Seeks permission from the Trustees of the British Museum to borrow the cirripede specimens in the public collection. Explains his intention to produce a monograph of the Cirripedia.
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Seeks permission from the Trustees of the British Museum to borrow the cirripede specimens in the public collection. Explains his intention to produce a monograph of the Cirripedia.
Thanks the Trustees of the British Museum for entrusting to him the collection of Cirripedia and allowing him to disarticulate one specimen of each species.
Is pleased to support SPW’s application for a position in the fossil department at the British Museum.
Requests that JEG secure the assistance of Samuel Birch in regard to information about varieties of domesticated animals and plants in China. Encloses memorandum.
Is obliged for JEG’s assistance.
Is grateful for SB’s note and assistance. Will call upon him in London in a fortnight.
Arranges an appointment.
His thanks for the extracts sent by SB.
Requests information about Japanese and Chinese encyclopedias,
about the rarity of fowls with black feathers,
and about date of the king Thouthmosis III.
Regrets having troubled SB during his illness. His thanks for the assistance already given.
Testifies to the courtesy and helpfulness of George Gray [assistant at the British Museum]. [See 402b.]