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At the close of the j-ear manuscripts duly approved for 

 publication as Bureau bulletins were on hand, as follows: 



Bulletin 37 (partially edited). Antiquities of central and 

 southeastern Missoiu-i, by Gerard Fowke. 



Bulletin 44 (partially edited). Linguistic famiUes of 

 Mexico and Central America, Ijy Cyrus Thomas, assisted by 

 John R. Swanton. 



Bulletin 45. Chippewa music, by Frances Densmore. 



The distribution of pul)lications continued as in former 

 yeare. The Twenty-sixth Annual Report was issued in 

 July, and Bulletin 34 in December. During the year 1,676 

 copies each of the Twenty-sixth Annual T^eport and Bulletin 

 34 were sent to regular I'ecipients, and 3,000 volumes and 

 pamphlets were transmitted in response to special requests, 

 presented largely by Members of Congress. The number of 

 requests for the Biu'eau's publications gi-eatly exceeded those 

 received during any pre\'ious year. 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



The preparation of illustrations continued in charge of 

 Mr. De Lancey Gill, with Mr. Henry Walther as assistant. 

 Illustrative material for six bulletins and one annual report 

 was completed during the year; of this material 498 illus- 

 trations were photographic prints and 77 were drawings. 

 Proofs of the illustrations of three bulletins were examined 

 and approved. Portrait negatives of 22 visiting Indian dele- 

 gations to the number of 196 were made. The total output 

 of the photographic laboratory was as follows: Xew nega- 

 tives, 473; films exposed in the field and developed in the 

 office, 454; photographic prints, 3,498. 



LIBRARY 



The libiaiy continued in charge of Miss Ella Leary, 

 librarian. Duiing the year 1,459 volumes and about 700 

 pamphlets were received and catalogued, and about 2,000 

 serials, chiefly the publications of learned societies, were 

 received and recorded. As the law now permits the binding 

 of miscellaneous publications belonging to the library at the 



