to serve
on a
a Committee of
which he had strenuously
8 urged
ed the appointment. A Committee to enquire
into and report on the expenditure of the Observatory appointed by
me as
last November
long ago ... on the motion of Mr.
Whitehead seconded by the senior Unofficial Member. It has never met owing to Mr. Whitehead's
refusal
on the ground of
temporary
indisposition,
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and his seconder's unwillingness
to serve.
I have the honour to be
My Lord Marquess, Your Lordship's Most Obedient
Humble Servant,
William Robinson