REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 31 



plan for preserving- the antiquities of our country and awaits thi^ eoni- 

 niands of Congress in the nmtter. 



I have continued to take much interest in the preparation of the 

 Dictionary of Indian Tribes, not only for its value as a scientific 

 memoir, Init especially for its hoped-for utility in bringing- before 

 Congress the past, present, and future work of the Bureau. I stated 

 in my last 3'ears report that the work contemplates the publication of 

 two octavo volumes, embodying in compact form information gath- 

 ered by the Bureau during the past years regarding Ameiican races, 

 the tirst of which volumes, it was then believed, would be ready for 

 the press at the close of the year. The distribution of this important 

 work has been delayed beyond the time anticipated, owing to the desire 

 of those engaged in it to have it represent the latest views of ethnolo- 

 gists on the subjects treated, as well as a history of the past work of 

 the Bureau, and to the fact that the means at disposal have not \wv- 

 mittcd that provision of skilled assistants which would have enabled 

 the work to })e completed at the time at first confidently expected. It 

 is now believed that the first volume of the dictionary will l)e ready 

 for the printer ))efore the appearance of the present report, though it 

 may yet Ije some time before it is recei^■ed from the press, owing to 

 the time actually required for the printing of the volume. 



The printing of the amuial reports and bulletins, including various 

 scientific papers, is progressing favorably, and matter for the Twenty- 

 fourth Annual volume, that for 11»()4, is practically ready for the press. 



It is believed that important results would l)e derived from a study 

 of the languages, manners, and customs of the natives of Hawaii and 

 Tutuila, and Congress has been asked to a])})rove the extension of the 

 activities of the Bureau to these islands. 



INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES. 



The International Exchange Service has for many years been the 

 medium of exchanging the ofiicial pu1)lications of the United States 

 Government with those of foreign countries and a like interchange of 

 the publications of the Smithsonian Institution and of the principal 

 scientific societies of this country Avith those of scientific bodies 

 throughout the world. A new exchange list of foreign institutions 

 was published during the year inunbering 12,720 addresses, an increase 

 of 3,306 addresses of such institutions since the i)ul)licati<)n of the last 

 list in 18i>T. The total number of foreign and domestic correspond- 

 ents is now 48, 072, an increase of 4,000 correspondents during the past 

 year. Of this number 16,721 are classed as institutions and 31,351 as 

 individuals, the United States })atrons of the sei"vic(^ including 3.464 

 institutions and 6,450 individuals. The operations of the servic(^ dur- 

 ing the last fiscal year show a gain of 8,766 in the nunibei- of packages 



