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As in the past, the manuscripts have been under the custodianship 

 of Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt. Those withdrawn by collaborators of the 

 bureau during the year numbered 234 items. The new manuscripts 

 acquired are those hitherto mentioned in this report as having been 

 prepared by members of the staff or by collaborators and designed 

 for eventual publication. Negotiations have been entered into with 

 the heirs of the late Senor Andomaro Molina, of Merida, Yucatan, 

 for the return of Henderson's Maya Dictionary, a manuscript of six 

 volumes lent to Sefior Molina a number of years ago for use in con- 

 nection with certain linguistic studies then contemplated in behalf 

 of the bureau. 



RECOMMENDATIONS. 



I desire to repeat the recommendations submitted in my last annual 

 report, respecting the extension of the researches of the bureau and 

 for other purposes, and urging the appropriation of the necessary 

 funds for conducting them. These include the following projects : 



The exploration and preservation of antiquities in the arid region. 



The extension of ethnologic researches in Alaska and among the 

 tribes of the Mississippi Valley. 



The preparation of a completely revised edition of the Handbook 

 of American Indians. 



Additional editorial assistance in preparing the publications of 

 the bureau for the press. 



A small sum to meet the expense of supplying photographs of In- 

 dian subjects to schools and colleges, and for other educational pur- 

 poses, and for systematically making photographs in the field to 

 illustrate the daily life and the ceremonies of the Indians. 



In addition it is recommended that the systematic excavation and 

 study of certain archeological sites in the South and West be con- 

 ducted in order that archeological research may go hand in hand with 

 the ethnological studies now being pursued in the same fields. 



The reasons for extending the work of the bureau in the directions 

 indicated are set forth more fully in the estimates of appropriations 

 for the year 1914, in connection with which the sums regarded as 

 necessary to the work are given. 



Respectfully submitted. 



F. W. Hodge, 

 Ethnologist in Charge. 



Dr. Charles D. Walcott, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



