4-17-20.
Enclosure
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY
IN CHARGE OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM

S. P. LANGLEY, Secretary
CHAS. D. WALCOTT,
Acting Assistant Secretary
Washington, April 20, 1897.

The Honorable D. B. Henderson,
House of Representatives.

Dear Sir :
In accordance with the request contained in your letter of April 10, addressed to Col. C. W. Coombs, House of Representatives, and by him referred to me, I take pleasure in informing you that a copy of Bulletin No. 47 of the National Museum, constituting Part I of the work entitled "The Fishes of North and Middle America", has been transmitted to Mr. Frank H. Shoemaker, Hampton, Iowa.

Mr. Shoemaker's letter of April 5 is returned to you herewith.
Yours respectfully,
Chas Walcott
Acting Assistant Secretary.