UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHiNGTON, D. C. 
July 7, 1916. 
iSf. Alex Wetraore, 
Corinne, Utah. 
Dear Wetinore: 
Yoxx will he glad to learn that Senator Smoot had the duck item 
restored to the Bill. 
I am interested in your dxick census. Prom my Icnowledge of the 
conditions, I agree with you that you may he ?/ithin fifty per cent of 
the proper number. 
The two boxes of bird skins by mail and one by express have not 
arrived, but I will see that they s,re bisulphided as soon as possible. 
I have put in a requisition for a pair of rubber boots. 
Your letter of authorisation, limited to the sum of |250 for the 
month of July, will go forward within a day or two. The limitation is 
made necessary by reason of the delay in the passage of the appropriation 
bill. 
Y/ith kind regards, I am. 
Vary truly yonrs. 
In Gha rge , Econ 
nve st i '^at ions . 
