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but it has been fully outlined, and a number of collabo- 

 rators have begun the preparation of special papers. The 

 introductory chapters of the Handbook are assigned to 

 Doctor Boas. 



Mr F. W. Hodge, of the Smithsonian Institution, has 

 continued in charge of the Handbook of Indian Tril)es, 

 and substantial progress has been made in its compilation. 

 Much time has been consumed in revising and verifying 

 the work of former years and in bringing the "whole to a 

 uniform standard. Mr Hodge has been assisted Ijy Dr 

 Cyrus Thomas, ethnologist; Mr Frank Huntington, 

 editorial assistant, and Mrs Nichols, typewriter, and has 

 received contributions from numerous authors, including 

 members of the Bureau and others intrusted with the 

 treatment of special topics. The work on the Handbook 

 has been delayed by lack of sufficient funds for the employ- 

 ment of ex]>ert assistants. 



Mr Stewart Culin, of the Brooklyn Institute Museum, 

 has completed and submitted his monograph on American 

 Indian Games, and this great work was placed in the 

 hands of the editor of the Bureau at the close of the year. 



The plan of operations for the year included the provi- 

 sion that the Bureau should undertake the preparation of 

 a measure for the preservation of our national antiquities, 

 for submission to Congress. The Smithsonian Institution 

 had previously interested itself in this subject, and, that 

 it might be prepared with a knowledge of what other 

 countries had done in this direction, it was determined to 

 make a study of the entire subject, and Mr J. D. McGuire 

 was temjiorarily engaged to make investigations and for- 

 mulate a measure. This step was taken and in due course 

 the measure was presented in the House and Senate. 

 In ])rosecuting this work translations were made of the 

 laws of various countries, including Mexico, France, Ger- 

 many, Italy, SAveden, Egypt, and Turkey, and others were 

 thoroughly studied. Mr McGuire also collated much 

 material relating to governmental siipport of anthropologic 

 science in various countries. Later he took up and made 

 much progress in the preparation of an archeological map 



