24 Report of the President 



Brought forward $192,269.08 $258,646.85 



15. General pensions and welfare of em- 

 ployees 17,03343 15,160.96 



16. Membership expenses; salaries; cost 



of lectures and receptions 6,965.20 9,366.87 



17. Building plans; architect's commissions 3,500.00 



$216,267.71 $286,674.68 



3. Heating and Lighting : 



18. Salaries, supplies, fuel, gas, etc $32,774.00 $46,021.33 



19. Repairs and construction force: sal- 

 aries; materials; general repairs 4,983.16 7,045.59 



$ 37,757.i6 $ 53,066.92 



4. Building Repairs and Construction : 

 20. Salaries; materials; general plant re- 

 pairs $ 34,301.56 $ 49,839.64 



Grand Totals $647,382.95 $844,033.85 



STUDIES IN THE PRIMITIVE HISTORY OF MAN 



The leading anthropological inquiry undertaken by the Mu- 

 seum — the Jesup North Pacific Expedition, begun in 1897 — is 

 nearing completion under the editorship of Profes- 

 North e * UP sor Franz Boas of Columbia University, and the 

 Pacific curatorship of Dr. Clark Wissler. The published 



Expedition reports are aS follows : 



Jesup North Pacific Expedition Memoirs 



Vol. I, Part I. Facial Paintings of the Indians of Northern 



British Columbia. Franz Boas. 

 II. The Mythology of the Bella Coola Indians. 

 Franz Boas. 



III. The Archaeology of Lytton, British Columbia. 



Harlan I. Smith. 



IV. The Thompson Indians of British Columbia. 



James Teit. 

 V. Basketry Designs of the Salish Indians. Liv- 

 ingston Farrand. 

 VI. Archaeology of the Thompson River Region. 

 Harlan I. Smith. 



