UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
July 5, 1923. 
BX-S 
Hawaii 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
AND REFER TO 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
C/o Bishop Museum, 
Honolulu, T. Hawaii. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
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Your letter of June 9 to Dr. Nelson was read with 
ch interest, and I was very glad to learn that your expedition 
working out so successfully. 
Xn regard to financial arrangements $650.00 is Being 
allotted in accordance with your estimate of your needs tinder 
Project 4, Bird Befuges, Game and Bird Beservations. 
Dr. Nelson has already written to you in regard to 
visiting the goat-infested island at the request of the Territorial 
Department of Agriculture, and #100.00 is being allotted under 
Project 10, Supervision, Economic Investigations, for that pur¬ 
pose. It will, of course, be necessary to carry any expenditures 
in connection with that trip in a separate account. 
Dr. Nelson has answered your letter and I think your other 
requests have all been complied with. 
Beceipt is acknowledged of your radiogram of July 2, and 
it was telephoned to Mrs. Wetmore. Beceipt is also acknowledged 
of 3 small boxes containing birds’ eggs, a specimen of Eerpestes . 
an owl, 4 terns, and small birds. 
I am making final preparations for leaving for Arizona, 
where I am to be engaged in field work for several months. 
With kind wishes for your continued success, I remain. 
Sincerely yours. 
In Charge, 
Biological Investigations 
