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equal to those raised by the organizations proposing the investiga- 

 tions. The fund was nearly exhausted in 1931, but it was possible to 

 make two small allotments this year, bringing to a close this cooper- 

 ative project. 



Allotments from the fund for cooperative ethnological and archeological investi- 

 gations during the year ended June 30, 1932 



1932 



May 12. University of Denver, to excavate two dry caves in southern Colorado, 

 one near La Veta and the other in the Apishapa Valley district ; and 

 if time and money permit, to make a reconnaissance of archeological 

 remains in and around the San Dunes National Monument, $300. 



June 23. Mississippi, Department of Archives and History, to conduct a survey 

 of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian village sites and excavate prom- 

 ising mounds in Mississippi, $259. 



EXPLORATIONS AND FIELD WORK 



The Institution and its branches sent out or participated in 25 

 expeditions in the furtherance of its researches in anthropology, 

 biology, geology, and astrophysics. These expeditions visited 13 

 States of the United States, several countries of Europe, Canada, 

 Alaska, Mexico, Hispaniola, Jamaica, British Guiana, and South- 

 west Africa. As illustrative of the aims of these expeditions, I may 

 mention Dr. W. F. Foshag's trip to various mining localities in 

 Mexico for the purpose of collecting certain rare minerals and series 

 of specimens illustrating occurrences and ore formation for the 

 jSTational Museum; Dr. Alexander Wetmore's expedition to His- 

 paniola to obtain needed information on the bird life of that region ; 

 and a continuation of Dr. Ales Hrdlicka's anthropological work in 

 Alaska, in the course of which he obtained anthropometric measure- 

 ments on the living natives and, through excavation, collections of 

 old skeletal and archeological material. The results of these and 

 of the other expeditions of the year are described and illustrated in 

 Explorations and Field Work of the Smithsonian Institution in 

 1931, Smithsonian x^ublication No. 3134. 



PUBLICATIONS 



The consolidation of the three separate editorial offices of the 

 Institution into one central office under the general direction of the 

 editor of the Smithsonian, announced in last year's report, has 

 proved to be a very satisfactory arrangement. The most important 

 results have been more accuracy and greater uniformity of style 

 in the several series issued under the Institution and a shortening 

 of the average time from manuscript to finished book; furthermore, 

 a central contact point is provided between the printer and the edi- 



