XXXII REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY 



general of the IVruviau army, for tlie publication of a memoir 

 on prehistoric trephining, the memoir being based on the finest 

 collection of trephined crania (numbering nineteen exam])les^ 

 ever brought t(^o-ether. The condition of the material and the 

 nature of Doctor Muniz's work were such as to require consid- 

 eral)le study. 



Publication — An advance copy of the Ninth Annual Report 

 was received during the month, and the edition of the report 

 is now in the bindery. The Tenth Annual Keport is still on 

 the i^ress. All galley })roofs and most of the page proofs of the 

 body of the p]leventh Annual Report have been revised, while 

 the Twelfth Annual Report is practically ready to be put on 

 the press. A concurrent resolution authorizing the pidilication 

 of the Thirteenth Annual Rei)ort has been introduced in the 

 House of Representatives, and, as already stated incidentally, 

 volume IX of the Contributions to North American Ethnology 

 has been completed during the month, and is now stereotyped. 



Beinoval of office — During the montli the Bureau was trans- 

 ferred to its new quarters on the sixth floor of the Adams 

 buililing, 1333 and 1335 F street. 



Expositio)! Ivor/, — The Director remained in Chicago com- 

 pleting the final details of arrangement of the Bureau collec- 

 tion at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



OPERATIONS r>i:RI]«^G OCTOBER 



Work in .aif/n Inuguaf/c — Colonel Garrick Mallery has con- 

 tinued the work of assembling, collecting, and arranging tlie 

 voluminous materials on sign language which he has gathered 

 in connection with other work from time to time during sev- 

 eral years. The \\-ork has progressed satisfactorily ami the 

 preparation of the final report on the subject is under way. 



Work in. mounds and other aiitiqidties — Dr Cyrus Thomas 

 has continued researches concerning the Maya codices, together 

 witli collateral studies relating to tin's sjiecial investigation as 

 well as to the investigation of mounds ;nid other earthworks. 

 Certain results of special interest in the Maya research were 

 reached nbout the end of the month, and will be reported 

 later. 



