72 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1916. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Quarters. — One of the rooms in the north tower occupied by the 

 bureau force was repaired and painted, a new electric fixture in- 

 stalled, and the wooden casing under the exposed stairway removed 

 and fireproofing substituted. 



Personnel. — The only change in the personnel of the bureau was 

 the resignation of Mr. William A. Humphrey, stenographer and 

 typewriter, on April 15, 1916, and the appointment of Miss Lana V. 

 Schelsld on May 15 to fill the vacancy. 



The correspondence and other clerical work of the office, in addition 

 to that above mentioned, has been conducted by Miss Florence M. 

 Poast, clerk to the ethnologist in charge; Miss May S. Clark, who 

 particularly aided Mr. Bushnell in correspondence connected with 

 the preparation of the Handbook of Aboriginal Remains; and Mrs. 

 F, S. Nichols, who has aided the editor. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



F. W. Hodge, 

 Ethnologist in Charge. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington^ D. C. 



