Letter from [William Parkinson] Wilson, Melbourne University to Edward Sabine Wilson informs Sabine £2500 has been ‘sanctioned’ to England ‘forming part of the vote of £3000’. Remarks regarding the vote which sanctioned the construction in Melbourne an equatorial telescope by Mr [William] Lassell. Reference to the money for the telescope and any alterations necessary under Sabine’s instructions. Reference to the possibility of constructing a new telescope. 25 August 1864