Abstract
As noted below in the report of the Central Bureau, a number of changes have been introduced in the technical and business operations of the Bureau during the triennium. Some of the changes follow from the transfer of the IAU Minor Planet Center to the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. For example the Minor Planet Circulars now offer an alternate avenue of publication for less time-urgent data concerning comets as well as minor planets. Changes at the communications center of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory have made it less costly, as well as more efficient, for the Central Bureau to maintain its own communications equipment. At the same time, in the face of generally rising costs, and after careful investigation of alternatives, it has become necessary for users to assume an increased share in underwriting the operating expenses of the Bureau.
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