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Clear in north [[pre-printed]]SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1865.[[/pre-printed]] Rain at 5 o'clock
May 3rd   
5 am Wednesday May 3 also April 28
Mr Meek spoke to me this morning in regard to pay for services rendered in making [[underlined]] check [[\underlined]] list cretaceous [[??]] and Museum fossils
The two first are in one pamphlet and for this the sum of 50 dollars is a small sum.
For identifying preparing for distribution and marking & recording nearly 3000 names - the sum of 150 dolls this is not extravagant for three month's labour
They were made up into sets properly labelled & numbered - ^The best set [[strikethrough]] No 1 [[\strikethrough]] was for the inst. which was not numbered No 1 contained the best specimens - No 2 the next &-   all the specimens of each set was marked by a number corresponding to the check list.
The whole number of sets was about either 13 or 14 - 
Mr. Meek has no collection of his own. Hudson has none
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cloudy in the morning  [[preprinted]]MONDAY, MAY 1, 1865. [[/preprinted]] medium west clear in afternoon
Letter from Dr. Woolery saying he cannot well attend the meeting of the establishment-.
Notice to attend meeting of the committee of visitors at the Insane Hospital tomorrow
Profess. of Schotts paper on the Hayes exp[[d superscript]]
Also on the new orbit of Neptune.
Called on the sec [[y superscript]] of the Treasury will attend meeting of the establishment Tomorrow - on the secretary of [[strikethrough]] the navy will come - on the secr [[y superscript]]of state will not be able to come is getting better but for several weeks will be required to take sustenance through a small tube.
The gold has been sold at a premium of 58 3/4 - ordered that of the [[strikethrough]](premium and)[[/strikethrough]] original 15.000 be deposited with the Treasurer of the U S who will pay interest on all sums deposited for more than 30 days.
Read the proofs of the papers on the new orbit of Neptune
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