36 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
Potsherds, fragments of human bones, and three heads. Gift to 
the bureau by Mrs. Bruce Reid, Port Arthur, Texas. (55758.) 
Parts of five skeletons (three complete skulls and fragments of two 
skulls) from a burial cist in a cave about 20 miles south of Grant, 
New Mexico. Collected by F. W. Hodge, Bureau of American Eth- 
nology. (56134.) 
Thirty-one ethnological objects from the Cherokee and Catawba 
Indians. Collected by James Mooney, Bureau of American Eth- 
nology. (56312.) 
Six photographs of Aztec antiquities. Purchased from W. W. 
Blake, City of Mexico. (56609.) 
Stone phallus from Mesa Verde, Colorado. Gift to the bureau by 
H.C. Lay, Telluride, Colorado. (56719.) 
Arrow point found on the north fork of Roanoke River, about 3 
miles from Blacksburg, Virginia. Gift to the bureau by Prof. 
Otto C. Burkhart, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Vir- 
ginia. (56679.) 
PROPERTY 
The principal property of the bureau consists of its library, 
comprising approximately 35,000 books and pamphlets, a 
large collection of manuscripts for reference or in process of 
preparation for publication, and several thousand photo- 
graphic negatives. With the exception of a portion of the 
library, this material could not be duplicated. In addition, 
the bureau possesses a photostat apparatus with electric- 
light equipment, several cameras, dictagraphs, and other 
appliances for use in conducting scientific research in the 
field and the office, necessary office furniture and equipment, 
and a limited supply of stationery, supplies, ete. Also under 
control of the bureau, but in immediate custody of the Public 
Printer, as required by law, is a stock of numerous publica- 
tions, chiefly annual reports and bulletins. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Quarters.—The only improvements made in the quarters 
occupied by the bureau in the Smithsonian building, as set 
forth in the last report, have been those incident to the 
reconstruction of the library and the fireproofing of the 
manuscript room, above alluded to, and the painting of the 
walls of four rooms, made necessary partly by inadequate 
