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GBG[[check mark]] 
1 copy [[of? GG?]] 3.5.86.
Mason, December  K 1 upper

[[preprinted letterhead]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] D. C. Jany. 23", 1886. 

[[stamped]]g 50638[[/stamped]]

To Prof. S. F. Baird.
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.

Dear Sir: 
  I have the honor to submit the following [[blue pencil underlined]] report of the Department of Ethnology, for the [[/underlined]] month of December, 1885: 
  During the month the force in the Department of Ethnology has consisted of the following persons: Miss Latham, Dr. Singleton, Messrs. Sweeney and Clayton. [[blue pencil underlined]] Lieut. T. Dix [[/underlined]] Bolles, U. S. N. joined our force on the 1st. of November. Dr. Singleton and Miss. Latham have both devoted their time to the collection of material for labeling the specimens. Mr. Sweeney has been engaged in