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reported, but not in such numbers as those mentioned above. At one 



or two localities, viz, on Upper Powder Eiver, and at a point about 



twenty-two miles west of Douglas, native hoppers of various kinds had 



done some little injury to gardens, but nothing further. 



Finally, unless there should be swarms at present unknown to me in 



Montana, Northern Dakota, and the British Possessions to the north — 



and the swarms of Ottertail County, Minn., and neighborhood have 



been pretty well reduced — there is no danger of an invasion for several 



years to come. 



Yery respectfully, etc., 



Lawrence Bruner, 



Special Agent 

 Prof. 0. Y. EiLEY, 



U. S. Entomologist^ Washington, D. C. 



INJURY DONE BY ROACHES TO THE FILES IN THE TREASURY 



AT WASHINGTON. 



In consequence of the injury done to certain valuable documents on 

 file at the Treasury Department by insects or mice, the following letter 

 was written to the Department of Agriculture in May last: 



Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, 



, May 22, 1888. 



Sir : The Secretary's files of this Department are being seriously injured by the 

 ravages of insects or vermin, and with a view to the adoption of some means for 

 their extermination, I shall esteem it a favor if you will authorize Prof. Charles V. 

 Riley, or some equally competent officer, of your Department, to make an examina- 

 tion of the matter and recommend such measures as shall enable this office to protect 

 its files and records from further mutilation. 



Very respectfully, yours, 



Hugh S. Thompson, 



Acting Secretary. 

 Hon. Norman J. Colman, 



Commissioner of Agriculture, 



In answer to tbis, we sent Mr. Townsend with the following letter to 

 the chief clerk of the Treasury Department: 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology, 



May 23, 1888. 

 Dear Sir : In accordance with instructions from the honorable Commissioner of 

 Agriculture, given me at the request of Hon. Hugh S. Thompson, Acting Secretary of 

 the Treasury, I send the bearer, Mr. Townsend, an assistant in this Division, to ex- 

 amine the rooms in which the damaged records are stored. Will you kindly allow 

 Mr. Townsend every facility for this examination ? Upon his report ray recommenda- 

 tion will be based. 



Yours, respectfully, 



C. V. Riley, 



Entomologist. 

 Mr. E. B. YouMANS, 



Chief Cleric, Treasury Department. 



