REPORT OF THE SECRETARY 77 



The most pressing need which confronts the library is shelving 

 for the ever increasing accumulations of books. Extensive shift- 

 ings and readjustments have been necessary during the year in order 

 to make space available where it is most needed, but the library is 

 totally lacking in facilities to allow for its expansion. 



COLLECTIONS 



The following collections, acquired by members of the bureau or 

 by those detailed in connection with its researches, have been trans- 

 ferred to the United States National Museum : 



69367. Archeological objects from Alaska collected by Dr. T. T. Waterman In the 

 spring of 1922. (5 specimens.) 



69530. Stone collar from Mayaguez, Porto Rico. 



69660. Two incense burners found in a cave in southern Yucatan and presented 

 to the bureau by Maj. E. H. Ropes, United States Army. 



69881. Archeological specimens collected along the Susquehanna River (Mary- 

 land and Pennsylvania) in October, 1922, by John L. Baer. (174 

 specimens. ) 



69885. Two stone pestles from the Isle of Pines. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



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

 has been conducted by Miss May S. Clark, clerk to the chief. Mr. 

 Anthony W. Wilding served as messenger and typist to the chief. 



Mr. Roderick McPherson, messenger in the library, resigned March 

 31, 1923, and Mr. Thomas Blackwell, minor clerk, was appointed 

 May 1 to fill the vacancy. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



J. Walter Fewkes, 

 Chief, Bureau of American Ethnology. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



