Agrees with FB and others about the need for adequately trained men to be sent out to remeasure N. L. Lacaille's arc.
Agrees with FB and others about the need for adequately trained men to be sent out to remeasure N. L. Lacaille's arc.
On behalf of the Council of the R.S.L., JH writes to LD to request a camera and a hundred plates of Daguerre's about to be announced process, so that the R. S. L. may equip the James Ross expedition to the Antarctic with the means of making a photographic record of the voyage.
Sympathizes with GA in the family sorrow [deaths of GA's sons Arthur and George]; JH complains that house hunting, and other matters, are keeping him from important work.
Problem of resolution of R.S.L. Council not transmitted to SC.
As agent for Sarah Collingwood's property, JH requests receipts for 'tithe and modus' of Moorhouse property, to protect from overpayment to 'Mr. Morrel,' whose past collections were 'irregular.' [JH annotation: Not sent.]