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  <dc:title>Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to William Henry Mahoney Christie, Astronomer Royal</dc:title>
  <dc:description>The President and Council at their last meeting resolved a sum of £30 be granted to Christie from the Donation Fund on behalf of Mr Herbert Hall Turner, for the adaptation and freight of instruments to observe the total solar eclipse on 19 August. A cheque will shortly be forwarded to Christie.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>13 June 1887</dc:date>
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