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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUWCAU OF BiOLOOICAt. SURVEY 
LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION No ASIAJL-. 
SashlngtOQ, D. C., BAjT 4 ^ 1918 « 
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Under authority contained in tho 'locretary's letter, No» 8 Sec,, dated 
July 1, 1917, you are hereby authorised to inctir such expenses as may be 
necessary, in strict accordance with law, the Fiscal Regulations of the 
Department, and the decisions of the Comptroller of the Treasury, for 
the purpose stated and during ♦he period remed below, not to exceed 
ISOOeOO , to be paid from the appropriation "G-eneral Expenses, 
Bureau of Biological Survey, 1918.“ (ProtMtloa of Sirda*) 
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No expense for freight charges to be incurred hereunder. 
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