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  <dc:title>Letter from Richard, Strachey, 69 Lancaster Gate, to [Michael] Foster</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Regarding the Meteorological Council's wish to get a long lease on a house for an observatory at Valencia, with enclosures regarding this.

Enclosed is a note circulated to the Meteorological Council, which discusses a proposal regarding an observatory at Valencia. Includes a 'representation made to the Treasury', and a copy of a letter from Robert [Henry] Scott, to the Treasury, dated 5 January 189, regarding the Meteorological Council's desire to obtain a lease on a porperty in Ireland, in order to establish an observatory at Valancia. Scott remarks on the Council's 'dependence on the annual parliamentary grant'.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>5 January 1891</dc:date>
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