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Jardine Hall

10^th. Dec^r 1863.

Dear Sir,

I have your note of 9^th1 — 250 Copies of Rules² were printed — about the Half have now been distributed by post to Different Naturalists at home and abroad Scientific societies &c — I have a list of all to whom they have been sent and I am anxious to keep a list which I [2] submit to Committee[.] I will be obliged therefore if you would keep me the names of the persons to whom you send the Ten copies sent to you by this post — The copies on thin paper are for Foreign. — The better way for members of Committee would be to send me a list of persons to whom they wish [3] copies sent. It would save them postage, would prevent duplicate copies being sent and enable me to lay before committee list of all — I am daily sending out copies both to applicants to to [sic] persons not thought of at first & the 250 will soon be exhausted[.] If so & there seems need I would print another 250.

We printed the rules [4] entire in the Edin Phil. Journal — If the Natural History review would do to it would be certainly of greater circulation –

I propose to be in London & to meet or call together as many of the Committee as possible in Spring but it would be of little use yet — any suggestions will be attended to[.]

believe me sincerely | W^m Jardine³ [signature]