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fixture installed, and the wooden casing under the exposed 

 stairway removed and fireproofing substituted. 



Personnel. — The only change in the personnel of the 

 bureau was the resignation of Mr. William A. Humphrey, 

 stenographer and tyj^ewTiter, on April 15, 1916, and the 

 appointment of Miss Lana V. Schelski on May 15 to fill the 

 vacancy. 



The correspondence and other clerical work of the office, 

 in addition to that above mentioned, has been conducted 

 by Miss Florence M. Poast, clerk to the ethnologist in charge ; 

 Miss May S. Clark, who particularly aided Mr. Bushnell in 

 correspondence connected with the preparation of the 

 Handbook of Aboriginal Remains; and Mrs. F. S. Nichols, 

 who has aided the editor. 



Respectfully submitted. 



F. W. Hodge, 



Ethnologist in Charge. 

 Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 



Washington, D. C. 



