Forty-Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1930-1931, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1933.

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Forty-eighth Annual Report of the BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 1930-1931
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON D. C.
FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 1930-1931
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1933
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Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Washington, D. C., July 15, 1931 .
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith the Forty-eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1931.
With appreciation of your aid in the work under my charge, I am
Very respectfully yours, M. W. Stirling, Chief . Dr. C. G. Abbot, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .
The operations of the Bureau of American Ethnology during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1931, were conducted in accordance with the act of Congress approved April 19, 1930, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government, which act contains the following item:
American ethnology: For continuing ethnological researches among the American Indians and the natives of Hawaii, the excavation and preservation of archeologic remains under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, including necessary employees, the preparation of manuscripts, drawings, and illustrations, the purchase of books and periodicals, and traveling expenses, $70,280.