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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Government Laboratories,
Office of the Superintendent of Laboratories,
Manila, P. I. , September 22, 1903.
Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith manuscript of a paper entitled "A dictionary of the plant names of the Philippine Islands," by Elmer D. Merrill, Botanist.
I am, very respectfully.
Paul C. Freer,
Superintendent of Government Laboratories.
Hon. James F. Smith,
Acting Secretary of the Interior, Manila, P. I.3
