UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
ADDRESS REPLY TO 
CHIEF, BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY, 
AND REFER TO 
Jacksonville , Ha., 
lebruary 20, 1923. 
hr. Alexander Wetmore, 
v \ r.■ ' ■ *A 
Biological Survey, 
B apartment of Agriculture, 
Washington, B. C. 
Bear Dr. Wetmores 
I am sending you the Permit for collecting birds on the 
Hawaiian Reservation which I omitted to supply before leaving Washington. 
It may be of service to you in avoiding a surplus of volunteers when 
you get to Honolulu. I omitted to speak of the Warden of the Reserva> 
tion who lives in Honolulu and who, if he desires to go to Laysan on 
the boat ought to be taken along in order that he may gat a first-hand 
knowledge of existing conditions. The main usefulness for a warden 
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stationed permanently at Honolulu, is in keeping track in a general 
way, tr£ w hat is taking place on the Reservation. I think it is worth 
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the small salary we are allowing for the purpose. 
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Another matter concerning which I failed to speak 
in my general instructions is the necessity for you to observe closely 
and get all the information you can concerning any possible temporary 
or semi~permanlrt occupation of any of the islands in the Reservation 
by Japanese or other fishermen. There has been persistent effort 
through quite a number of years to secure permission for the establish 
ment on certain islands of Japanese fishing stations. This has been 
refused each time it has come up but the question has arisen in my 
