Excerpt from Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations: Consisting of Messrs. Hemenway, F. H. Gillett, Washington Gardner, Benton, and Pierce, in Charge of Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill for 1906 Appro riate footnotes, with explanatory references, embracing infor mation w ich it is thought will be of service to the Committee, are appended to each of the statements referred to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.