UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
WASHINGTON 
FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION 
March 13, 1922. 
Mr, Joseph F« Rook, 
Tengyueh, Yunnan, China# 
Dear Mr. Rock; 
With reference to your quarterly account covering 
the period October 1 to December 31, 1921, I note that 
you have listed your salary on the expense voucher as 
well as on a salary voucher. This salary should not be 
included in the expense voucher but should be submitted 
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on the salary voucher separately. Therefore, your salary 
voucher for 1731.25 herewith enclosed has been cancelled, 
as this amount is included in your expense voucher. 
We have just been informed by the Office of Records 
that the 2 \/2.% basic pay reduction should not be deducted 
from your pay. We have, therefore, made out a salary 
voucher for the difference in the amount of $18.75 and 
have submitted this with your account. I appreciate the 
fact that Mr. Gox told both you and I before you left 
that this should be deducted, but recent rulings are to 
the effect that you do not come within this classification. 
Therefore, on your future salary vouchers the amount should 
be in full for $250.00 per month. 
I would also kindly ask that you accompany your ac¬ 
counts with a letter of transmission signifying the date 
on which they were mailed. In submitting your accounts 
to Records we have to furnish them with the date of mailing 
by you as well as the date of receipt in this Office, and 
when you do not accompany your accounts with a letter of 
transmission all we have to go by is the postmark on the 
envelope, from which I must say it is practically impossible 
to determine the date of mailing. 
We would appreciate it very much if you would comply 
with these requests. 
Very truly yours 
JLM/PR 
orer in charge. 
