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(9.) Division of labor and duty, civil and military, and how appor- 

 tioned, e.g., to chiefs, sub-chiefs, oi'dinary male members, ox'dinaiy 

 female members, immature children ; methods and extent of produc- 

 tion, modes and measures i. f distribution, the means of support of 

 i'amily or tribe, the interior economy of family and gens or band ; the 

 modes of bargain and sale in use ; by whom conducted ; the use of 

 gifts. 



(10.) The settlement of disputes or conflicting claims as between 

 (a) members of same sub-family, (h) family, (c) different families 

 or sub-families, (d) bands, groups or gentes, (e) tribes, (f) nations ; 

 in whom I'esides the civil and in whom the criminal power, by tradi- 

 tion or custom ; how and by whom dooms are pronounced and 

 inflicted ; whether punishments as between the tribes are corporate 

 or individual ; the compounding of crimes and offences, e.g., murder, 

 theft; to what extent the bond of blood-feud binds; ostracism, sur- 

 render of offender, death penalty; in what cases practised; the eftect 

 ■of vows upon the performance of contract. 



(11.) The making of inter-family and inter-tribal ari'angements, 

 e.g., treaties as to boundaries, peace and war, sale and purchase ; the 

 solemnities observed among larger and smaller groups. 



(12.) The cultus and sacrifices which obtain in sub -families, fami- 

 lies, totem, etc. ; moral or religious code which accompanies them ; 

 the form and purpose of the diflerent tribal or inter-tribal ceremonies 

 in use, e.g., dog-, sun-, thirst-dance, etc. 



(13.) Death and birth rates; effects of nuscegenation. 



(14.) Practice in cases of burial, its rites. 



(15.) Border civilization, its effect upon the beliefs and moral con- 

 duct of Indian peoples. 



(IG.) The influence of territorial reserves, outside jurisdiction, 

 •education and support upon the Canadian Indians. 



PAPtT II. -PHILOLOGY. 

 Lexical. 

 (a.) Yowel and consonant soundsj their classification, the predom- 

 inance of vowels over consonants, or consonants over vowels ; the 

 variation of vowels or the gliding of one into another, e.g., o into a, 

 A into E ; the transmutation of consonants e.g., L into N or R, T into u, 



