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 printing 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.

Dr. CHARLES D. WALCOTT,

A. HOWARD CLARK, Editor.

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

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