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  <dc:title>Letter from Sydney Hickson, The Owens College, Manchester, to [Michael] Foster, [Secretary of The Royal Society]</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Informs he is willing to write the obituary notice for Allman, providing he is given time to do so. Supposes Foster has heard, via [ Frederick Du Cane] Godman, of his proposal to Council to reconsider the regulations of the Government Grant Committee in relation to the disposal of natural history specimens. Offers suggestions for handling the matter stating he has correspondence with [Edwin Ray] Lankester, [Alexander] Macalister, [James Cossar] Ewart, [Frank Evers] Beddard, and [William Carmichael] McIntosh, who all approve of his proposal to raise the matter.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>19 December 1898</dc:date>
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