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  <dc:title>Copy letter from [George Gabriel] Stokes, Secretary of the Royal Society; to the UnderSecretary of the State for War</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Informs that a expedition for magnetic and meteorological observation will soon be sent to Fort Rae [Behchoko] in Canada. Asks for Mr. [Hugh] Childers [the Secretary for the State for War] to appoint an officer to lead the expedition,. The expedition will included 2 non-commissioned officers and a carpenter. Informs the expedition will be paid for by the Treasury and the Colonial government.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>5 April 1882</dc:date>
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