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10 No books nor periodicals to be catalogued. Additions during the year: Books......................... 131 Reprints, separates, etc...... 120 Periodicals................... 272 ----- 523 Cataloguing: Volumes catalogued............ 171 Reprints placed............... 120 Periodicals accessioned....... 280 ----- 571 Cards made and filed.......... 703 L.C. cards received........... 366 Number of cards in catalogue.. 9,067 PUBLICATIONS Since the last report was submitted the following publications have been issued: "Medical Observations on the Zuñi Indians", by Dr. Henry Craig Fleming, forming Volume VII, No. 2, of Contributions from the Museum. "Declination of the Pars Basilaris in Normal and in Artificially Deformed Skulls," by Dr. Bruno Oetteking, issued as Miscellaneous No. 27 of Indian Notes and Monographs and being one of the results of the studies in progress by the Division of Physical Anthropology. "Guide to the Museum." Third Floor. This publication, Miscellaneous No. 28 of Indian Notes and Monographs, completes the Guides to the Museum. "The Gold Treasure of Sigsig, Ecuador," by Marshall H. Saville, being No. 3 of the Leaflets. This beautiful brochure, which treats of a certain remarkable collection in the Museum, was issued as an entire surprise to the Director of the Museum in commemoration of his fiftieth anniversary, the cost of the publication having being borne by Mrs. Thea Heye. "The Penn Wampum Belts," by Frank G. Speck and William C. Orchard, published as No. 4 of the Leaflets. As the trustees are aware, this publication is commemorative of the Seventy-ninth Anniversary of Mr. Hendricks, through whose interest the excessively rare objects which form the subject of the publication became a part of the Museum collections. The publication of Indian Notes, at first designed to be issued as occasion demanded, has afforded such exceptional means for disseminating data concerning the more noteworthy accessions by the Museum, as well as information respecting its other activities, that it has assumed the character of a quarterly. [[end page]] [[start page]] 11 For this reason and in the interest of economy in distribution, application has been made for the entry of the publication at second-class rates. At the close of the fiscal year the following publications were either in press or were practically ready for the printers: "Skeletal Remains from Santa Barbara, California, Part I - Craniology," by Dr. Bruno Oetteking, to be published as No. 39 of Indian Notes and Monographs. "The Cayapa Indians of Ecuador," by S. A. Barrett, which will be issued in two volumes as No. 40 of the same series. "The Rappahannock Indians of Virginia," by Frank G. Speck, to form Volume V, No. 3, of the same series. "The Ceramics of Costa Rica and Nicaragua," by Samuel K. Lothrop, to form Volume VIII, Parts 1 and 2, of Contributions from the Museum. PHOTOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT For the first time since the conception of the Museum, it has been possible to devote time to listing, cross-indexing and bringing up to date the Museum's collections of moving picture films, negatives, and prints of which we do not own the negatives. The moving picture films are all unique and show ceremonies and utilitarian pursuits of North American Indians, as well as pictures of daily life of those of Mexico and South America, besides archeological work in Mexico. Our collection of negatives covers most of the important specimens in the Museum as well as field pictures of Indians and illustrations of different archeological excavations. The collection of prints is most valuable, as many of the photographs were taken between 1865 and 1880, and show the old time costumes, etc. The collections consist of Moving picture film, negative..... 8,550 feet Moving picture film, positive..... 27,323 feet Negatives......................... 9,656 Prints (of which the Museum does not own the negatives)........ . 6,559 EXCHANGES An exchange was made with Edward Borein of Santa Barbara, California, whereby we received a buffalo headpiece for a saddle. A bowl from the banks of Toms River, New Jersey, was received from Arthur C. King, of Toms River, New Jersey, in exchange for a bowl from Socorro, New Mexico. A. Lloyd Lack of New York City sent us a boy's buckskin legging from the Teton Sioux in exchange for a Sioux pipe bag. Important exchanges are now pending with the La Plata Museum of [[end page]]