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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 854 
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RESOLUTION RELATIVE TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.

Mr.Delano offered the following customary resolution, which as adopted:-

RESOLVED; That the income of the Institution for the fiscal year ending June 30,1932, be appropriated for the service of the Institution, to be expended by the Secretary, with the advice of the Executive Committee, with full discretion on the part of the Secretary as to items. 

REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS. 

The Secretary presented his printed report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, which was received and ordered filed. 

The publications issued during the year by the Institution, the National Museum, and the Bureau of American Ethnology, were then displayed. In this connection the Secretary made the following statement:-

The publications of the Institution during the fiscal year 1930 totalled 95 volumes and pamphlets, of which 38 were issued by the Institution proper, 51 by the National Museum, and 6 by the Bureau of American Ethnology. Under the Institution's policy of world-wide distribution 168,163 copies of its publications were sent out to organizations and individuals, for the most part free..

Two unusually important works published by the Institution during 1930:- "The Skeletal Remains of Early Man",by Ales Hrdlicka, is the first complete account of all of the important finds of ancient man to be published in one volume; "A History of Applied Entomology",by L.O.Howard, presents for the first time a complete history of this comparatively new and important branch of science by means of which mankind is combatting the constant and increasing menace of insect pests. Dr.Howard's realization of the seriousness of this danger appears in his concluding words - "The intelligence of the human race, [[underlined]] if brought to bear, [[/underlined]] will conquer the insect menace". A paper by H.H.Clayton contains evidence pointing to the conclusion