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Five arclieological objects from Virgiuia. Gift of Dr. W. B. Barham, of New- 

 soms, Va. ; and a necklace presented by Mrs. J. R. Kello and her daugliter, 

 Miss Hattie Kello. (58177.) 



PROPERTY. 



The most valuable property of the bureau consists of its library 

 (of which brief statistics have been given), a collection of unpub- 

 lished manuscripts, and several thousand photographic negatives. 

 Comparatively little of this material could be duplicated. The other 

 property of the bureau is described in general terms in the last annual 

 report. The total cost of furniture, typewriters, and other apparatus 

 acquired during the fiscal year was $553.35. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 QUARTERS. 



The quarters of the bureau have been improved by the completion 

 of the library bookstacks, previously referred to, and the installation 

 of additional electric lights in the library and in one of the office 

 rooms. 



PERSONNEL. 



The personnel of the bureau has been changed by the appointment 

 of Mr. John P. Harrington, ethnologist, on February 20; the death 

 of Mrs. Matilda Coxe Stevenson, ethnologist, on June 24; the death 

 of Mrs. Ella Slaughter, classified laborer, on November 1, 1914; the 

 transfer of Thomas F. Clark, jr., to the National Museum; the ap- 

 pointment of William Humphrey, stenographer and typewriter ; and 

 the appointment of Dennis Sullivan, messenger boy. The corre- 

 spondence of the bureau and other clerical work has been conducted 

 with the assistance of three clerks and a stenographer and typewriter. 

 Respectfully submitted. 



F. W. Hodge, 

 Ethnologist-in-Charge. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



