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Reference numberMC/10/76
LevelItem
TitleLetter from William Law, Treasury Chambers, to the Secretary of the Royal Society
Date25 February 1874
DescriptionRegarding the Lords of the Treasury's refusal to add any more to the estimated costs that have already been sanctioned for the staff of naturalists and geologists. These will be sent on the expeditions for the observation of the transit of Venus at Rodriguez and Kerguele's Land.

[For previous communication, see related record.]
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Access statusOpen
Related records in the catalogueMC/10/72
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