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ILLUSTRATIONS 



The work of preparing illustrations has continued in 

 charge of Mr De Lancy Gill, who has been assisted, as here- 

 tofore, by Mr Henry Walther. The photographic work has 

 included the making of portraits of members of 21 Indian 

 delegations which visited the capital during the year. Three 

 views of each individual were taken, besides several group 

 views, the negatives numbering 298. In preparing illus- 

 trations for the publications of the Bureau upward of 200 

 negatives were made, and 156 films exposed in the field by 

 members of the Bureau were developed in the laborator3^ 

 During the ,year about 2,350 prints were made, mainly for 

 immediate use in illustrating the Bureau publications. 

 Illustrations prepared for the Twent3^-fourth Annual Report 

 number 45; for the Twenty-fifth Annual Report, 128; for 

 Bulletin 30, 800. Illustrations transmitted with reports 

 submitted to the Secretary for publication are: For the 

 Twenty-fourth Annual Report, 1,103; for Bulletin 30, 871. 

 Illustrations edited for the Twenty-third Annual Report 

 number 25; for the Twenty-fourth Annual Report, 1,102. 

 The printed editions of 48 colored plates submitted by the 

 engravers for the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Annual 

 Reports, numbering about 450,000 prints, were individually 

 examined and approved or rejected. 



LIBRARY 



The library has been in immediate charge of Miss Ella 

 Leary, who has had the assistance of Mrs Ella Slaughter. The 

 accessioning and cataloguing of the books, pamphlets, and 

 periodicals I'eceived during the year have been kept up to 

 date, and the cataloguing of the publications of scientific 

 societies has been commenced. Owing to the crowded con- 

 dition of the library and their questionable place in an eth- 

 nological library, about 400 publications relating to natural 

 history, received through exchange, have been transfen'ed 

 to the National Museum. During the year there have been 

 received and recorded 398 volumes, 500 pamphlets, and the 



