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Form 48. 
G OVE: R N M E: NT OF PORTO RlOO 
rRElASURY DEPARTMENT 
BUREAU OF internal REVENUE 
ADDRESS ALL OFFICIAL 
COMMUNICATIONS TO THE 
TREASURER OF PORTO RICO 
San Juan, Porto Eico 
Dec9Tril)er 16, 1911* 
Mr. Alex Wetaore, 
Agent, U. S. Biological Survey, 
San Juan, Porto Rico • 
S i rs “• 
In view of the explanation contained In your letter of the 
14th, instant, regardir^ the iTn[)ortation of one sixteen gauge Ithaea 
shot gun and one Colt’s automatic revolver caliber 32, which you state 
are a part, of your official equipment as agent of the U. S. Biological 
Survey, and are used vftiolly in the goverr.irent service, I hare t?ie honor 
to inform you that said aims are exempt from the local internal revenue 
tax 
Should a disposition, of the arms In question, other than that 
of esporting them from Porto Rico be made, kindly advise this office of 
that fact. 
h-b. 
'orto Rico. 
