44 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1911. 
As previously stated, the demand. for the Handbook of American Indians 
has been so great that many schools and libraries have necessarily been denied. 
The need of a revised edition is urgent, but the revision can not be satisfac- 
torily undertaken and the latest information incorporated without the employ- 
ment of special ethnologic assistants—those who have devoted special study to 
particular tribes—and editorial and clerical aid. It is recommended that the 
sum of $3,800 be appropriated for this purpose. 
The bureau is constantly in receipt of requests from schools, historical 
societies, compilers of textbooks, etc., for photographie prints of Indian sub- 
jects, since it is generally known that the bureau possesses many thousands of 
negatives accumulated in the course of its investigations. As no funds are now 
available for this purpose, it is recommended that a reasonable sum, say $1,000, 
be appropriated for the purpose of furnishing prints for educational purposes. 
In most cases applicants would doubtless be willing to pay the cost, but at 
present the bureau has no authority for selling photographs. 
The manuscripts accumulated by the bureau form a priceless collection; 
indeed many of them, if lost, could not be replaced, since they represent the 
results of studies of Indians who have become extinct or have lost their tribal 
identity. It is therefore urgently recommended that the sum of $1,350 be ap- 
propriated for fireproofing a room and for providing metal cases for the 
permanent preservation of the manuscripts. 
Respectfully submitted. 
F. W. Hover, Hthnologist in Charge. 
Dr. CHARLES D. WALCOTT, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
