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  <dc:title>Letter from Henry Barkly, Government House, Mauritius to Edward Sabine</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Barkly discusses the establishment of a new meteorological and magnetical observatory in Mauritius, and hopes the presence of Dr [Charles] Meldrum in England removed any obstacles to this endeavour. Barkly has also written to the new Secretary of State for the colonies, Lord Carnarvon, regarding this.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>15 December 1866</dc:date>
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