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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM [[Printed letterhead]]
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON [[end letterhead]]
June 4th, 1883
Professor S.F. Baird
Dirctor U.S. National Museum
Sir,
The May accessions to the Materia Medica Section of the Museum number 309 (No. 52891 to 53199 inclusive) consisting of Cinchona Barks from the Government Plantations of India:  Oils from Messrs McKesson & Robbins; Mineral Waters from Mr. C.B. Shafer: and miscellaneous drugs from Messrs. Schieffelin & Co.
These specimens have all been registered, and all, except the oils, permanently installed and entered in the catalogue.
All the duplicates, except the very bulky articles have been bottled and arranged alphabetically on the shelves in the laboratory.
The Catalogue is now ready for the printer and its accuracy has been verified by com-[[?]]