OFFICE OF 
SUPERINTENDENT 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE 
B SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D.c. •Larch 8, 1926, 
Dear Doctor Schmitt: 
vVe have submitted your two accounts to Mr. 
M. W. Dorsey, Disbursing Agent of the Smithsonian In- 
stitution, and have been sorry to find that in his 
opinion they are not sufficiently supported by re- 
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ceipted bills to make it possible to pass them through 
the auditing office. He thinks that arrangement can 
be made for the Smithsonian to reimburse you from one 
of its funds, to which then the National Zoological Park 
would pay for the animals as a purchase. 
Will you please see Mr. Dorsey and give him 
any further information that he may need from you. 
Veiy truly yours, 
W. M. Mann, 
Di rector. 
Dr. Waldo L. Scimiitt, 
U. S. National Museum, 
Washington, D. C. 
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