XXXIV BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
purchase or exchange was begun at that time, though the 
first entry in the list of accessions was not made until 
1885. From then until separation from the Survey the 
record shows a steady growth, though it was slow, as 
allotments for purchase were small. At the time of the 
removal from the Survey building, in 1893, the vol- 
umes numbered about 2,500. Since that date growth 
has been more rapid, partly by reason of larger allotments 
for purchase, but chiefly through judicious exchange. 
The library now contains 11,863 volumes, somewhat more 
than 6,000 pamphlets, and several thousand numbers of 
unbound periodicals. 
Only books dealing with the American Indians and 
such general works as are needed for constant reference 
are purchased, but books and periodicals treating of all 
branches of anthropology and the related sciences are 
received in exchange. 
During the year there have been received 524 volumes, 
about 600 pamphlets, and the current numbers of more 
than 500 periodicals. 
PROPERTY 
The property of the Bureau may be grouped in seven 
classes, as follows: (1) Office furniture, appliances, and 
supplies; (2) field outfits; (8) ethnologic manuscripts 
and other documents; (4) photographs, drawings, ete., 
for illustrations; (5) books and periodicals; (6) collec- 
tions held temporarily by collaborators for use in research ; 
(7) undistributed residue of the editions of Bureau pub- 
lications. 
The additions to the office and field property during the 
year have been few and unimportant. Numerous minor 
manuscripts have been added, principally in connection 
with the Handbook of Indian Tribes. The illustrative 
material has been increased by several hundred negatives 
and by numerous prints and drawings. The library has 
continued to grow steadily through exchange and, to a 
limited extent, by purchase. 
