What is this?

Thanks Scott, I've tried that download a number of times without much luck. I have a few service manuals for various cars where I can get a general idea of what I'm looking to do, nothing past 1969 though.
The car is a 72 so perhaps the emissions comment makes sense to me.
Turns out the carb is a 4412-S and at 500cfm it seems like a lot for this car.
The part I'm asking about is the "manifold vacuum tree"?
No power brakes so the largest hose is plugged into the big port on the back of the of the carb.
The 2 ports below that are looped with together with a piece of hose.
The top is plugged and the bottom is hooked to a vacuum port on the front of the carb.

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