Letter, from Thomas Maclear to Margaret Brodie Herschel, dated at Cape of Good Hope Autograph letter signed by sender. [Samuel] Parlby papers are in the hands of [John] Steuart, who will hand them over to the new Attorney General when he arrives. Several epidemics have visited the Observatory and William Mann is now convalescing in Natal. [James] Adamson has caused unpleasantness with the reduction of the meteorological journals. Railroad building has stopped at the Cape. Difficulties with the electric telegraph. 15 March 1866