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Washington, 12 Dec., 1901
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The Chairman of the
Committee on Commerce,
United States Senate.

Sir:
This Department has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from your Committee, dated 11 Dec., 1901, enclosing Senate Bill No. 937, for the appropriation of $4,000 for the construction of additional quarters for the accomodation of three keepers at Yaquina Head, Oregon, Light-Station.
In reply the Department begs leave to state that the matter was referred to the Light-House Board, which reports that the following recommendation, made in its Annual Reports for the last two years, is renewed on page 207 of its Annual Report for 1901:-