ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT XXXIX 
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Appropriation by Congress for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, ‘‘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 purchase of necessary 
books and periodicals, fifty thousand dollars, of which sum not ex- 
ceeding one thousand five hundred dollars may be used for rent of 
building’”’ (sundry civil act, June 28, 1902) .....-.....----..-.-.---- $50, 000. 00 
Salaries or compensation of employees.......--..------ $32, 327. 89 
SNECIaIEsenVI Cee eos. os ske Soe ha se nese $1, 161. 00 
Mravelinevexpenses= <_< .6-<--5-5=<.scece wee 4,117.65 
Ethnologic specimens --..--....-....------- 1, 937. 00 
TOUNT IS iiss ato) est 5 <0 oe ee eee eee ee 300. 90 
WISMURCHp Seema mcisete oasis =. 552 Se ee eee 3, 651. 70 
Books and periodicals for library. --.----.---- 498. 67 
Rentalleaeeener ences cc. toto. Soc Se Se 1, 375. 00 
HOTNIGURG sesmeere eae a cio keene See beee 96. 50 
Mohit oSeeme seca Aes 5 = se nn ncinecegce es 67. 98 , 
Stationery and supplies. ...-.....----------- 665. 95 i 
Re SL Uae epee esas oS ic sic cice s see 45.10 
Postage and telegraph and telephone -_.-._-- 102. 50 
Muscellancouserercm.scoasct-. sess s acest eee 162.17 
14, 182. 12 
Totaladisbursements sis s30 6 J. sh5.c cbse toa ee eee 46, 510. 01 
Balance July 1, 1903, to meet outstanding liabilities ................-.- 3, 489. 99 
ACCOMPANYING PAPER 
This report is accompanied by a single paper, a mono- 
graphic study of American Indian games, by Mr Stewart 
Culin. The collection of the data therein embodied was 
begun by the author a number of years ago, in collabora- 
tion with Mr F. H. Cushing, but at the time of Mr Cush- 
ing’s death slight insight had been gained into the real 
character and significance of the games as a whole. The 
popular notion that games of chance are trivial in nature 
and of no particular significance as a subject of research 
soon gave way, under the well-conducted studies of Mr 
Culin, to an adequate appreciation of their importance as 
an integral part of human culture. Although engaged in 
by both men and women, apparently as a pastime, and 
played persistently and with utter recklessness as to the 
wagers laid, games of all classes are found to be inti- 
mately connected with religious beliefs and practices, and 
