RGO Archives/RGO 15 contains:
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55	Miscellaneous correspondence
56	Correspondence on weights and measures
57	Letters to Thomas Maclear
58	Letters from Simon's Town Naval Yard
59	Letters from the Admiralty
60	Letters from the Colonial Office
61	Letters on the Magnetic Observatory fire
62	Miscellaneous letters
63	Miscellaneous letters
64	Letters on the Port Elizabeth Time Ball
65	Letters on the telegraph
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Papers of the Cape Observatory

Title	Letters from the Colonial Office
Reference	RGO 15/60
Covering Dates	1860–1872
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

Content and context

Letters to Thomas Maclear from the Colonial Office regarding work to be carried out at the Cape Observatory, time balls, surveys, lighthouse and financial matters. The letters include the following items:

News of Dr Livingstone, 3 April 1861.

A list of instruments used for the Cape Coast Survey, 31 January 1862.

A report on Captain Bailey's completion of general triangulation work, 18 February 1863.

Comments on the proposed changes in the Table Bay Lights, 17 April 1863.

Three lists of instruments and books used in Livingstone's Zambezi Expedition, 1 September 1864.

A report on the Cape Receif Lighthouse from Bird Island, 24 May 1872.

A chart giving 'Indian Weights and Measures', undated.

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Indexed

Index Terms

Maclear, Sir Thomas (1794-1879) Knight, astronomer

Livingstone, David (1813-1873) African missionary and explorer

Colonial Office

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