LETTER OF SUBMITrAL. 



Dover, Del., July 1, 1897. 



Sir : I have tlie honor to submit herewith the report of the i)roceed- 

 ings of the National Convention for the Suppression of Insect Pests 

 and Plaut Diseases by Legislation, hekl in the city of Washington, 

 March 5 and 6, 1897. In accordance with a request made by the con- 

 vention, it was agreed that your Department woukl iniblish the pro- 

 ceedings, providing one of its officers edit them. This work was duly 

 performed, under the direction of the special agent in charge of scien- 

 tific investigations, by Mr. B. T. Galloway, Chief of the Division of 

 Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, and with the assistance of the 

 divisions of the Department having charge of the lines of work touched 

 upon. The conditions of its publication by the Department having 

 thus, I believe, been iwWj and satisfactorily complied with, I have the 

 honor to invite the i)ublication of the report as agreed, and at the same 

 time on behalf of the convention to tender to you its tlianks for this 

 courtesy. 



Eespectfully, Wesley Webb, 



Secretary of the Convention. 



Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



In accordance with the agreement as stated above, the publication 

 of these proceedings by the Dei^artment of Agriculture is hereby 

 authorized. 



James Wilson, 

 2 Secretary. 



