(seq. 5)

Memorandum of an Agreement
made the eleventh twenty-seventh day of April of March 1899 between
James Veitch and Sons Ltd. of the Royal
Exotic Nursery, Kings Road, Chelsea in
the County of Middlesex of the one part,
and Ernest Henry Wilson of Llyswen
Villa, Yardley Road, HayCock's Green
near Birmingham in the County of War-
wick of the other part

1 Ernest Henry Wilson agrees with James Veitch
& Sons Ltd to proceed to China for a term of not
more than three years for the purpose of collect-
ing plants, bulbs, seeds and other objects of
Natural History, the whole of which are to be
collected for and sent to the said James Veitch
& Sons Ltd and to no one else, as opportunities
may offer.

2 James Veitch & Sons Ltd agree to place at the
disposal of Ernest Henry Wilson the sum of
£500 per annum for the expenses of the
mission, for which he will be authorised to
draw, as he may require, upon James Veitch
& Sons Ltd through their Agents; this sum of
£500 is not to be exceeded without the per-
-mission of the said James Veitch & Sons Ltd.

3 The above mentioned sum of £500 per annum
shall include the yearly stipend of Ernest
Henry Wilson which shall be at the rate of
One hundred pounds for the first year, one
hundred and twenty-five pounds for the second
year, and one hundred and fifty pounds for