LIST OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE BUREAU OF 

 AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



NOTE. 



The pulilications of the Bureau of American P^thnology consist of 

 Contributions to Nortli American Ethnology, Annual Reports, Bulle- 

 tins, Introductions, and Miscellaneous Publications. 



The series of Contributions, in quarto, was begun in 1877 l)y the 

 Geographical and Geological Surve}^ of the Rocky Mountain Region 

 (J. W, Powell, Director). Of the earlier numbers, printed under 

 authorit}^ of special resolutions of Congress, volumes i, ii (in two 

 parts), and iii had been completed when, in the year 1879, the Bureau 

 of Ethnology was organized, with J. W. Powell as Director. In 

 March, 1881, the publication of volumes vi, vii, viii, ix, and x was 

 authorized by concurrent resolution of Congress, but the series was 

 discontinued in 1895, after volumes i to vii and ix had been completed. 



The publication of the Annual Reports in ro3'al octavo form began 

 with that for the tiscal year ending June 30, 1880. Until 1895 the 

 successive reports were each authorized by Congress, usually by con- 

 current resolution; since that time they have been published under 

 authority of the law providing for the printing and binding and the 

 distribution of public documents, approved Januar}^ 12, 1895. 



At the close of the tiscal year 1906-7, twenty-four Annual Reports 

 had appeared (the Fourteenth, Seventeenth. Eighteenth, Nineteenth, 

 and Twenty-second each in two parts), in all twenty-nine volumes. 

 The Twent3^-tifth and Twentv-sixth Reports are in press. 



The present maximum edition of the Annual Reports is 9,850 copies. 

 Of these the Senate receives 1,500, the House of Representatives 

 3,000, and the Bureau of American Ethnology 3,500 copies. Of the 

 Bureau edition 500 are distributed by the Smithsonian Institution. 

 From the remaining 1,850 copies are drawn the personal copies of 

 Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, and 500 copies for distribu- 

 tion to Government libraries and to designated public depositories" 

 throughout the country. The remainder are sold by the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, at a slight advance 

 on the cost. 



« Each Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congresp is entitled to designate 

 one depository t<i receive all public docnnients (see annual reports of the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents, Government Printing Office). 



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