Appendix VIII. 



REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 



Sib: I have the honor to submit the following report on the publications of 

 the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the fiscal year ending 

 June 30, 1911: 



The total number of copies of publications of the Smithsonian Institution and 

 its branches distributed during the year was 197,206. This aggregate in- 

 cluded 643 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 

 35,935 of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 19,622 special publications, in- 

 cluding 2,743 volumes on the Harriman Alaska expedition; 518 publications 

 not included in the Smithsonian series; 22.4S2 annual reports and bulletins of 

 the Bureau of American Ethnology, and 110,000 copies of the various publica- 

 tions of the National Museum. 



I. SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



The Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight wbich was begun by the late Sec- 

 retary Langley in 1904, and continued by Mr. Charles M. Manly, assistant in 

 charge of experiments, was in type and nearly ready for distribution at the 

 close of the year. This work forms a part of volume 27 of the Contributions' 

 to Knowledge. 



II. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



In the series of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections were published (1) 

 cover and preliminary pages for volume 51; (2) two papers of volume 53, with 

 cover, preliminary pages, and index, completing that volume; (3) thirteen 

 papers of volume 56; (4) four papers of volume 57; (5) and the Smithsonian 

 Physical Tables, by F. E. Fowle, forming part of volume 58. 



The issues of the Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections during the year were 

 as follows: 



1928. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Cover and preliminary pages for 



volume 54. Octavo. Pages v. 

 1934. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 6 : Oleuellus and other Genera 



of the Mesonacidae. By Charles D. Walcott. Published August 12, 1910. 



Octavo. Pages 231-422 (unpaged index), with Plates 23^4. Volume 53, 



No. 6. 



1939. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 7 : Pre-Cambrian Rocks of the 

 Bow River Valley, Alberta, Canada.. By Charles D. Walcott. Published 

 August, 1910. Octavo. Pages 423-431, with Plates 45^7. Volume 53. No. 7. 



1940. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. II. Abrupt Appearance of the 

 Cambrian Fauna on the North American Continent. By Charles D. "Walcott. 

 Published August 18, 1910. Octavo. Pages 1-10. Volume 57, No. 1. 



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