DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

WASHINGTON D. C., July 23, 1888.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

In charge of Division of Vertebrate Paleontology,
U. S. Geological Survey.

Sir:

There has been allotted to the work of the division under
your charge for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889, the sum
of Fourteen Thousand dollars ($14,000), which amount shall
cover the salaries, traveling and field expenses, purchase of
material and all other expenditures of whatever nature connect-
ed with your division; and under no circumstances must this
sum be exceeded.

In addition to the following stated salaries there will
also be charged against your allotment the salaries and expen-
ses of such persons as may be temporarily employed by you from
time to time, and the salaries and expenses of such persons as
may be detailed to you by the Director.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3, 1888.

Prof.O.C.Marsh,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 30th
ult. in relation to the woodcuts for the Brontotheridae, and to
inform you that a requisition for the desired electrotypes has
been made and forwarded to the Secretary of the Interior.

By order of the Director:

No.1102.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 13, 1888.

Dear sir:

You are respectfully requested to furnish at your earliest
convenience an estimate of the funds necessary for carrying on
the work under your charge during the fiscal year 1888-89.

By order of the Director:

Prof.O.C.Marsh.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Dear sir:

By order of the Director:

Prof.O.C.Marsh.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 18th. 1889.

Mr. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Sir:

I would respectfully request that you furnish this office
at your earliest convenience a brief outline of the work pro-
posed to be carried on by you during the fiscal year 1889-90,
together with an estimate of the funds necessary therefor.

Please include a list of the persons at present employed
in your division, giving official designation and salary.

By order of the Director:

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

Dec. 26, 1889.

Prof. O.C.Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

Upon Dr. White's recommendation it has been decided
to turn over to your division the vertebrate fossils concern-
ing which there has been some correspondence with you. This
plan is deemed preferable to the suggestion that they be exam-
ined by you here.

By order of the Director:

(2725-1889)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., May 15, 1890.

Sir:

I would respectfully request that you furnish this office at your earliest convenience with a brief outline of the work proposed to be carried on by you during the fiscal year 1890-'91, together with an estimate of the funds necessary therefor.

By order of the Director:

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

May 15, 1890.

Sir:

The Director desires to submit his Eleventh Annual Report
(1889-'90) and accompanying papers to the Hon. the Secretary
of the Interior immediately upon the close of the fiscal year,
and to facilitate this object you are requested to submit the
administrative report of the operations of your division,
which should be dated June 30, a little before that date.

The scope of these reports should depend upon the fact
that they are administrative reports intended for publication.

Being administrative only, they should not be used as vehicles for the communication of the results of research. They should set forth the operations of the several divisions within the year and should fully indicate the character of the scientific work done by them, but should not announce scientific discoveries or new generalizations and inferences.

Being reports for the fiscal year 1889-'90, they should
be confined to the work of that year except in so far as it
may be necessary to speak of more comprehensive plans in order
to show the bearing of the work done. Plans for future work,

proposed to the Director for approval, are there out of place,
and should be made the subject of a separate communication.

Being intended for publication, the reports should avoid
various things which might otherwise with propriety be in-
cluded. They should especially avoid all complaint or criti-
cism of officers or divisions of the Survey or of other de-
partments of the Government.

The "accompanying papers" for this volume should be in
the Director's hands by June 15th in order that they may be
edited and that any illustrations they contain may be properly
inspected, revised, and perhaps redrawn. It is intended to
limit the report to 600 pages, and of these, 400 pages are al-
ready provided for. You will please fill the accompanying
blank and return it to this office immediately.

Yours, with respect

Chief Clerk.

U. S. Geological Survey,

Washington, July, 1890.

Circular Concerning Oaths of Office.

To Chiefs of Divisions and of Independent Field Parties:-

The oaths of office prepared and subscribed elsewhere than in the Washington office are commonly found to be defective and informal as regards Department regulations, in the omission of either the Christian name or the legal residence, (State and congressional district), or both. This data should be given in all cases, the full name appearing in both the body of the oath and the signature.

In the oaths of field men employed temporarily without appointment—a large class—the above information should also be given, for the reason that in those cases it is upon the oath that the office relies largely, and often exclusively, for the data necessary for its appointment records; and in that class an additional item of information is desired, viz., the person's title and division connection.

Chiefs of divisions and of independent parties are respectfully requested to see that the above requirements are met.

By order of the Director:

Chief Clerk.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 1, 1890.

Prof.O.C.Marsh,

In charge of

Division of Vertebrates.

New Haven, Conn.

Sir:

There has been allotted to the work of the division under your charge for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1891, the sum of eleven thousand five hundred dollars ($11,500) which amount shall cover the salaries, traveling and field expenses, purchase of material and all other expenses connected with your division, and under no circumstances must this sum be exceeded.

In addition to the following stated salaries there will be charged against your allotment the salaries and expenses of such persons as may be employed from time to time or temporarily assigned by the Director:

O.C.Marsh, Paleont. $4,000
A.Hermann, Asst.Paleont. 1,000
T.A.Bostwick, " " 1,000

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 5, 1890.

Professor O.C.Marsh,
U.S.Geological Survey,
New Haven, Conn.

Sir:

I enclose herewith for your signature and return, receipts in duplicate for one Hammond type writer No. 13590 purchased for your Division during the past quarter.

By order of the Director,

( 2 Enclosures.)