since in recent years the progress of destructive agencies, especially the activities of relic hunters, has been very rapid.

SPECIAL RESEARCHES.

As in former years, a number of collaborators were engaged in conducting researches of a special nature in various fields. Dr. Franz Boas, honorary philologist of the bureau, continued his labors on the Handbook of Languages, assisted by a number of students. Prominent among these is Dr. Leo J. Frachtenberg, who at the close of the year was engaged in studying the language of the Siletz tribe on its reservation in Oregon. Volume I of the Handbook of Languages is now in press, and the work of Doctor Boas for the year included the proof reading of this volume as well as the preparation of the text of Volume II.

Miss Frances Densmore continued her researches relating to the music of the Chippewa, and a paper dealing with this subject was submitted for publication as Bulletin 45. A number of valuable phonographic records were obtained.

Mr. J. P. Dunn, who was assigned the linguistic work among the western Algonquian tribes left unfinished by the late Doctor Gatschet, continued the study of the Miami language among tribal remnants in Indiana and Oklahoma, and submitted a number of preliminary papers.

COLLECTIONS.

The collections acquired by the bureau and transferred to the National Museum during the year comprise fifteen accessions, the more important being as follows:

Collection of West Indian antiquities, purchased from C. W. Branch, St. Vincent, British West Indies.

Indian relics from Moosehead Lake, Maine, presented by Mr. J. D. McGuire. Cache of flaked stone objects from Moosehead Lake, Maine, purchased from T. Wilson.

Collection of bones, pottery fragments, etc., obtained by Mr. J. D. McGuire and Dr. Aleš Hrdlička at Piscataway, Md.

Archeological objects collected by Dr. J. W. Fewkes, ethnologist, during the excavation and repair of Spruce-tree House in the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

Pottery fragments from Coden, Ala.

Stone implements from Tiahuanaco, Bolivia, and an earthenware vessel from Nazco, Peru, collected by Mr. W. H. Holmes.

Fragments of earthenware of the variety known as "salt vessels," from the vicinity of Shawneetown, Ill., presented by Mr. R. Moore, of Equality, Ill. Ethnologica of the Chitimacha Indians, collected by Dr. John R. Swanton.

PUBLICATIONS.

The editorial work remained in charge of Mr. J. G. Gurley, who for a short period had the assistance of Mr. Stanley Searles.

Work on the publications of the bureau during the fiscal year may be briefly summarized as follows: The proof reading of the Twenty-sixth Annual Report and of Bulletin 34 was completed, and these publications were issued. The Twenty-seventh Annual Report and Bulletins 39, 41, 42, 43, 46, and 47 were prepared for and submitted to the Government Printing Office. Of these at the close of the year Bulletin 42 was issued, while Bulletins 39 and 41, also Bulletin 38 (the proof reading of which occupied much time during the year), were substantially ready for the bindery. The Twenty-seventh Annual and Bulletin 43 were in galley form, and considerable progress had been made in the

composition of Bulletins 46 and 47. The preparation of nearly all the manuscript of Bulletin 40, Part I, was finished, and most of the volume was in type. At the close of the year manuscripts duly approved for publication as bureau bulletins were on hand, as follows:

Bulletin 37 (partially edited). Antiquities of central and southeastern Missouri, by Gerard Fowke.

Bulletin 44 (partially edited). Linguistic families of Mexico and Central America, by Cyrus Thomas, assisted by John R. Swanton.

Bulletin 45. Chippewa music, by Frances Densmore.

The distribution of publications continued as in former years. The Twentysixth Annual Report was issued in July, and Bulletin 34 in December. During the year 1,676 copies each of the Twenty-sixth Annual Report and Bulletin 34 were sent to regular recipients, and 3,000 volumes and pamphlets were transmitted in response to special requests, presented largely by Members of Congress. The number of requests for the bureau's publications greatly exceeded those received during any previous year.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

The preparation of illustrations continued in charge of Mr. De Lancey Gill, with Mr. Henry Walther as assistant. Illustrative material for six bulletins and one annual report was completed during the year; of this material 498 illustrations were photographic prints and 77 were drawings. Proofs of the illustrations of three bulletins were examined and approved. Portrait negatives of 22 visiting Indian delegations to the number of 196 were made. The total output of the photographic laboratory was as follows: New negatives, 473; films exposed in the field and developed in the office, 454; photographic prints, 3,498.

LIBRARY.

The library continued in charge of Miss Ella Leary, librarian. During the year 1,459 volumes and about 700 pamphlets were received and catalogued, and about 2,000 serials, chiefly the publications of learned societies, were received and recorded. As the law now permits the binding of miscellaneous publications belonging to the library at the expense of the allotment for general printing and binding, it was found possible to bind a much larger number of volumes than in previous years, and thus to save many valuable works that were threatened with destruction. During the year 2,194 volumes were sent to the bindery, and of these all but about 500 had been received before the close of the fiscal year. In addition to the use of its own library, which is becoming more and more valuable through exchange and by limited purchase, it was found necessary to draw on the Library of Congress for the loan of 513 volThe library of the bureau now contains 15,511 volumes, about 11,000 pamphlets, and several thousand unbound periodicals.

umes.

LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPTS.

Mr. J. B. Clayton served as custodian of manuscripts. The bureau now possesses 1,678 manuscripts, mostly linguistic, 19 having been added during the year, mainly by purchase. All of these are of great value, and the number includes four by Miss Frances Densmore on Chippewa music, four by Mr. J. P. Dunn on Miami and Peoria linguistics, one each by Miss Alice C. Fletcher on the Omaha Indians, Mr. D. I. Bushnell on the Choctaw Indians of Louisiana, and Mr. Paul Radin on the Winnebago Indians. The card catalogue of manuscripts is complete to date.

Respectfully submitted.

Dr. CHARLES D. WALCOTT,

Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

W. H. HOLMES, Chief.

APPENDIX III.

REPORT ON THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES.

SIR: I have the honor to submit a report on the operations of the Interna tional Exchange Service during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1909.

The most noteworthy event in connection with the service during the year was the passage of the following resolution:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of more fully carrying into effect the provisions of the convention concluded at Brussels on March fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and proclaimed by the President on January fifteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, the Public Printer is hereby authorized and directed to supply to the Library of Congress such number as may be required, not exceeding one hundred copies, of the daily issue of the Congressional Record for distribution, through the Smithsonian Institution, to the legislative chambers of such foreign governments as may agree to send to the United States current copies of their parliamentary record or like publication, such documents, when received, to be deposited in the Library of Congress. (Approved March 4, 1909.)

Though the Smithsonian Institution has endeavored on previous occasions to have the Congress set aside a number of copies of the daily Congressional Record for exchange with foreign governments, it has only now been possible to have the matter favorably acted upon-twenty years having elapsed since the ratification by this Government of the Brussels convention for the immediate exchange of the official journal.

Upon the passage of the above resolution, the Congressional Record was at once sent to the following countries, the parliaments of which already transmit their official journal to the Library of Congress or have agreed to do so:

The subject has been brought to the attention of other countries, and it is anticipated that during the coming year this proposed exchange, which is of so much importance to the members of the various national legislatures, will be entered into with a number of additional governments. It should be stated, in this connection, that the exchange here alluded to is separate and distinct from the exchange of official documents which has existed between the United States and other countries for a number of years. It is interparliamentary, and provides for the immediate transmission, direct by mail, of the official journal as soon as published.

That the Smithsonian system of exchanges is appreciated by governmental and scientific establishments and men of learning throughout the world is indicated by the large number of packages intrusted to its care for distribution.

During the past year 228,875 packages were handled, being an increase over the number for the preceding year of 25,777-the largest annual increase in the history of the service. The total weight of these packages was 476,169 pounds, a gain of 40,884 pounds.

The handling and recording of these parcels has taxed to the utmost the limited force engaged in conducting the service, and it has only been possible to keep abreast of the work by the diligent application of each employee.

The appropriation by Congress for the support of the service during 1909 was $32,200 (the same amount as was granted for the preceding year), and the sum collected on account of repayments was $3,777.33, making the total available resources for carrying on the system of international exchanges $35,977.33. In the last report it was stated that the bureau had entered upon an active and definite campaign to secure reciprocal returns from abroad for the exchanges sent by this Government and its departments and bureaus. Though this work has added greatly to the correspondence of the office, it has been pursued with unabated vigor during the past year, and the results have been more than satisfactory. In some cases the returns have exceeded all expectations, hundreds of volumes having been received.

While the Japanese department of foreign affairs at Tokyo has, for a number of years, been good enough to distribute exchanges sent in its care for correspondents in Japan, the department has only recently signified its willingness to act in the full capacity of a bureau of exchanges-forwarding to the Smithsonian Institution consignments for distribution in the United States, as well as transmitting to their addresses in Japan exchanges sent in its care.

Reference was made in the last report to the fact that the Kingdom of Servia, which was one of the signatories to the Brussels convention of 1886, had not established a bureau of exchanges and that the good offices of the Department of State had been solicited in bringing the matter to the attention of the Servian officials. I am gratified to state that these efforts have resulted in the establishment of a bureau under the department of foreign affairs at Belgrade. Packages received for Servia in the future will therefore be sent to that department for distribution instead of being forwarded through the Smithsonian agent in Germany, as formerly. In the communication from Servia regarding this subject, it is stated that copies of all of the official, scientific, and literary publications will henceforth be forwarded to the United States, and a request is made for similar documents of this Government. Servia has accordingly been added to the list of those countries receiving full sets of official publications, the first shipment, consisting of 20 cases containing a collection of documents published since 1901, having been made on June 22, 1909.

In response to a request forwarded to the Library of Congress through the Department of State, Alsace-Lorraine was added to the list of foreign countries receiving partial sets of official documents of the United States. The first shipment, composed of 6 cases, was made under date of April 29, 1909.

Just before the close of the year a communication was received from the director of the Biblioteca Nacional at Buenos Aires, stating that by decree of his Government the Argentine bureau of exchanges had been withdrawn from the national library and connected with the comisión protectora de bibliotecas populares, Buenos Aires, which is under the direction of the department of public instruction. Consignments intended for that country will therefore be forwarded to the commission in the future. The Institution desires to record here its grateful acknowledgements for the services rendered in the past by the national library in the distribution of exchanges in the Argentine Republic. In spite of the extra efforts put forth by this bureau in making shipments to all countries at least once a month-in some instances, two, three, and even

four times a month-complaints regarding delay in the delivery of packages to addresses in other countries have been received by the Institution. These delays, as a rule, occur in the various foreign exchange bureaus after consignments have passed beyond the control of the Institution. An improvement in the service in this respect can therefore be brought about only by the societies and individuals in other countries themselves taking the matter up directly with their own governments. Whenever such complaints have been received this course has been suggested.

So far as reported to this office, the service has not suffered the loss of any of its consignments during the past year. When it is considered that nearly 2,000 boxes were shipped to every quarter of the globe, this statement is worthy of note.

INTERCHANGE OF PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES.

The statement which follows shows in detail the number of packages received for transmission through the International Exchange Service during the year ending June 30, 1909: