7 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
In August, 1886, the director of the bureau was authcrized by 
joint resolution of Congress to begin the publication of a series of 
bulletins, which were issued in octavo form and in paper covers, and 
in July, 1888, the continuation of the series was authorized by concur- 
rent resolution. Provision for publishing the bulletins was omitted 
from the public printing law of January 12, 1895, and the issue termi- 
nated in 1894. Up to that time 24 bulletins had been published. By 
concurrent resolution in April, 1900, Congress authorized the resump- 
tion of the Bulletin series in royal octavo form. Nos. 25, 26, and 27 
were issued under this provision, and in February, 1903, by joint 
resolution of Congress the octavo form was again resumed. Since 
then bulletins 28, 29, 30 (in two parts), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 
38, 39, 40 (part 1), 41, 42, 438, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, and 52 have 
appeared, while Nos. 40 (part 2) and 46 are in press. The maximum 
edition of the Bulletin series is 9,850 copies, of which the Senate 
receives 1,500, the House of Representatives 3,000, and the Bureau of 
American Ethnology 3,500 copies. The remaining 1,850 copies are 
distributed by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Print- 
ing Office. Of these about 500 copies are sent to designated libraries; 
the rest are held by him for sale at a price slightly above cost. 
Besides the series mentioned there have been issued small editions 
of four Introductions and of eight Miscellaneous Publications, 
intended wholly or chiefly for the use of collaborators and corre- 
spondents. These were not specially authorized by Congress, but 
as a rule were paid for from the annual appropriations for continuing 
researches. 
With the exception of the few copies of the publications of the 
bureau disposed of by the Superintendent of Documents the editions 
are distributed free of charge. The quota allowed the bureau is 
distributed mainly to libraries and institutions of learning and to 
collaborators and others engaged in anthropological research or in 
instruction. 
AnNNuUAL REporTS 
First annual report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the secretary of 
the Smithsonian Institution 1879-80 by J. W. Powell director 
[Vignette] Washington Government Printing Office 1881 
Roy. 8°. xxxv, 603 p., 347 fig. (incl. 54 pl.), map. Out of print. 
Report of the Director. P. xI—xxxIll. 
On the eyolution of language, as exhibited in the specialization of the gram- 
matic processes, the differentiation of the parts of speech, and the integra- 
tion of the sentence; from a study of Indian languages, by J. W. Powell. 
P. 1-16. 
1By concurrent resolution of Congress in August, 1912, a reprint of Bulletin 30 was 
ordered in an edition of 6,500 copies, of which 4,000 were for the use of the House of 
Representatives, 2,000 for the use of the Senate, and 500 for the use of the Bureau of 
American Ethnology. 
