My dear Horace—

My memory is so bad that I am not sure whether I wrote to the Bank, about your payments. I agreed to pay you the same allowance as before viz ^£300 (Aunt Catherines money does not come into consideration) & as ^£5000 was transferred to you, & this produces 200£ per annum, I ought to pay you 100£ viz 50 on Jan 1 & on July 1— Is this all right?¹ Does not the ^£5000 produce ^£200 less income tax?— Please get your banking book & see whether 5.0£ has been placed to your account. & let me hear.— My overplus shall be divided in 10 or 14 days.—²

Many thanks for charming little compasses—³ May I trust you to make memorandum that I owe you for them, so that I c^d pay whenever you come here.—

What a nice few days we had at Christmas.—

Your affectionate Father | C. Darwin

Jan 1.— 1880—