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

 the appointment of Miss Ora A. Sowersby, stenographer and type- 

 writer, on February 14, 1917, to succeed Miss Lena V. Schelski, trans- 

 ferred. A temporary laborer was employed from time to time when 

 required. 



Clerical. — The correspondence and other clerical work of the office, 

 including the copying of manuscripts, has been conducted with the 

 aid of Miss Florence M. Poast, clerk to the ethnologist-in-charge ; 

 Miss May S. Clark, and Mrs. Frances S. Nichols. Miss Sowersby 

 was assigned to the division of publications of the Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution for duty in connection with correspondence arising from the 

 distribution of the bureau's publications. 



Respectfully submitted, 



F. \V. Hodge, 

 Eth nologist-in-C harge. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



