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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
S. P. LANGLEY 
SECRETARY, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D. C., 
November 15, 1C v ' 
Mr. W. H. Holmes, 
Head Curator, Department of Anthropology , 
IT. s. National Museum/. 
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He ar S i r : . 
Acting upon your letter of November 7, the Secretary 
/is&s approved the organisation of a new division in the Depart- 
ment of Anthropology in the National Museum, to be known as the 
Division of Physical Anthropology, and has directed that the 
necessary steps be taken for arranging an examination, by t'v- 
Civil Service Commission to provide a register from which an 
app o i n t me n t m ay be made at .f 1800 . p e r ann urn ♦ Please a d vi s e 
me as soon as practicable • as to the scope of this examination 
in order that the Civil Service Commission may be requested to 
rovlbe a list of eliglbles as soon as possible . 
Yours re spec 
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