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[[start page]] 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 [[end page]] [[start page]] 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 [[end page]]