EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 17 



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

 nology and for miscellaneous printing and binding for the bureau $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 1 72, 700 



The practice of sending out abstracts of the publications of the 

 Institution and its branches to newspapers throughout the country 

 has been continued, and in this way many millions of readers, who 

 would not have ready access to the scientific information in the 

 papers themselves, have been reached. 



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-seven meetings of the committee were 

 held during the year and more than a hundred manuscripts were 

 passed upon. Upon the resignation of Dr. Cyrus Adler, chairman 

 of the committee, as assistant secretary of the Institution, the com- 

 mittee was reorganized 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 ; Prof. O. T. Ma son, head curator 

 of anthropology, United States National Museum; Dr. George P. 

 Merrill, head curator of geology, United States National Museum; 

 and Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, curator of reptiles and batrachians, 

 United States National Museum. 



In order to prevent duplication of work in the examination of 

 papers, the Museum advisory committee on publications was discon- 

 tinued and its duties transferred to this committee. 



THE LIBRARY. 



The additions to the Smithsonian Library during the year aggre- 

 gated 29,729 complete volumes and parts of volumes, besides over 

 34,000 parts of periodical publications. Of the accessions more than 

 20,000 were placed in the Smithsonian deposit in the Library of Con- 

 gress, and the remainder were divided among the libraries of the 

 Secretary's office, the Astrophysical Observatory, the National Zoo- 



