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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
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(f) Information Bureau.

The Secretary said that he had organized what might be called a Bureau of Information, and had engaged a bright young newspaper man whose duty it would be to cull from Reports and from every available source, information that would be of interest to the public. He stated that of the Smithsonian Annual Report, about 7000 copies were sent to 7000 people and libraries, while information of an interesting nature concerning the Institution and its work, when printed in 2000 or more newspapers and periodicals, would reach many hundreds of thousands of people. He thought that the effect of thus taking the people into the confidence of the Institution would be to bring it more before the public, and would prove to be of great advantage to both.

He added that the Information Bureau would cost the Institution about $1500 per annum, and he felt that it would be an excellent method for the diffusion of knowledge.

(g) Minutes and Notice of Business for Meetings.

The Secretary said that it was his intention to send to the Regents, in advance of a meeting, a program of the business to come before such meeting, in order that they might have the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the subjects to be brought before them.

That he also intended to send to those Regents absent from the meetings, a copy of the Proceedings of such meetings, in order that all might be kept constantly in touch with the business transacted; and also to send on the first of July, and perhaps quarterly, a statement of the financial condition of the Institution.

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