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oped; 1,322 prints were made for publication and for ex- 
change or distribution; and 110 pen and brush drawings 
were prepared. At the request of Mr. Wilberforce Eames, 
of the New York Public Library, a collection of 118 pho- 
tographs of representative Indians, covering 55 tribes, 
was furnished by the bureau as a part of a loan exhibition 
opened at that library in May and was still on view at the 
close of the fiscal year. 
Mr. Gill had the usual assistance of Henry Walther 
until February 16, 1912, when his services in behalf of the 
bureau for many years came to a close with his death. 
Mr. Walther has been succeeded by Walter A. Stenhouse. 
LIBRARY 
Under the supervision of Miss Ella Leary the work of 
the library has made satisfactory progress. During the 
year 720 volumes (103 by purchase) and 300 pamphlets 
were received; in addition 620 periodical publications, of 
which 606 were acquired by exchange and the remainder 
by subscription, were accessioned. The recataloguing of 
certain serial publications in the hbrary has been con- 
tinued and attention given to the preparation of a subject 
eatalogue of the large collection of pamphlets, many of 
which had been stored and therefore were inaccessible for 
three or four years. Successful effort has been made to 
complete the sets of certain publications of scientific so- 
cieties and other learned institutions. For the use of the 
members of the staff the librarian has prepared and posted 
copies of a monthly bulletin of the library’s principal 
accessions ; and in order that the large number of scientific 
serials received might also be made readily accessible the 
current issues have been displayed on a table provided for 
that purpose. 
Notwithstanding the increasing value of the bureau’s 
library, it was found necessary, from time to time, to 
make requisition on the Library of Congress for the loan 
of books, the volumes thus received for temporary use 
numbering about 250. The volumes bound during the 
