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  <dc:title>Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretary to the Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W. </dc:title>
  <dc:description>Has been directed to ask, on behalf of the President and Council, for the Secretary to convey the enclosed letter to Rear-Admiral H L Pearson [not attached], which expresses the great satisfaction felt with the results of a boring at Funafuti conducted under Rear-Admiral Pearson's direction by Commander Sturdee, and conveys the best thanks of the Society for the valuable assistance thus given. </dc:description>
  <dc:date>9 December 1898</dc:date>
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