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I have the honour to inform Your Lordship that the Surveyor General has taken steps for

him

for

Enclosure 1, (in duplicat 27 August

the immediate commencement of the work; and I enclose a Requisition from the necessary optical apparatus, which I trust Your Lordship approve in the event of

will

your having sanctioned the arrangements with China ~ previously reported.

eAs the Corporation

of Trinity House have expressed

their

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closure 2-

their opinion

as

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to the nature

of the light to be used, I. would suggest a reference the Elder Brethren, before the

to

order is placed in the Manufacturers hands, as _ the apparatus requisitioned for by Mr. Price is different from that recommended by the Trinity Board.

3.

reasons.

7th August,

the

1888

slightly

I inclose Mr. Price's

for the adoption of particular form of - apparatus