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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 862
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Permanent Committee for consideration and report.

[[underlined]] The Smithsonian Scientific Series.[[/underlined]] The Secretary called attention to the eight completed volumes of this series now before the Board, and said that it was hoped that the remaining four volumes would be completed during the winter. Up to now, that Institution had received about $50,000 in royalties from the sale of these books, and it was confidently expected that the Institution would receive as much as $25,000 annually hereafter.

[[underlined]]North American Wild Flowers.[[/underlined]] The Secretary went on to say that the work on "North American Wild Flowers", by Mary Vaux Walcott, was completed by the publication of the fifth volume in December last. This set of books was printed privately by the Institution in an Edition de Luxe, limited to 500 sets, and a Library Edition of 25,000 sets, which sell for $500 and $150 per set, respectively. During 1930, 36 sets of the de Luxe and 50 sets of the Library editions were sold, at a total of $25,500, or an average of 3 de Luxe sets and 4 Library sets per month. The contract price for printing and binding these books was $225,500, of which $161,000 has been paid from the sales of the books, leaving a balance still due of $64,500. It was understood that Mrs. Walcott had arranged to shield the Institution from any possible financial loss should the total sales fail to meet the expenses, but there was now good hope that this will not occur.

[[underlined]] Special Publications.[[/underlined]] The Secretary called attention to the work by Dr. A.Hrdlicka, "The Skeletal Remains of Early Man", and the volume by Dr. L.O.Howard,"A History of Applied Entomology", both of which are highly regarded and for which there is a large demand.

[[underlined]]Division of Radiation and Organisms.[[/underlined]] The Secretary spoke of the advanced work being done in this Division under his general direction, upon the influence of light upon plants, and invited the Regents to visit the laboratories.