Sir C. Wyville Thomson's correspondence on the "Challenger" fishes 81 



EdinhtiiKh 



^ r^ ^. .u Octubcr 12, 1878 



Dear Dr. Gunther: 



1 am delighted to see the plates. They seem to be excellent. We have a contract with Minlcrn's 

 so all you have to do is to order from him is to order {sic) 750 copies of each plate on the terms 

 of his contract for the Challenger work. 1 think the best plan would be to leave all the plates at 

 Mintern's except 20 copies of each which are allowed for editorial purposes, and which I should 

 like to have sent to me. I do not care to have all the plates stored in one place. It concentrates 

 the risk too much. I suppose Mintern's people have a Hre-proof store. The faster the plates 

 come in now the better. I fear it will be impossible to complete the whole work within the time 

 I gave* — but — we are doing our best. 



1 send a copy of Lyman's synopsis of the first division of the Ophiuroids so you see what you 

 have to expect in the way of new forms. 1 have not yet got the type specimens of the Echinids 

 but most of the plates are done so you will get them soon. 



Believe me 



Yrs. faithfully, 



C. Wyville Thomson 



Edin. 



Decembers], IS78 

 Dear Dr. Gunther: 



Of the enclosed documents those marked I and II were returned to me from the Treasury 

 on the grounds that Plates 3 and 6 had been charged twice. 



I had signed both accounts supposing that the double marks referred to the two series — shore 

 and deep-water fishes. Mintern's people seem to be careless in these matters. If this is the 

 second time a mistake has occurred, would you mind asking them to send their accounts to you 

 and initialing them if you find them correct? 



Yrs. in this 



C. Wyville Thomson 



Edinburgh 

 January 25, 1879 

 Dear Dr. Giinther: 



Will you very kindly try and fill up the accompanying sheet. 1 am anxious to make out as 



clearly as possible where I am and what I may expect. 



Yrs. faithfully, 



C. Wyville Thomson 



Bonsyde 



Linlithgow, N.B. 

 Nov. 12, 1879 



Dear Dr. Giinther: 



I am now going on with your report and I will send you some proofs in a few days. It is 

 somewhat different in form from the others. I thought the plates had been printed oflT. I suppose 

 Mintern had better send to me a demand for the paper they require and I will send it up to the 

 Stationery Office. 



Will you kindly let me know to what the numbers attached to the species of shore-fishes refer. 



* Murray (1895) writes, " In the year 1889 Her Majesty's Treasury declined to ask Parliament to 

 renew the annual grant for the continuation of the work relating to the scientific results of the 

 Expedition the time estimated for the completion of the publications havmg expired. However, 

 after some correspondence, in which I offered to finish the Report at my own expense, the Govern- 

 ment agreed to set apart the sum of sixteen hundred pounds for the completion ot the ofiicial publica- 

 tions in the same style as that in which they had hitherto appeared. This sum has been the only pay- 

 ment from Government funds in connection with the Challenger Expedition during the past six 

 years. . . " 



