Personal. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, p.c. March 26,1897. 
Prof. W. H. Holmes, 
5726 Washington Avenue, 
Chicago, Ill. 
My dear Holmes:- 
I learned at the Senate this morning that it is quite | 
probable that the appropriation bills will pass the Senate and go 
to the President very much in the same form as they passed the last 
Congress. This, of course, will permit our carrying out the plans 
we discussed for the National Museum, and your coming to Washington. 
I will write to Professor Langley on the subject within a few days. 
Professor Langley informed me this morning that there 
ae $2,000 available in the reserve fund for the increase of the 
ethnological collections of the Museum, which must be expended 
before July lst. Can you suggest at once where this money can 
be placed in order to most enrich the collections of the Museum? 
I have -been away for a week taking a rest, returning this 
morning. Trusting that you are well, I remain, | 
Jo “2 Truly yours, 
| eR ISFomy 4 / f 
