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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION S. P. LANGLEY, Secretary G. BROWN GOODE, Assistant Secretary, in charge of U. S. National Museum UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Washington, [[blank]], 188 with quite a number of young men in reference to appointment and should like to have the authority to make arrangements with some person, if a favourable one presents, at a salary of from $600 to $900 per annum. When Mr. Smith left us on a salary of $1800 per annum I understood that two aids would be allowed whose combined salaries should not greatly, if any, exceed that amount. Respectfully submitted, C. V. Riley Hon. Curator of Insects.