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  <dc:title>Copy of a letter from E C Symonds, Melbourne (Treasury) to Professor [William Parkinson] Wilson</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Symonds acknowledges Wilson’s letter regarding a resolution of the Board of Visitors about the equatorial telescope. Informs Wilson that a sum has been ‘applied towards the purchase of an equatorial telescope’ and will be forwarded when needed. The sum will be ‘expended under the order’ of Major [Charles] Pasley. Informs Wilson the government will be ‘glad’ to have the assistance of the Board of Visitors.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>11 August 1865</dc:date>
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