LJ8T OF PUBLIC ATTONS OF THE BUREAU OF 

 AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 



NOTE. 



Tlio puhliciitions of th(^ nurcai! of Aiiu'iiciin Ktlniolo<;-v consist of 

 Contributions to North Ainericiui Etliiiol()<;v, Anmuil Reports, Bulle- 

 tins, IntroductioDs, and INIiscelliUU'ouf^ I'uhlicutions. 



The series of Contributions, in quarto, was bef^un in 1877 t»y the 

 Creooraphical and Ceolooieal Survey of the Rocky jNIountaiu Region 

 (.1. W. Powell, Director). Of the earlier numbers, priiited under 

 authority of special resolutions of Cong-ress, volumes i, ii (in two 

 parts), and in had been completed when, in the year ls7l', the Bureau 

 of Ethnology w^as organized, with ,1. W . Powell as Director. In 

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

 authorizcnl l)y concurrent resolution of Congress, but the series was 

 discontinued in 181»5, after volumes i to vii and ix had l^een completed. 



The publication of the Annual Reports in royal octaxo foru'. began 

 with that for the tiscal year ending June 30, ISSO. I'nti! iSlC) the 

 successive reports Avere individually authorized by Congress, usually 

 through concurrent resolution; since that time they have been pub- 

 lished under authority of the law providing foi- the printing and 

 binding and the distril)ution of public documents, api)roved Januarj' 

 12, 1895. 



At the dose of the tiscal year ll»or)-(), twenty-three* Anmial Reports 

 had appeared (the Fourteenth, Se\-enl(>enth, Eigiiteenth, Nineteenth, 

 and twenty -second each in two parts), making in all twenty-eig'ht 

 volumes. The Twenty-fourth and the Twenty-lifth Re|)orts tire in 

 press. 



The present maxinumi edition of the Aiuuial Repoi'ts is H,8r>0 copies. 

 Of these the Senate receives l,r)U(», the House of Re})resentatives 

 3,000, and the Bureau of American Ethnology 3,5<K> copies. Of the 

 Bureau edition 500 are distributed ly the Smithsonian Institution. 

 From the remaining 1,S5(> copies are drawn the personal copies of 

 Senators, Rei)resentatives, and Delegates, and 5(><> copies for distribu- 

 tion to CJovernment libraries and to designated public depositories'* 



" I5ach Senator, Representative, and Delegate in Congress is entitled to designate 



one depository to receive all public documents (see :uuui;d n'ports of the Superin- 

 tendent of Documents, Ciovernment Printing Office). 



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