ADMINISTRATIVK REPORT XXV 



The clerical work of the library has been satisfactorily 

 performed by Miss Ella Leary. 



The very considerable work involved in the care and 

 distribution of publications has been in charge of Miss 

 May S. Clark, who has efficiently met the Bureau's needs 

 in this direction. 



Mrs F. S. Nichols was certified by the Civil Service 

 Commission for temporary work in connection with the 

 Handbook of Indian Tribes, and Misses Postley, Strat- 

 ton, and Taliaferro were employed for brief periods in 

 the same work. 



PROPERTY 



The property of the Bureau is comprised in seven 

 classes: (1) Office furniture and appliances. (2) Field 

 outfits. (3) Ethnological manuscripts and other docu- 

 ments. (4) Photographs, drawings, paintings, and 

 engravings. (5) A working library. (6) Collections 

 held temporarily l)y collaborators for use in research. 

 (7) Undistributed residue of the editions of Bureau 

 publications. 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT 



Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, " For 

 continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians under 

 the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including salaries or com- 

 pensation of all necessary employees and the jjurchase of necessary 

 books and periodicals, forty thousand dollars, of which sum not exceed- 

 ing one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for rent of build- 

 ing" (sundry civil act, .^larch 3, 1903) $40,000.00 



Salaries or compensation of employees S27, 716. 2(1 



Special services S719. 2.5 



Traveling expenses 3, 363. 43 



Ethnologic specimens 99.5. 11 



Illustrations 59. 20 



Manuscripts 1, 886. 36 



Books and periodicals for library 197. 93 



Rental 1, 375. 00 



Furniture 131. 83 



Lighting 155. 04 



Stationery and supplies 782. 16 



Freight . .' 186. 64 



Postage and telegraph and tele])h(iiie 43. 18 



Printing and binding 159. 54 



Miscellaneous 322. 1 3 



10, 376. 80 



Total di.sbursements r.TTTTTTT. 3.S, 093. 06 



Balance July 1, 1904, to meet outstanding liabilities 1, 906. 94 



