UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington 25, D„C. 
February 18, 1949 
Dear Dr. Wetmore 
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On or about March 1, 1949, you will proceed 
from Washington, D.C. to Miami, Florida, and to the Canal 
Zone and points in Panama. 
Your transportation to the Canal Zone and return 
will be paid under a separate letter of authorization. 
You will be occupied in administrative work con¬ 
cerned with the Canal Zone Biological Area in the Canal Zone, 
and with biological studies in the Republic of Panama. 
You will be allowed necessary travel expenses, 
including hire of carjs, boats and other special conveyances, 
actual expenditures for subsistence, hire of assistants and 
their subsistence if required, hire of pack animals, necessary 
expenses for the operation of motor vehicles, purchase of 
supplies, specimens and materials, and such other miscellaneous 
expenditures as may be required, not to exceed $1,000.00, pay¬ 
able by the Smithsonian Institution. 
It is contemplated that this work will require about 
three months when you will return to your official station at 
Washington, D.C. 
Very truly yours, 
\ 
. E. Gr 
Assistanl 
Secretary. 
