WCP1719

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5 Westbourne Grove Terrace, W.

April 7th. 1862

Mr dear D^r. Sclater¹

I had just sent off my letter to you with accounts &c.² before I received yours with enclosures.

I wish to leave the matter of the Paradiseas³[sic] entirely in your hands, merely observing that I do not consider I have any claim upon the Society⁴ beyond the £150 and the actual cost of my passage home £137.3. I added the other expenses incurred because [2] I understood from Stevens⁵ that the Society were disposed to pay all the expenses I had incurred in bringing home the birds. Perhaps therefore you had better separate the ½ sheet containing the Acc[oun]^t. & show merely the statement of expenses to be dealt with as the Society think proper.

I shall not be able to attend the meeting of the Soc[iety]. tomorrow evening being far [3] from well.

I enclose a letter of thanks to the Council.⁶

I remain | Dear D^r. Sclater | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P. L. Sclater Esq