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, 1914: 



The Institution proper published during the year 36 papers in the 

 series of " Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections," an annual report, 

 and pamphlet copies of 38 papers from the general appendix of the 

 report. The Bureau of American Ethnology published 2 bulletins 

 and a separate paper, and the United States National Museum issued 

 2 annual reports, 49 miscellaneous papers from the proceedings, 9 

 new bulletins and parts, and 9 parts of volumes pertaining to the 

 National Herbarium. 



The total number of copies of publications distributed by the Insti- 

 tution proper during the year was 107,471. The aggregate includes 

 1,229 volumes of Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge; 59,777 

 volumes and separates of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections; 

 23,279 volumes and separates of the Smithsonian annual reports; 

 6,483 special publications; 1,477 copies of volume 3, Annals of the 

 Astrophysical Observatory; 775 reports of the Harriman Alaska 

 Expedition; 12,819 volumes and separates of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology publications; 1,412 annual reports of the American His- 

 torical Association; 26 publications of the United States National 

 Museum ; and 194 publications not of the Smithsonian Institution or 

 its branches. Additional copies of the third edition of the Smith- 

 sonian Geographical Tables were printed just before the close of the 

 year. There were also distributed by the National Museum 93,200 

 copies of its several publications, making a total of 202,671 publica- 

 tions distributed by the Institution and its branches during the year. 



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, 3 papers were pub- 

 lished; of volume 59,- 1 paper, and title-page and table of contents; 



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