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carry out the work of the index, it is very desirable that this should be done, 

 but in order to assure the success of the index it is essential that the Board 

 pledge itself to this plan. 



The collaborators in charge of the various divisions have made quite full 

 reports of their work, and I submit a condensed statement relating to each 

 division. 



Division i. — Population and Immigration. 



Dr. Walter F. Willcox, in charge, reports that during the past year he has 

 written two articles called out by his work in this field, one on "The expansion 

 of Europe and its influence on population," published by Houghton, Mifflin & 

 Company, in a volume of "Studies in philosophy and psychology ;" the other, 

 on "The distribution of immigrants," published in the August issue of the 

 Quarterly Journal of Economics. These have not been written with the aid 

 of Carnegie funds, but have grown out of that work, and are, therefore, 

 useful in the completed work of the Department of Economics and Sociology. 



Mr. E. A. Goldenweiser has published an article entitled "Economic condi- 

 tion of the Jews in Russia," being an abstract of a recent two-volume work 

 published in Russia by the Jewish Colonization Society. This has not been 

 done with the aid of Carnegie funds, but has been one of the works growing 

 out of the influence of our own investigations. 



Dr. Willcox's work under the above title is being carried on with a proper 

 spirit and an appreciation of the work. 



Division 2. — Agriculture and Forestry^ Including Public Domain and Irrigation. 



This interesting division is under the charge of President Kenyon L. But- 

 terfield, of the Massachusetts Agricultural College. Prof. F. W. Blackmar 

 is aiding President Butterfield, and has in preparation a number of mono- 

 graphs, and also his final report on somiC of the subdivisions. 



There have also been published under this division "Church federation as 

 a practical proposition" (Christian Advocate, March and April, 1906) ; "The 

 need of church federation in Vermont" (The Congregationalist and Christian 

 World, April, 1906) ; "The country church and its social problem" (The 

 Outlook, August, 1906). The titles of these short articles seem to be foreign 

 to the work of the division, but they are practically the outcome of studies 

 relating to the farm and social and religious problems. The above are by 

 George Frederick Wells, B. S., Madison, New Jersey. 



There has also been published, under President Butterfield's charge, "The 

 economics of land tenure in Georgia" (The Columbia University Press, 1905; 

 Enoch Marvin Banks, of Georgia). 



This division perhaps offers as complicated work as any. The ramifica- 

 tions of agricultural topics are somewhat bewildering, but I think President 

 Butterfield is working along proper lines, and will be able to present a very 

 concrete and valuable report. 



