UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
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•otmore. 
Assistant Biologist, 
Oorinne, Utah. 
Dear ' 'ctnore : 
Enclosed is your letter of authority for the coning fiscal 
year. The amount mentioned may he increased later by amendment 
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to 1200, if necessary. However, t’iut mil be the limit for ex- 
penditures during the first, quarter, the allotment for which is 
2,000. fhis iias boon approved by the Secretary and cannot well 
be changed 
Your salary ‘or the entire period that you will he engaged 
on duck disease work is a liability against thd allotment for the 
first (Uarter. This reduces the amount expandable on the author- 
iaation to r;l£00. At the rate of expense you pave tie before leav- 
in- 'fasMngton, it an nears that the minimum ex cense coverin hire 
of labor and boats one: subsistence cf laborers and yourself will 
amount to 0600 for the ou&rtor, end the maximum fSCO . It a ears, 
therefore, that it will bo impossible to liave Holt do any work 
under the duck disease appropriation. I regret that this is the 
case, but the allotment having been made, it will be difficult to 
change it. 
V/ith best regards, 1 am 
Sincerely yours , 
Inclosure: 
I' uTTVT 
Cl/ /■ ~lM. c OXZc 
Acting in Charge, hcouomic Investigations. 
