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  BUREAU 
  OF 
  AMERICAN 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  

  

  COLLECTIONS 
  

  

  The 
  collections 
  of 
  archeological 
  and 
  ethnological 
  specimens 
  

   made 
  during 
  the 
  3 
  r 
  ear 
  are 
  more 
  limited 
  than 
  heretofore, 
  

   owing 
  to 
  the 
  reduced 
  amount 
  of 
  field 
  work 
  undertaken. 
  The 
  

   most 
  important 
  accession 
  is 
  the 
  product 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  L. 
  Hewett's 
  

   explorations 
  among 
  the 
  ancient 
  ruins 
  of 
  the 
  Jemez 
  plateau. 
  

   Other 
  collections 
  worthy 
  of 
  note 
  are 
  those 
  made 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Mooney 
  in 
  Oklahoma 
  and 
  by 
  Doctor 
  HrdliSka 
  in 
  Florida. 
  

   All 
  collections 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  in 
  

   accordance 
  with 
  established 
  custom. 
  

  

  STUDY 
  OF 
  INDIAN 
  DELEGATIONS 
  

  

  The 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  delegations 
  visiting 
  Washington 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  continued, 
  as 
  heretofore. 
  One 
  hundred 
  

   and 
  forty-two 
  portrait 
  negatives 
  were 
  made 
  and 
  measure- 
  

   ments 
  and 
  casts 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  caso^. 
  

  

  EDITORIAL 
  WORK 
  

  

  Mr. 
  John 
  P. 
  Sanborn, 
  jr., 
  who 
  was 
  probationally 
  appointed 
  

   on 
  April 
  6, 
  1905, 
  Editor 
  and 
  Compiler, 
  was 
  permanently 
  

   appointed 
  October 
  6; 
  but 
  on 
  October 
  19 
  he 
  was, 
  at 
  his 
  

   own 
  request, 
  indefinitely 
  furloughed. 
  On 
  February 
  16, 
  1906, 
  

   Mr. 
  Joseph 
  G. 
  Gurley 
  was 
  probationally 
  appointed 
  Editor 
  

   through 
  certification 
  by 
  the 
  Civil 
  Service 
  Commission. 
  The 
  

   Twenty-fifth 
  and 
  Twenty-sixth 
  Annual 
  Reports 
  and 
  Bulletins 
  

   31 
  and 
  32 
  were 
  read 
  and 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  press, 
  and 
  proof 
  

   reading 
  of 
  the 
  Twenty-third 
  and 
  Twenty-fourth 
  Reports 
  and 
  

   of 
  Bulletins 
  30, 
  31, 
  and 
  32 
  further 
  occupied 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  

   the 
  Editor, 
  although 
  Mr. 
  Hodge 
  and 
  the 
  various 
  collabora- 
  

   tors 
  on 
  Bulletin 
  30 
  (the 
  Handbook 
  of 
  the 
  Indians) 
  assumed 
  

   the 
  main 
  burden 
  of 
  the 
  reading 
  of 
  that 
  work. 
  

  

  ILLUSTRATIONS 
  

  

  The 
  illustration 
  work, 
  including 
  photography, 
  continued 
  in 
  

   charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  De 
  Lancey 
  Gill, 
  who 
  was 
  assisted, 
  as 
  heretofore, 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Henry 
  Wal 
  ther 
  . 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  illustrations 
  prepared 
  

   for 
  the 
  reports 
  was 
  852 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  number 
  transmitted 
  

   to 
  the 
  printer 
  was 
  1,023. 
  

  

  