Appendix 8. 

 REPORT ON THE PUBLICATIONS. 



Sir : I have the honor to submit the following report on the publi- 

 cations of the Smithsonian Institution and its branches during the 

 year ending June 30, 1913 : 



The Institution proper published during the year 40 papers in 

 the series of " Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections," an annual 

 report, and pamphlet copies of 37 papers from the general appendix 

 of the report. The Bureau of American Ethnology published an 

 annual report and 3 bulletins, and the United States National Mu- 

 seum issued 96 miscellaneous papers from the Proceedings, a new 

 bulletin, reprint editions of 2 bulletins, and 9 parts of volumes per- 

 taining to the National Herbarium. 



The total number of copies of publications distributed by the 

 Institution proper during the year was 111,283, or 1,052 more than 

 during the prcA'ious' year. This aggregate includes 600 volumes and 

 memoirs of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 62,688 

 volumes and pamphlets of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 

 22,401 volumes and pamphlets of the Smithsonian Annual Reports, 

 8,787 special publications, including volume 3 of the Annals of the 

 Astrophysical Observatory and reports on the Harriman Alaska 

 expedition ; 15,070 volumes and pamphlets of the Bureau of Ameri- 

 can Ethnology publications, 1,646 Annual Reports of the American 

 Historical Association, 8 publications of the United States National 

 Museum, and 83 publications not of the Smithsonian Institution or 

 its branches. The National Museum distributed a total of 71,600 

 copies of its several publications. 



SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE. 



QUARTO. 



No publications of this series were issued during the year. 

 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS. 



OCTAVO. 



Of the Miscellaneous Collections, volume 57, 2 papers were pub- 

 lished ; of volume 58, 1 paper, and title-pages and contents of the vol- 



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