XXVIII BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
the Public Printer. Engraved proofs of 330 drawings 
and photographs, intended for use in the Twenty -second 
Annual Report, have been received from the Public 
Printer during the year, and have been criticised and 
corrected. The printed editions of 107 colored plates, 
representing nearly 1,000,000 impressions, to be used in 
the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Annual Reports, 
have been examined by Mr Gill, and the imperfect work 
has been rejected. Drawings to the number of about 
200, intended for forthcoming reports by Mrs M. C. Stev- 
enson and Mr Stewart Culin, were executed by contract 
under the supervision of the authors. The preparation 
of illustrations for reports following the Twenty-third 
was taken up toward the close of the year. 
The photographie work has progressed satisfactorily ; 
646 negatives, 65 by 85 inches, have been made, 123 of 
which were exposed in the field by Dr Frank Russell and 
developed in the office laboratory. About 500 4-by-5-inch 
films were exposed in the field by Doctor Fewkes, and 
also developed in the office laboratory; and a large num- 
ber of portraits of visiting Indians were made during the 
year. Inall, 1,146 negatives were added to the collection 
and 1,341 prints were made. 
Detailed plans by Mr Gill of three of the great ruined 
buildings of Mexico—the temple of Xochicaleo, the 
Temple of the Columns at Mitla, and the House of the 
Governor at Uxmal—were prepared for use in construct- 
ing models of the buildings for the Louisiana Purchase 
Exposition exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution. 
COLLECTIONS 
For a number of years previous to the separation of the 
work of the Bureau from the Geological Survey, and 
also since the separation took place, the Bureau has made 
extensive collections of objects illustrating its researches 
and forming the basis for important studies. The col- 
lections have usually been catalogued on arrival at the 
