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Yaquina Bay
Payment of Custodian

May 13th ???

In reply to yours of April 25th I have to say that the amounts sent you per letter of October 10th, 1875, was to pay R.A. Bensell custodian of Yaquina Light-Station his salary in that capacity, from November 10th, 1874, to September 14th, 1875. That being understood to be the term of his service. As the service was rendered during parts of two different fiscal years, it was necessary to send a portion of the funds, ($384.78) from the appropriation for Salaries of Keepers of Light Houses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1875, and the remainder from the appropriation for Salaries of Keepers of Light Houses