WCP1344

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Singapore

26^th August 1861

Dear Sir^,

I received with much pleasure your letter¹ of July {2 — Ternate 20 — Surabaya — the invoice in return for your box must be since a long time in the hands of Mr Stevens (London).

I am getting for you a complete set of my duplicates from Siam, Cambodia and the Malayan Peninsula. From the last I have certainly many sorts new for you. Since two years my people collecting in Ligor, Tringanu [sic] &c ^{(I have 3000 sorts from the Peninsula)} — the box will contain 1200 specimens. I desire in exchange a complete set of your duplicates from Dorey, Ternate, Buru and Timor [2] from those localities I have nothing — from Menado I am almost in the same case. I have a great many from Ceram; my people are since one year in Sumatra and they are going to Borneo. I have people in Cambodia and Birmania [sic] and I am going to send an expedition to Laos very soon.

You will find the box ready for you at Singapore. If I [illeg.] not there it would be in the hands of the owner of the hotel d'Europe Mr Castelyns.²

I should like you on your arrival in England to make [3] me an invoice of 2000 insects that will be an advance of 800 that I will pay by with insects of Birmania, Laos, Cambodia and Labuan when they will come.

I remain, Dear sir, in expecting the pleasure of seeing you here | your's [sic] int.^ly | Count de Castelnau³ [signature]

Consul of France at Siam

hotel d'Europe Singapore