Copy letter from E. A. Stokes [Stone ?], Administrator of Western Australia, Government House, Perth, to the Right Honourable Joseph Chamberlain, MP In reply to the letter on the subject of the proposed reduction in the staff of Perth Observatory, informs Joseph Chamberlain that the extra cost of the work [of Perth Observatory on the International Astrographic Chart] is too great a cost for such a small state to bear. Notes that the matter is, however, being enquired into, and that more communication will be sent on the subject. 5 January 1903