REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 21 



111 accordance with the act of Congress approved March 30, 1900, 

 providing that the cost of printing and binding for the Executive 

 Departments and Government bureaus shall be charged to speci fir- 

 appropriations for the Departments and bureaus, and the further 

 provision in the sundry civil act of June 30, 1906, that no appropria- 

 tions except those specifically for printing and binding shall be used 

 for such purpose, special allotments have been made to the Institution 

 and its branches for the year ending June 30, 1908, as follows: 



For the Smithsonian Institution for printing and binding annual reports 



of the Board of Regents, with general appendixes $10,000 



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

 dixes, 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 turkey or material not more 

 expensive, scientific books and pamphlets presented to and acquired 



by the National Museum Library 33,000 



For the annual report and bulletins of the Bureau of American Eth- 

 nology ,_: 21, 000 



For miscellaneous printing and binding : 



International exchanges 200 



International Catalogue of Scientific Literature 100 



National Zoological Park 200 



Astrophysical Observatory (including the publishing of results of 



researches, not exceeding 1,500 copies) -_ 2,000 



Annual report of the American Historical Association 7,000 



Total __._ 73,500 



The allotments to the Institution and its branches under the head of 

 public printing and binding during the past fiscal year were as far as 

 practicable expended prior to June 30. It was, however, difficult to 

 determine the actual balances available at any particular date, for the 

 reason that the actual cost of publications in press could not be ascer- 

 tained until their completion. The estimates not being accurate 

 enough to serve as a basis for calculation, the transmission of new 

 works was in some cases delayed so long that their completion was 

 impracticable before the appropriation had expired. In the case of 

 the allotment of $10,000 for the Smithsonian Reports it was thus pos- 

 sible to expend only $8,127.98 ; of $21,000 allotted to the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, $19,831.76 was expended, and of the $39,000 

 allotted for the National Museum and the American Historical Asso- 

 ciation there was expended $38,980.47. 



ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PRINTING AND PUBLICATION. 



The advisory committee on printing and publication appointed by 

 the Acting Secretary on February 7, 1906, in order that the practice 

 of the Institution in the supervision of its publications might corre- 

 spond with that of the Executive Departments as prescribed in the 



