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thus far have followed from these expeditions have received 

 favorable comment from scientific institutions and individuals 

 both at home and abroad. With the accumulations of the 

 past year, however, and the vast amount of material which will 

 arrive at the Museum during the coming year, the cost of 

 publishing the memoirs resulting from these extensive inves- 

 tigations naturally becomes a serious item. It does not 

 seem proper to ask those who have generously placed parties 

 in the field, also to provide the funds for publishing the 

 scientific results of their investigations ; on the other hand, 

 the general funds of the Museum are not sufficient to meet 

 the obligation. 



The Jesup North Pacific Expedition. — The work of the Jesup 

 expedition has progressed satisfactorily, and important col- 

 lections have been received from Mr. James Teit, Mr. George 

 Hunt, Dr. John R. Swanton and Dr. C. F. Newcombe, and 

 from Messrs. W. Jochelson and W.' Bogoras. The collections 

 of Messrs. Jochelson and Bogoras open up an entirely new 

 field for the Museum, illustrating as they do the life of all the 

 tribes of the extreme northeastern part of Siberia. The in- 

 vestigations of these gentlemen among the Chukchee, the 

 Koryak and Yukagheer tribes, which live on the coast of the 

 Sea of Okhotsk, have been completed and the material col- 

 lected during their course has been forwarded to the Museum. 

 Mr. Bogoras is on his way to New York, but Mr. Jochelson is 

 still in Siberia. 



The collection of models of totem poles, with full explana- 

 tions, made by Dr. Swanton is particularly worthy of mention, 

 and he has succeeded by means of this collection in illustra- 

 ting the significance of these peculiar emblems. One of the 

 most striking objects sent in from the Queen Charlotte Islands 

 is a large, well-preserved totem pole fully fifty feet in height. 

 This has been erected in the open space of the stairway in the 

 West Corridor hall. Dr. Swanton's collections also include a 

 series of beautifully carved spoons, with full explanations of 

 their ornamentation. A large part of Mr. Hunt's collections 

 was obtained at the northern end of Vancouver Island. A 



