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The cost of this picture has been : Advanced on first-sitting 



to Mr. Lawrence, £ 40 



Balance paid this day as per agreement, 31 10 



Freight, Insurance and shipping, by Roberts, Mitchell and Co. 3 10 



£ 75 



Thoby and I drew upon you before for £100 on account of the two pictures, Sir 

 E. Ryan's and his own. We now draw for £35 at Is. 9d. (or Co.'s Rs. 400)— to meet the 

 above sum, which we pray you to honor in favor of Roberts, Mitchell and Co., and the 

 remainder will be drawn as soon as Mr. Say shall have finished the picture of my brother, 

 but here I am sorry to say we have been delayed by the severe illness of the painter, who 

 has all this season been unable to proceed with his work. He has very nearly finished the 

 likeness which is admirable, but the remainder has a good deal to be done to it. I am 

 however in hopes that the painter, who is now recovering in the country, will before the 

 end of the year be able to complete the picture, which I am sure will give your Society 

 great satisfaction — to whom, I beg you will explain that it has been from no neglect on 

 the part of your delegates that you have not sooner received the pictures which were 

 ordered. 



W. Prinsep. 



Read the following correspondence : — 



To H. Torrens, Esq. Secretary to the Asiatic Society. 

 Sir, — I have received from Lord Derby a quantity of wiring to set up as an aviary, 

 wherein his lordship wishes me to take charge of any Pheasants, &c. which his corre- 

 spondent may send up from the hills, or which I may be able to procure for him until 

 1 can get them shipped. And I write now to ask whether it would be ag'reeable to have 

 the same set up in the Society's compound in place of the bamboo erection which is there 

 at present. In granting permission it would be as well, for form's sake to acknowledge 

 the aviary as belonging to Lord Derby, and not to the Society, in case his lordship might 

 ever wish to have it removed, which however is not very likely. To the Society, its being 

 built on the premises would often be very convenient. 



Your's respectfully, 



E. Blyth. 

 September YZth, 1845. 



Note. 

 I have to submit the accompanying proposal to the Society : 



A handsome aviary put up free of cost would be an object for us to secure. How far, 

 under existing circumstances, we should be right in countenancing Mr. Blyth, who 

 already complains of having much too much to do, in becoming the collecting Agent 

 of an English Ornithologist is a question to be considered. 



H. Torrens, 



Vice-President and Secretary, Asiatic Society. 

 September 13th, 1845. 



To E. Blyth, Esq. 



Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter under date the 12th 

 instant, relative to the construction of an aviary on the Society's premises. 



2. In reply I have to state, that under all the circumstances of the case, the proposal 

 made by you in behalf of Lord Derby is acceded to. 



