| RefNo | MC/10/72 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from William Law, Treasury Chambers, to [Joseph Dalton Hooker], President of the Royal Society and to the Council |
| Date | 17 February 1874 |
| Description | Regarding the suggestion to add geologists and naturalists to the expeditions to observe the transit of Venus on the islands of Rodriguez [Rodrigues] and Kerguelen's Land. Law estimates the cost of this and the Treasury's provisions for such appointments.
[An enclosed copy letter from Robert Hall at the Admiralty to the Secretary of the Treasury is present, has an extent of 3p, and is labelled MC/10/72a within the volume.] |
| Extent | 6p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedRecord | MC/10/76 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7983 | Hooker; Sir; Joseph Dalton (1817 - 1911); botanist | 1817 - 1911 |