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(9.) Division of laboi- and duty, civil and military, and how appor- 

 tioned, e.g., to chiefs, sub-chiefs, ordinary male members, ordinaiy 

 female members, immature children ; methods and extent of produc- 

 tion, modes and measures cf distribution, the means of support of 

 family or tribe, the interior economy of family and gens or band ; the 

 modes of bai-gain and sale in use; by whom conducted; the use of 

 gifts. 



(10.) The settlement of disputes'or conflicting claims as between 

 (a) members of same sub-family, (b) family, (c) different families 

 or sub-families, (d) bands, groups or gentes, (e) tribes, (f) nations ; 

 in whom resides the civil and in whom the criminal power, by tradi- 

 tion or custom ; how and by whom dooms are pronounced and 

 inflicted ; whether punishments as between the tribes are corporate 

 or individual ; the compounding of crimes and offences, e.g., murder, 

 theft ; to what extent the bond of blood-feud binds ; ostracism, sur- 

 render of offender, death penalty ; in what cases practised ; the effect 

 of vows upon the performance of contract. 



(11.) The making of inter-family and inter-tribal ai-i-angements, 

 e.g., treaties as to boundaries, peace and war, sale and purchase : tiie 

 solemnities observed among lai-ger and smaller groups. 



(12.) The cultus and sacrifices which obtain in sub -families, fami- 

 lies, totem, etc. ; moral or 7-eligious code which accompanies them ; 

 the form and purpose of the different tribal or inter-tribal ceremonies 

 in use, e.g., dog-, sun-, thirst-dance, etc. 



(13.) Death and birth rates; effects of miscegenation. 



(14.) Practice in cases of burial, its rites. 



(15.) Border civilization, its effect upon the beliefs and moral con- 

 duct of Indian peoples. 



(IG.) The influence of territorial reserves, outside jurisdiction, 

 education and support upon the Canadian Indians. 



PART II. -PHILOLOGY. 

 Lexical. 

 (a.) Yowel and consonant sounds, their classification, the predom- 

 inance of vowels over consonants, or consonants over vowels ; the 

 variation of vowels or the gliding of one into another, e.g., o into a, 

 A into E ; the transmutation of consonants e.g., l into n or R, T into d. 



