From:
Sir John Herschel
To:
Charles Edward Trevelyan
Date:
[16 January 1854]
Source of text:
TxU:H/L-0484.3; Reel 1055
Summary:
Comments on which rights should be forfeited when public servants are dismissed.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Comments on which rights should be forfeited when public servants are dismissed.
Now that pressure for gold and silver coinage has abated, JH wants to eliminate some temporary clerks assigned to Mint. Mr. Watt and H. A. Severn were assigned to Sydney branch mint. [John] Goldsmith was appointed supernumerary clerk in Mint office. JH informed Mr. Welsh that Welsh's services will end soon.
[Form letter] Treasury solicits recommendations on which of three decimal distance scales should be adopted by Ordnance Survey for maps.