EEPOET OF THE SECEETAEY. Il7 



THE SMITHSONIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND 



PUBLICATION. 



The editor has continued to serve as secretary of the Smithsonian 

 advisory committee on printing and publication. To this committee 

 have been referred the manuscripts proposed for publication by the 

 various branches of the Institution, as well as those offered for print- 

 ing in the Smithsonian publications. The committee also considered 

 forms of routine, blanks, and various matters pertaining to printing 

 and publication, including the qualities of paper suitable for text 

 and plates. Twenty meetings were held and 121 manuscripts were 

 acted upon. 



Respectfully submitted. 



A. Howard Clark, Editor. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



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