SEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR | 7 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON, D.c.April 7,1897. 
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prof. W. H. Holmes, 
q 5726 Washington Avenue, 
Chicage,. 111. 
‘Dear Professor Holmes:- 
: | Yours of April 3d received. I should like any information 
you can give in relation to purchasing collections. I sent you some 
“memoranda given me by Professor Mason. 
é I do not think it best to try ee eee 
ico this year. You can arrange for that after you come here. 
we shall write Professor Langley this morning requesting 
him to write to you. | 
: You need not feel disturbed about the Civil Service 
matter. Under the law some kind of examination must be held. I 
shall recommend that it be mainly the presentation of evidence of 
‘ability, as shown by works published, and positions filled. 
’ As soon as you write Professor Langley that it will be 
agreeable to you to accept the Hops) I will aereuees for the 
Civil eee examination. 
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In haste, 
ruly yours, 
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