London Jan[uar]y 23 1845
The Hon [?]
The Court of Directors of the E[ast] I[ndia] Comp[an]y
Gents
I have the honor to tender to the acceptance of the Court of Directors a series of duplicates of my extensive Collection relative to the Zoology of Nepal and Tibet the result of several years research in the district heretofore unexplored
I have etc
B.H. Hodgson
Late Rest. Nepal
655 Birds
102 Mammals
45 Osteological