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  <dc:title>Letter from F [Frederick] Napier Broome, Government House, Mauritius, to [William Spottiswoode], President of the Royal Society</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Acknowledging the Society's memorial relating to the preservation and protection of the gigantic tortoises on Aldabra. Broome is in correspondence with other parties regarding the lease of the island, issued by the Chief Civil Commissioner of the Seychelles Islands. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>18 April 1883</dc:date>
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