REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 65 
and main floor of the western end of the hall and the eastern galleries 
were demolished. Although this work of removal occupied two 
weeks, it was done without confusion and practically without cessa- 
tion of the library’s activities. The new stacks were in process of 
erection before the close of the fiscal year. 
COLLECTIONS. 
The following collections were acquired by the bureau or by mem- 
bers of its staff, and, having served the purpose of study, were trans- 
ferred to the National Museum, as required by law: 
Hight fragments of ancient British pottery. Gift to the bureau by Rey. Robert 
C. Nightingale, Swaffam, Norfolk, England. (55735.) 
Potsherds, fragments of human bones, and three heads. Gift to the bureau by 
Mrs. Bruce Reid, Port Arthur, Tex. (55758.) 
Parts of five skeletons (three complete skulls and fragments of two skulls) from 
a burial cist in a cave about 20 miles south of Grant, N. Mex. Collected by 
EF. W. Hodge, Bureau of American Ethnology. (56134.) 
Thirty-one ethnological objects from the Cherokee and Catawba Indians. Col- 
lected by James Mooney, Bureau of American Ethnology. (563812.) 
Six photographs of Aztec antiquities. Purchased from W. W. Blake, City of 
Mexico. (56609.) 
Stone phallus from Mesa Verde, Colo. Gift to the bureau by H. C. Lay, Tellu- 
ride, Colo. (56719.) 
Arrow point found on the north fork of Roanoke River, about 3 miles from 
Blacksburg, Va. Gift to the bureau by Prof. Otto C. Burkhart, Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va. (56679.) 
PROPERTY. 
The principal property of the bureau consists of its library, com- 
prising approximately 35,000 books and pamphlets, a large collection 
of manuscripts for reference or in process of preparation for publi- 
cation, and several thousand photographic negatives. With the 
exception of a portion of the library, this material could not be 
duplicated. In addition, the bureau possesses a photostat apparatus 
with electric-light equipment, several cameras, dictagraphs, and other 
appliances for use in conducting scientific research in the field and 
the office, necessary office furniture and equipment, and a limited sup- 
ply of stationery, supplies, etc. Also under control of the bureau, 
but in immediate custody of the Public Printer, as required by law, 
is a stock of numerous publications, chiefly annual reports and 
bulletins. 7 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Quarters —The only improvements made in the quarters occupied 
by the bureau in the Smithsonian building, as set forth in the last 
report, have been those incident to the reconstruction of the library 
and the fireproofing of the manuscript room, above alluded to, and 
the painting of the walls of four rooms, made necessary partly by 
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