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Reference numberMC/19/227
Alternative reference numberMC.04227
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TitleLetter from [M A Cameron?], Crown Agent for the Colonies, Whitehall Gardens, London, to the Secretaries of the Royal Society, Burlington House
Date18 March 1904
Description'Gentlemen, Referring to your letter of the 20th May relative to a contribution of £300 by the Government of Ceylon towards the cost of the publication of Professor Herdman's final report on the Ceylon Pearl Fishery, I have to inform you that the Secretary of State has instructed us to oay the amount to the Treasurer of your Society. I enclose a receipt form for £300, which after being signed can be collected through your Bankers. I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, M A Cameron?'.
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