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of the scientific staff in Washington to aid in tlie completion of the Handbook 

 of Indians. Tne accessions are a valuable collection, made by Mrs. M. C. 

 Stevenson at Zuni, a series of archeological objects obtained by Doctor Hrdlicka 

 in Arizona and New Mexico, and several minor collections, all of which have 

 been deposited in the National IMusenm. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The distribution of publications has continued as in former years. The 

 great increase in the number of libraries in the country and the multiplication 

 of demands from the public generally have resulted in an almost immediate 

 exhaustion of the quota of volumes allotted to the Bureau, few copies of any of 

 the reports remaining six months after the date of issue. Part II of the Twenty- 

 second Annual Report was issued in January. During the year 1,591 copies 

 of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Reports were sent to regular recipients, 

 and 2,000 volumes and pamphlets were transmitted in response to special 

 requests, presented largely by members of Congress. The proof reading of the 

 Twenty-third Annual and of Bulletin 28 was practically completed at the close 

 of the year, and it is expected that the press work of these publications will 

 shortly be begun. The Twenty-fourth Report was In the hands of the printer 

 before the close of the year, and Bulletins 29 and 30, the latter being the Hand- 

 book of the Indians, were ready to be submitted to the Secretary on June 30, 

 1905, while the Twenty-fifth Annual Report was completed, with the exception 

 of a small number of illustrations. 



EDITORIAL WORK. 



The editorial work of the year has presented features of exceptional diffi- 

 culty, on account of the large number of papers dealing with linguistics and 

 technical subjects. The Bureau has had the services of Mr. Frank Huntington 

 for the greater part of the year, and Mr. J. P. Sanborn, jr., received a proba- 

 tional appointment as editor in May. The reading of the proofs of Mrs. 

 Stevenson's monograph on the Zuiii Indians for the Twenty-third Annual 

 Report, a work of much technical difficulty, was intrusted mainly to Mr. E. G. 

 Farrell. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The work of preparing illustrations has continued in charge of Mr. De- 

 Lancey Gill, who has been assisted, as heretofore, by Mr. Henry Walther. 

 The photographic work has included the making of portraits of members of 21 

 Indian delegations which visited the capital during the year. Three views of 

 each individual were taken, besides several group views, the negatives num- 

 bering 298. In preparing Illustrations for the publications of the Bureau up- 

 ward of 200 negatives were made, and 156 films exposed in the field by members 

 of the Bureau were developed in the laboratory. During the year about 2,350 

 prints were made, mainly for Immediate use in illustrating the Bureau publica- 

 tions. Illustrations prepared for the Twenty-fourth Annual Report number 45 ; 

 for the Twenty-fifth Annual Report. 128; for Bulletin-'30, 800. Illustrations 

 transmitted with reports submitted to the Secretary for publication are : For 

 the Twenty-fourth Annual Report, 1,103: for Bulletin 30, 871. Illustrations 

 edited for the Twenty-third Annual Report number 25 ; for the Twenty-fourth 

 Annual Report, 1,102. The printed editions of 48 colored plates submitted by 

 the engravers for the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Annual Reports, num- 

 bering about 450,000 prints, were individually examined and approved or 

 rejected. 



