﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  21 
  

  

  Ten 
  Ihousaiid 
  copies 
  are 
  printed 
  of 
  the 
  reports 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  free 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  Institution's 
  quota 
  hists. 
  The 
  annual 
  

   Smithsonian 
  exploration 
  pamphlet 
  is 
  a 
  profusely 
  illustrated 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  field 
  expeditions 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Institution 
  took 
  part 
  during 
  

   the 
  3^ear. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  pictures 
  are 
  extremely 
  interesting, 
  forming 
  a 
  

   first-hand 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  conditions 
  and 
  human 
  activities 
  in 
  

   far-off 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  earth. 
  The 
  exploration 
  pamphlet 
  for 
  192G, 
  is- 
  

   sued 
  in 
  April, 
  1927, 
  described 
  35 
  separate 
  expeditions, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  

   to 
  remote 
  regions 
  such 
  as 
  South 
  West 
  Africa, 
  East 
  Africa, 
  China, 
  

   Sumatra, 
  Siam, 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  

  

  One 
  hundred 
  and 
  eighteen 
  volumes 
  and 
  pamphlets 
  were 
  published 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  Institution 
  and 
  the 
  Government 
  bu- 
  

   reaus 
  under 
  its 
  direction. 
  Of 
  these 
  there 
  were 
  distributed 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  

   182,846 
  copies, 
  which 
  included 
  24,775 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  annual 
  reports, 
  18,199 
  volumes 
  and 
  separates 
  of 
  the 
  

   Smithsonian 
  miscellaneous 
  collections, 
  17,178 
  Smithsonian 
  special 
  

   publications, 
  110,580 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  

   10,711 
  publications 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology. 
  The 
  

   titles 
  of 
  the 
  individual 
  papers 
  are 
  listed 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  editor 
  

   of 
  the 
  Institution. 
  

  

  Allotments 
  for 
  pHntinff. 
  — 
  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 
  practicallj^ 
  used 
  up 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

   The 
  appropriation 
  for 
  the 
  coming 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  30, 
  1928, 
  totals 
  

   $90,000, 
  allotted 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Annual 
  report 
  to 
  the 
  Congress 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  Smith- 
  

   sonian 
  Institution 
  $10, 
  500 
  

  

  National 
  Museum 
  44, 
  000 
  

  

  Bureau 
  of 
  American 
  Ethnology 
  20, 
  800 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art— 
  500 
  

  

  International 
  Exchanges 
  300 
  

  

  International 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  Scientific 
  Literature 
  100 
  

  

  National 
  Zoological 
  Park 
  300 
  

  

  Astrophysical 
  Observatory 
  500 
  

  

  Annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Historical 
  Association 
  7,000 
  

  

  Comtiiittee 
  on 
  printing 
  and 
  publication. 
  — 
  ^All 
  manuscripts 
  sub- 
  

   mitted 
  to 
  the 
  Institution 
  for 
  publication 
  either 
  by 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   staff 
  or 
  by 
  outside 
  authors 
  are 
  referred 
  for 
  consideration 
  and 
  recom- 
  

   mendation 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  advisor}?^ 
  committee 
  on 
  printing 
  and 
  

   publication. 
  The 
  committee 
  also 
  considers 
  matters 
  of 
  publication 
  

   policy. 
  During 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  five 
  meetings 
  were 
  held 
  and 
  83 
  manu- 
  

   scripts 
  were 
  considered 
  and 
  acted 
  upon. 
  The 
  membership 
  of 
  the 
  

   committee 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  Dr. 
  Leonhard 
  Stejneger, 
  head 
  curator 
  of 
  

   biology, 
  National 
  Museum, 
  chairman; 
  Dr. 
  George 
  P. 
  Merrill, 
  head 
  

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