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Messrs. Barber and Company transported free of charge the 

 equipment for the Roosevelt expeditions of Messrs. Cherrie 

 and Miller from New York to Buenos Aires and made no 

 charge for bringing the collections from Buenos Aires to New 

 York. 



We take pleasure in acknowledging the courtesies extended 

 to Mr. Cherrie, while collecting in Puerto Pinasco and vicinity, 

 Paraguay, by the New York and Paraguay Company, through 

 Mr. W. A. Wheeler, General Manager, and his associate, Mr. 

 Frank Burr. 



Mr. Cherrie's work was further facilitated by the generosity 

 of the Brazil Land, Cattle and Packing Company, at Descal- 

 vados, through Mr. J. G. Ramsay, the Superintendent of the 

 Company, who placed horses, guides and helpers at Mr. 

 Cherrie's disposal. 



We desire to make acknowledgment to Mr. H. V. Meyer- 

 heim, American Consul at Medellin, Colombia, who extended 

 special courtesies to Mr. Miller. 



We wish to acknowledge the courtesy extended to Dr. Spin- 

 den by the American Molasses Company in providing free 

 transportation for archaeological collections from Porto Rico 

 to New York. 



The Erie Railroad Company has been very helpful in tracing 

 lost shipments. 



The Trinidad Shipping and Trading Company transported 

 free of charge preparation material for the work of Mr. C. 

 William Beebe and of Dr. J. A. Samuels in British Guiana. 



In connection with the expedition to Nicaragua, under 

 Messrs. Halter and Mannhardt, the Bluefields Fruit and 

 Steamship Company gave reduced rates from New Orleans to 

 Bluefields, and the Fruit Dispatch Company, through Mr. 

 Charles Weinberger, gave very material assistance. 



Mr. Harry R. Caldwell and Professor C. R. Kellogg, resi- 

 dents of China, materially assisted Mr. Andrews in the work 

 of the Asiatic Zoological Expedition. 



