule Indians of 
Panama,” by Frances Densmore, a paper which describes for the first 
time the songs and instrumental music of the so-called “ white In- 
dians ” of the Isthmus of Darien, Panama. 
Allotments for printing—The congressional allotments for the 
printing of the Smithsonian report to Congress and the various 
publications of the Government bureaus under the administration 
of the Institution were practically used up at the close of the year. 
The appropriation for the coming year ending June 30, 1927, totals 
$90,000, allotted as follows: 
Annual Report to the Congress of the Board of Regents of the Smith- 
Sonian ;institwtions See ees ale hl aye EEE hes les era pie egy Ee $12, 500 
TNS ERO risa MEE CU ee et ee eee 42,500 
Bureau occAmericannnthnolopy oo 2 be ee eee 25, 600 
National Gallery jOtpattos ce Cee 2 ee ee eee 1, 200 
International Dxchanzes= sts 220i bicd UG oD ae eee 300 
International Catalogue of Scientific Literature___.___________________ 100 
National: Zoological ‘Parka ox.) et teh i eels ede ee eee 300 
Astrophysical Observatory ses se) Eee eo ee eee 500 
Annual Report of the American Historical Association____---___-_-~ 7, 00° 
