ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT ZXXI 



current issues of upward of 500 periodicals; 120 volumes have 

 been bound at the Government Printing Office. The libraiy 

 now contains about 12,563 bound volumes, 7,000 pamphlets, 

 and a large number of periodicals bearing on ethnology and. 

 kindred topics. Purchase of books for the library has been 

 restricted to those that bear, on the subject of anthropology, 

 with special reference to the American Indians, and only 

 indispensable works have been obtained by this means. 



CLERICAL WORK 



The clerical force of the Bureau consists of four regular 

 employees — Mr J. B. Clayton, head clerk; Miss Emilie R. 

 Smedes and Miss Maj^ S. Clark, stenographers; and Miss 

 Ella Leary, clerk and acting librarian. During the year the 

 compilation of the Handbook of American Indians neces- 

 sitated the employment of additional clerks with special 

 training in dealing with cyclopedic material and in biblio- 

 graphic work. In this the services of Mrs F. S. Nichols, Mrs 

 Gertrude L. Rogers, and Miss Laura W. Steever have proved 

 invaluable. 



PROPERTY 



The property of the Bureau is comprised in seven classes, 

 as follows : Office furniture and appliances ; field outfits ; lin- 

 guistic and ethnological manuscripts and other documents; 

 photographs, drawings, paintings, and engravings; a work- 

 ing library; collections held temporarily by collaborators 

 for use in research ; and undistributed residue of the editions 

 of Bureau publications. 



The additions to the property of the Bureau for the year 

 mclude a typewriter and a few necessary ai'ticles of fiu'ni- 

 ture. The only improvement made in the offices was the 

 changing of the electric-light wiring, which was done under 

 the du-ection of the District authorities, at a cost of $116.55. 



