REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 13 
CONGRESS OF AMERICANISTS. 
The twentieth international congress of Americanists which was 
to have been held at Rio de Janeiro in June, 1919, was j)ostponed 
until the following year, 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 volmnes 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 Smithsonian 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 
CoTnmittee on printing and publication. — All manuscripts offered 
for publication by the Institution or its branches are considered by 
the Smithsonian advisory committee on printing and publication. 
