1 6 Report of the President. 



the result of archaeological work in the interior of British Colum- 

 bia and on the coast. The ethnological collections are very 

 comprehensive in regard to the tribes of Thompson River, of the 

 northern part of Vancouver Island, and of the central parts of 

 the coast of British Columbia. Material from the parties working 

 in Siberia, in charge of Dr. Laufer, cannot, however, be expected 

 for several months." 



The investigations made thus far have brought together a mass 

 of data, the value of which will be made known as the reports 

 and special memoirs are prepared and published. 



Transportation. — I desire to again record our indebtedness 

 to the friends from whom the Museum has received aid in the 

 transportation of men and material during the season of field 

 work. 



The New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co.; the Wells, 

 Fargo Express Co.; the Southern Railway, and the New York 

 Central & Hudson River Railroad Company, and allied lines, 

 have extended important assistance in the transportation of our 

 material collected in Mexico and the West. 



Our thanks are also due to ^Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. C. P. 

 Huntington, Sir Wm. C. VanHorne, Messrs. George J. Gould, 

 J. Stuart Mackie, and E. T. Jeffrey for their cordial considera- 

 tion of the wants of the Museum. 



Department of Anthropology. — At no period in the his- 

 tory of this department has so much been done for its develop- 

 ment or so many additions been made to its collections as during 

 the past year. 



The west wing has been completed, adding several new halls for 

 exhibition purposes, and increased facilities for laboratory work 

 have been supplied by new workrooms on the upper floor. The 

 lower hall in this wing" has been provided with cases, which have 

 been filled- with ethnological objects, and is now ready to be 

 opened to the public. The gallery above is cased, in which the 

 collections from South America are now being arranged. The 

 large hall on the third floor, which will be devoted entirely to the 

 archaeological collections from Mexico and Central America, is in 

 an advanced state of arrangement ; this hall and the gallery will 

 be ready to open to the public within the year to come. 



The material in the North Hall has been readjusted with the 



