Department of the Interior,
_June 20, 1891_.

The within contract is hereby approved.

(Signed) Geo. C. Chandler,
_Acting Secretary_.

June 30, 1891. Transmitted by J. W. Powell, Director, to the Secretary
of the Interior for file in returns office.

July 1, 1891. Returned for oath.

July 20, 1891. J. W. Powell, Director, transmits amended contract, with
bids, proposals, and all original papers attached.


VII. REPORT OF MR H. C. RIZER

Smithsonian Institution,
Bureau of Ethnology,
Washington, _November 24, 1891_.

Honorable J. W. Powell,
_Director of the Bureau of Ethnology_.

Sir: Complying with your order directing me to proceed to Florence,
Arizona, to witness the closing up of the work under contract for
the preservation of Casa Grande ruin near that place, and to report