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To meet the cost of keeping such an expedition in the 

 field for at least a year it was necessary to raise a large 

 sum of money, and this I was eventually able to do, thanks 

 chiefly to a liberal grant from His Majesty's Government, 

 and to the generosity of a number of private sub- 

 scribers, many of whom were members of the B.O.U, 

 The total sum raised amounted to over ^9000, and 

 though it is impossible to give here the names of 

 all those who contributed, I would especially mention the 

 following : — 



S. G. Asher, Lord Rothschild, 



E. J. Brook, Hon. L. Walter Rothschild, 

 J. Stewart Clark, Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, 

 Col. Stephenson Clarke, Baron and Baroness James 

 Sir Jeremiah Colman, A. de Rothschild, 



H. J. Elwes, P. L. Sclater, 



F. du Cane Godman, P. K. Stothert, 

 Sir Edward Grey, Oldfield Thomas, 



J. H. Gurney, E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, 



Sir William Ingram, Rowland Ward, 



Lord Iveagh, The Proprietors of Count ly 



Mrs. Charles Jenkinson, Life, 



E. J. Johnstone, The Royal Society, 



Campbell D. Mackellar, The Royal Geographical 



G. A. Macmillan, Society, 



Mrs. H. A. Powell, The Zoological Society of 



H. C. Robinson, London. 



The organization and equipment of this large expedi- 

 tion caused considerable delay and it was not until 

 September, 1909, that the members sailed from England for 

 the East. Meanwhile the necessary steps were taken to 



