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  <dc:title>Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines &amp; Agriculture, Department of Mines, Sydney, N.S.W.</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Expresses gratitude for the assistance given by Smith to the expedition despatched from Sydney to continue the investigation through boring of the Coral Reef at Funafuti and more especially for the loan of the diamond drill, the outfit of lining tubes and the leave to use the services of skilled mechanics.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>8 March 1898</dc:date>
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