Hooker informs Watt that an expedition to the Snowy Mountains of Eastern Tropical Africa is planned, and that £500 has already been advanced for this expedition by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, and it is hoped that another £500 will be found. He says that 4-5 weeks will be spent collecting botanical specimens, that the Botanist will accompany Mr Thomson, however the two men will work independently of each other. He says that the expedition would leave England in early April, assemble a party of guides and coolies in Mombasa on the coast and then proceed towards Kilimanjaro; the disposal of the collections would be the responsibility of the party sending the expedition out. The expedition should reach Zanzibar no later than the beginning of March, where it will receive instructions. It is thought that £1000 will cover salary, equipment, coolies, and transporting specimens to and from various places (?). Sir John Kirk thought he could send out equipment and supplies for approximately £400, and the collections could be sent to him (in Zanzibar). Pages 1 and 4 of 7.