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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



During tho year nine moilels, ranj^ing in aizo from 2 feet square to 14 by 5 feet, were 

 finislifd ; twelve models, incliuliug duplicate casts, were finished but not painted ; 

 and four models were coumienccd and not finished. 



Mr. Do I^ancey "X. Gill during tho year succeeded Mr. Holmes in the charge of pre- 

 ]iariug and editing the illustrations for tho publications for the Bureau. The fol- 

 lowing list shows the number of drawings that have been prepared under his super- 

 vision for actual publication during the year : 



Architectural drawings, drawings of mounds, earthworks, ancient ruins, etc 102 



Maps, diagrams, and sections 64 



Objects of stone, wood, shell, bone, etc 377 



Total ^ 543 



These drawings were prepared from field snrveys and sketches, from photographs, 

 and from the objects themselves. No field work has been done by Mr. Gill's divis- 

 ion during the year although many valuable drawings and photographs were pro- 

 onred in Arizona by Mr. Victor Mindcleff and in the District of Columbia by Mr. W. 

 H. Holmes. 



The jdiotographic work remains under the able management of Mr. J. K. Hillers. 

 Tho following statement shows the amount of work done in the laboratory : 



Photographs were obtained of Indians from sittings as follows 



During the year the Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Sec- 

 retary of the Smithsonian Institution was issued. It contains the introductory re- 

 port of the Director, J. W. Powell, 35 pages, with accompanying papers, as follows: 

 Ancient Art of the Province of Chiriqui, Colombia, by William H. Holmes ; a Study 

 of the Textile Art in its relation to the Development of Form and Ornament, by Will- 

 iam H. Holmes; Aids to the Study of Tho Maya Codices, by Prof. Cyrus Thomas; 

 Osage Traditions, by Rev. J. Owen Dorsey; the Central Eskimo, by Dr. Franz Boas. 

 Tho work forms a royal octavo volume of Iviii + 057 pages, including a general in- 

 dex, and is illustrated by .540 figures in the text, 10 plates, and 2 maps in pocket. 

 Very respectfully, 



J. W. Powell, 



_ Director. 



Prof. S. P. Laxgley, 



Secretary of the Smitheouian Institution. 



