TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT 83 



almost divided the museum into 3 small exhibit spaces, were 

 removed to the extreme northern end of the building. On the 

 eastern side of the second floor we now have one long room 

 uninterrupted by partitions. The partition around the stairway, 

 which was formerly over 2 meters high, has been cut dowm to 

 the height of a hand rail. These changes make the museum 

 lighter, and give the appearance of more space. There has been 

 a large number of visitors this year, especially during the after- 

 noons of the summer season when the museum was kept open 

 and was visited by many people who formerly had found the 

 hours inconvenient. 



The investigation of the Ilocano people, begun the year before 

 last, was continued, except for two short interruptions, by field 

 study until May 16, 1913. With the possible exception of one 

 short journey, which may be necessary, the field work is com- 

 pleted. The office work upon the report will now proceed 

 without interruption. 



Work on the general ethnology of the Ifugaos has progressed 

 steadily. The finished report will consist of several parts. The 

 first of these, that on the grammar of the Ifugao language, is 

 completed ; three other parts are almost finished, and much work 

 has been done on the remainder. It is expected that the entire 

 report will be ready for the printer some time during this 

 calendar year. 



A Bontoc vocabulary, prepared by Miss Margaret P. Waterman 

 of Bontoc, and a manuscript by Lieut. Charles W. Elliott on the 

 Lanao Moro dialect, submitted to the Bureau of Science, have 

 been prepared for the printer, and are ready for publication. 



Mr. Garvan spent over two months in Tayabas studying the 

 Negritos and Dumagats of that region. Among much valuable 

 information which be gathered was a vocabulary from the Ne- 

 gritos. He has since visited the Negritos of Bataan Province 

 and gathered a vocabulary from them. The report on the Ma- 

 nobos of the Agusan Valley is finished, and has been submitted 

 for publication. 



In December Doctor Miller went to Iloilo to investigate reports 

 of interesting caves in Iloilo, Capiz, and Negros Provinces. In 

 one cave in Capiz he found a coffin, well preserved but empty, 

 which was sent to Manila. In no other caves did he find any 

 relic of interest. The reports which had come to us about 

 manuscripts having been found in certain caves of Negros could 

 not be substantiated. 



