ADMINISTRATIVE EEPOET. 27 



COLLECTIONS. 



The following collections acquired by members of the staff 

 of the bureau, or by those detailed in connection with its 

 researches, have been transferred to the United States 

 National Museum: 



Seven baskets made by the Koasati Indians of Louisiana, collocted 

 by Dr. John R. Swanton. (61315.) 



A roughly chipped implement of gray limestone from British 

 Guiana, presented by Dr. Walter E. Roth. (61325.) 



Six ethnological specimens of the Mandan, Ute, and Chippewa 

 Indians, purchased from Miss Frances Densmore. (61573.) 



A loom of the Osage Indians, collected by Mr. Francis La Flesche. 

 (62013.) 



Twelve specimens of plants from Minnesota, collected by Miss 

 Frances Densmore. (62190.) 



Twenty-five stone objects from the Huastec region, Mexico, pre- 

 sented to the bureau by Mr. Jolin M. Muir, Tampico, Mexico. (62253.) 



Arrow points, spearheads (IS) collected by Dr. John R. Swanton 

 in the vicinity of Rock Hill, S. C. (62577.) 



PROPERTY. 



Furniture was purchased to the amount of $107.02; the 

 cost of typewriting machines was $175, making a total 

 of $282.02. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Quarters. — Two rooms on the third floor of the north tower 

 of the Smithsonian Building, occupied by the bureau, were 

 painted; also the office of the chief. A glass partition was 

 erected on the south front of the space occupied by the 

 librarian as an office, in order to render the office more 

 comfortable during the winter months. Three enlarged 

 photographs of Spruce-tree House, Mesa Verde National 

 Park, before and after repair, were painted and hung in the 

 office of the chief. 



Personnel. — Changes in the personnel of the bureau during 

 the last fiscal year were as follows : 



Mr. F. W. Hodge, ethnologist in charge, resigned Feb- 

 ruary 28, 1918, and Dr. J. Walter Fewkes succeeded him, 

 with the title of chief, March 1, 1918. Dr. Leo J. Frachten- 



