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Reference numberCMB/50/47
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Archibald Geikie, Secretary of the Royal Society, to the Undersecretary of the Colonial Office, Whitehall
Date2 August 1905
DescriptionPoints out that there is no explicit mention of a subsistence allowance for Professor Minchin and his assistant in the conditions signed by Minchin, but thinks that Minchin was probably led to assume there would be some grant from the Uganda authorities. Suggests that the Colonial Office see its way to making some allowance. p53.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Access statusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6174Geikie; Sir; Archibald (1835 - 1924); geologist and historian1835 - 1924
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