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of the United States Department of Agriculture, 
the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.). which 
I desire to he divided equally among all of the 
persons then connected with said Office, or else, 
if such persons shall so prefer, to be used for 
some outing or entertainment for them; hut the 
receipt of the said David Fairchild, or of such 
other person as may then he in charge of such 
Office, as the case may he, shall he a full 
discharge and' acquittance of my executor in 
respect of the payment aforesaid. 
At the time of v/riting this report the estate had not heen 
settled. 
It is the purpose of the Office to_ erect a memorial 
to Mr. Meyer, hut the form of this memorial has not heen 
decided UT)on. 
Many nev/spaper clippings regarding Mr. Meyer's v;ork 
and his death have heen received hy the Office; also many 
letters, extracts from some of which follow: 
Mr. E. H, Wilson, Arnold Arhoretum, Jamaica Plain,' 
Mass., from Chosen Hotel, Chosen, Korea, July ?2, 1918: 
I am much distressed over the sad end 
of poor Meyer and also deeply puzzled. By "^ 
his untimely death you have lost a faithful, 
hard-working man, whom it will be difficult 
to replace, and plant exploration one of the 
most energetic and enthusiastic servants it 
ever had. Surely his work Is v/orthy of recog- 
nition hy a memorial tablet or something of 
the kind, and Peking would be the fitting 
place to erect one. 
Mr. D, MacGregor, Superintendent of Parks, Shanghai, 
China, June ?5, I918: 
It was v/ith deep regret that. I follov/ed , 
the remains of the late P. N. Meyer to his 
last resting place. His death must be a 
September ?1, 1918, 
