﻿RBPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  17 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  116,303, 
  of 
  which 
  number 
  

   2,101 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  offices 
  for 
  general 
  information, 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  build- 
  

   ing 
  and 
  methods, 
  to 
  see 
  objects 
  in 
  storage, 
  or 
  for 
  other 
  purposes. 
  

   Ten 
  classes 
  were 
  given 
  instruction 
  in 
  the 
  study 
  rooms 
  and 
  twelve 
  

   groups 
  were 
  given 
  docent 
  service 
  in 
  the 
  galleries. 
  

  

  Gratifying 
  progress 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  service. 
  

   Dr. 
  C. 
  Li, 
  of 
  the 
  field 
  staff, 
  was 
  given 
  every 
  assistance 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese 
  

   Government 
  in 
  carrying 
  on 
  important 
  archeological 
  excavations 
  in 
  

   the 
  Province 
  of 
  Honan. 
  Political 
  conditions 
  in 
  China 
  have 
  improved 
  

   steadily 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  confidently 
  expected 
  that 
  

   the 
  Freer 
  Gallery's 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  may 
  now 
  be 
  carried 
  on 
  without 
  

   interruption 
  of 
  any 
  kind. 
  

  

  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  1, 
  1928, 
  Mr. 
  Matthew 
  W. 
  Stirling 
  assumed 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  

   chief 
  of 
  the 
  bureau, 
  succeeding 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  Walter 
  Fewkes, 
  who 
  retired 
  

   earlier 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  bureau 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  covered 
  widespread 
  ethno- 
  

   logical 
  and 
  archeological 
  investigations 
  relating 
  to 
  numerous 
  Indian 
  

   tribes. 
  Mr. 
  Stirling 
  completed 
  a 
  survey 
  of 
  an 
  interesting 
  group 
  of 
  

   mounds 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Tampa 
  Bay, 
  Fla., 
  selecting 
  a 
  large 
  mound 
  

   at 
  Palma 
  Sola 
  as 
  a 
  site 
  for 
  later 
  intensive 
  excavation. 
  Doctor 
  

   Swanton 
  continued 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Tiraucua 
  dictionary, 
  and 
  Doctor 
  

   Michelson 
  renewed 
  his 
  researches 
  among 
  the 
  Algonquian 
  tribes 
  of 
  

   Oklahoma 
  and 
  the 
  Fox 
  Indians 
  of 
  Iowa. 
  Mr. 
  Harrington 
  completed 
  

   his 
  report 
  on 
  the 
  Taos 
  of 
  New 
  Mexico 
  and 
  studied 
  the 
  Karuk 
  of 
  

   California. 
  Doctor 
  Roberts 
  brought 
  to 
  completion 
  his 
  archeological 
  

   work 
  along 
  the 
  Piedra 
  River 
  in 
  Colorado, 
  uncovering 
  50 
  houses 
  of 
  

   the 
  prehistoric 
  Pueblo 
  peoples, 
  and 
  prepared 
  a 
  report 
  covering 
  the 
  

   investigation. 
  Later 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  he 
  began 
  excavations 
  at 
  a 
  site 
  in 
  east- 
  

   ern 
  Arizona, 
  revealing 
  eight 
  pit 
  houses 
  occupied 
  hj 
  Basket 
  Maker 
  III 
  

   and 
  Pueblo 
  I 
  peoples. 
  Mr. 
  Hewitt 
  continued 
  his 
  ethnological 
  work 
  

   among 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  Doctor 
  La 
  Flesche 
  revised 
  the 
  manuscript 
  of 
  

   his 
  Osage 
  dictionary. 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  studied 
  the 
  music 
  of 
  various 
  

   tribes 
  in 
  Wisconsin. 
  

  

  The 
  bureau 
  published 
  three 
  annual 
  reports, 
  with 
  accompanying 
  

   papers, 
  and 
  five 
  bulletins. 
  A 
  total 
  of 
  20,112 
  bureau 
  publications 
  

   were 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  INTERNATIONAL 
  EXCHANGES 
  

  

  The 
  number 
  of 
  packages 
  of 
  publications 
  handled 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   was 
  620,485, 
  a 
  large 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  number 
  handled 
  during 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year. 
  The 
  total 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  packages 
  was 
  621,373 
  pounds, 
  

   also 
  an 
  increase. 
  These 
  totals 
  include 
  both 
  the 
  packages 
  sent 
  abroad 
  

   and 
  those 
  received 
  for 
  distribution 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  