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lications were distributed than during the previous fiscal year. This 

 distribution may be classified as follows: 



Series. Copies. 



Annual reports and separates 2, 036 



Bulletins and separates 9,990 



Contributions to North American Ethnology — volumes and separates 18 



Introductions 9 



Miscellaneous publications 367 



12,420 

 ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Mr. DeLancey Gill, illustrator, has continued in charge of the 

 preparation of the illustrations for the publications of the bureau and 

 of photographing the members of visiting Indian deputations to 

 Washington, in which work he has been assisted by Mr. Albert E. 

 Sweeney. The results accomplished in this direction are as follows : 



Number. 



Photographic prints for distribution and office use 1, 137 



Negatives of ethnologic and archeologic subjects 126 



Negative films developed from field exposures 188 



Photostat prints from books and manuscripts 1, 125 



Mounts used 78 



Proofs examined 251 



Photographs retouched 43 



Drawings made : 187 



Portrait negatives of visiting delegations (Pawnee, Sauk and Fox, 

 Winnebago, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Chippewa) 25 



The complete editions of three colored plates, aggregating 20,000 

 prints, were examined at the Government Printing Office. Illustra- 

 tive material for three bulletins was completed for reproduction, and 

 progress was made on similar work for the Thirty-third Annual 

 Eeport. 



LIBRARY. 



The library of the bureau continued in charge of Miss Ella Leary, 

 librarian, assisted by Charles B, Newman, messenger boy. During 

 the year 1,078 volumes were accessioned; of these 214 were pur- 

 chased, 135 were acquired by gift and exchange, and 729 are vol- 

 umes of serials which were entered after having been bound for the 

 first time. The library also procured 272 pamphlets, chiefly by gift. 

 The periodicals currently received number about 750, of which 12 

 are acquired by subscription and 738 by exchange. Among the 

 more noteworthy accessions of books are 20 volumes of Bibles, Testa- 

 ments, and portions of the Bible in American Indian languages. 

 The library now contains about 21,315 volumes, 13,460 pamphlets, 

 and several thousand unbound periodicals. There were sent to the 

 Government Printing Office for binding, 1,338 books, pamphlets, and 



