BEPOET OF THE SECRETARY. 17 



CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS. 



The twentieth international congress of Americanists which was 

 to have been held at Rio de Janeiro in June, 1919, was postponed 

 until the following j^ear, when more favorable conditions may be 

 expected. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The institution and its branches issued during the year 98 volumes 

 and separate pamphlets. The total distribution was 161,288 copies 

 which includes 404 volumes and separate memoirs of Smithsonian 

 Contributions to Knowledge, 15,603 volumes and separate pamphlets 

 of Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 13,885 volumes and sepa- 

 rates of the Smithsonian Annual Reports, 118,332 volumes and sepa- 

 rates of the National Museum publications, 11,483 publications of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology (all series), 1,444 special publica- 

 tions, 10 volumes of the Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory, 69 

 reports of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, and 58 reports of the 

 American Historical Association. 



An unusually large number of publications were in press at the 

 close of the year, owing to the overcrowded condition of the Govern- 

 ment Printing Office during the war. 



Allotments for printing. — The allotments for the year for the 

 printing of the Smithsonian report and the various publications of 

 the branches of the Institution were practically used up and the 

 allotments for the year ending June 30, 1920, are as follows : 



For the Sniithsonian Institution : For printing and binding the annual 

 reports of the Board of Regents, with general appendices, the editions 



of which shall not exceed 10,000 copies $10,000 



For the annual reports of the National Museum, with general ap- 

 pendices, and for printing labels and blanks and for the bulletins and 

 proceedings of the National Museum, the editions of which shall not 

 exceed 4,000 copies, and binding in half morocco or material not more 

 expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to or acquired 



by the National Museum Library 37, 500 



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 



Committee on printing and publication. — All manuscripts offered 

 for publication by the Institution or its branches are considered by 

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