1 4 Report of the President. 



Expeditions. — The third year of the explorations carried on 

 under the auspices of the Messrs. B. T. B. Hyde and Frederick 

 E. Hyde, Jr., was a very successful one. The investigation of 

 the ruins of the prehistoric Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico was 

 made under the personal direction of Mr. George H. Pepper, and 

 a large amount of interesting material was secured. Photographic 

 views were made illustrative of the progress of the exploration 

 of the ruins, and showing the objects in place as they were 

 disclosed. 



In furtherance of their intention of providing for the Museum 

 a complete collection of the material of the pueblo and cliff-house 

 regions of the Southwest, the Messrs. Hyde purchased a collection 

 of great scientific interest, collected by Mr. Richard Wetherell 

 from the cliff houses and caves of the Grand Gulch region of 

 southern Utah. This collection comprises mummies and funeral 

 objects of a people who, it is claimed, are distinct from the cliff 

 dwellers, and who also preceded the cliff-house people of this 

 region. This work is done under the direction of the Department 

 of Anthropology, and is conducted solely at the expense of the 

 Messrs. Hyde. 



The explorations near Trenton, N. J., have been prosecuted 

 without intermission. Dr. Frederick E. Hyde very generously 

 subscribed the sum required for this purpose, and he will con- 

 tribute funds for the continuance of the work during 1899. 



The explorations in Bolivia, under Dr. A. F. Bandelier, were 

 successfully continued during the past year. The explorer trans- 

 ferred the scene of his operations from Peru to the eastern por- 

 tion of Bolivia, sending in January last a considerable number of 

 specimens ; and notice has also been received that another large 

 shipment of objects is on the way. His latest work has been 

 among ruins and burial-places unlike those explored by him in 

 Peru, and will add to the Museum new and interesting material. 



In my last report reference was made to the investigations 

 being made by Mr. Marshall H. Saville, under the terms of ar- 

 rangement between this Institution and the Government of Mex- 

 ico. Mr. Saville continued his researches until the climatic 

 changes compelled a return to his duties at the Museum. Three 

 tombs were examined and their structure noted. On his return 

 from Palenque, Mr. Saville made an ethnological collection from 



