LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 
BurEAu oF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., September 27, 1895. 
Sir: [have the honor to submit my Sixteenth Annual Report 
as Director of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 
The first part consists of an exposition of the operations 
of the Bureau for and during the fiscal year ending June 
30, 1895; the second part consists of a series of papers on 
anthropologic subjects, prepared by collaborators to illustrate 
the methods and to set forth the results of the work of the 
Bureau. 
I desire to express my thanks for your constant support and 
your wise counsel relating to the work under my charge. 
I am, with respect, your obedient servant, 
Yih 
Director. 
Honorable 8S. P. Laney, 
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 
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