January 21, 1946* 
Mr. James Zetek, 
Canal Zone Biological Area, 
Drawer C, 
Balboa, Canal Zone. 
Dear Zetek: 
In accordance with ray earlier correspondence with 
you 1 am forwarding through the U. S. Dispatch Agent in Hew 
Orleans, a collecting outfit for use in Panama this coming 
spring. The shipment is addressed to the Canal Zone Biological 
Area, c/o James Zetek, Drawer C, Balboa, Canal Zone. 
With this 1 give you the list of the contents of the 
six boxes and keys that comprise this shipment. The material 
is all government property or equipment that 1 will use In fiel< 
work, and for no other purpose. The shipment, therefore, is 
entirely official and is on behalf of the U. S. National Museum 
and the Smithsonian Institution. 
For your information those items that are crated are 
put together on one side with screws so that they may be easily 
opened for examination. With this I am forwarding the keys for 
the three containers that are locked. I will appreciate it if you 
will hold tills shipment in your office pending ray arrival about 
March 1. 
Sincerely yours. 
A. Wetraore, 
Secretary. 
Ip 
