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These figures do not include sales made through the 

 Library, which go largely to educational institutions, where 

 the Handbooks or other publications, particularly those of 

 the Departments of Anthropology and Vertebrate Palaeon- 

 tology, are used as text books or works of reference. 



The increase in printing equipment made in 1918 has 



been thoroughly justified by the results obtained, although, 



owing to rapid increases in the prices of ma- 



The Printing terial and labor, it is unusually difficult to 

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make a comparison of the work done in the 

 Museum with that done outside. Thanks, however, to Dr. 

 Wissler, who was largely instrumental in the acquisition 

 of the printing plant, and who has followed its operations 

 very carefully, it is possible to say that the output has been 

 entirely satisfactory in quantity and in cost; there is no 

 question as to the excellent quality of the work turned out. 



It is also difficult to place an exact estimate on the work 

 of the Printing Office, not merely on account of its varied 

 character, which necessitates frequent changes from one 

 class of work to another, but from the fact that compara- 

 tively few copies of any piece of work are called for. 



As one result of the restriction of field work, more time 

 has been devoted to research and the preparation of papers, 

 an unusual number of which have been offered for publica- 

 tion. The amount of work on hand at the close of 1919 

 is in itself sufficient to keep the present plant busy for the 

 coming year, but it is hoped to add further equipment and 

 to also provide folding and stitching machines for the 

 bindery. 



Among the decided advantages in having the printing 

 plant in the Museum is that, when necessary, matter may 

 be held in type. This is particularly desirable in the case 

 of the Guide where slight changes can be made from time 

 to time, in the way of cuts or descriptive matter, without 

 involving complete resetting of the publication. 



The Bulletin and Anthropological Papers have been printed 

 in the Museum by our own staff, but the Memoirs are let out 



