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Correspondence regarding the Hartland Magnetic Station, including the siting of special magnetometers, the siting of the V.H.F. radio navigation beacon, and the maintenance schedule for buildings.

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Correspondence with the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, H.M. Dockyard, Portsmouth; the Ministry of Public Building and Works, Chatham; and others, with memoranda and other papers, regarding alterations and additions for shore establishments, including the Hartland Magnetic Observatory.

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Correspondence, accounts and memoranda relating to the electricity and water supply at the Magnetic Station, Hartland, including accounts from the South Western Electricity Board and the North Devon Water Board.

Scope and Contents General and official correspondence regarding the removal of the Magnetic Observatory from Abinger to Hartland, including the following items: Correspondence regarding hotel bookings for people visiting Hartland, 1963.Report on hygiene inspection at Hartland, 1963.Letters to P.L. Rickerby regarding the allocation of construction work at Hartland, 1963.Correspondence regarding the trials of a recording magnetometer, 1963.Plan of the proposed new fencing...

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Correspondence, memoranda and other papers containing details of rent and rates payable on official residences and tied housing of employees of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and Hartland Magnetic Station.

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Correspondence and papers regarding the Hartland Magnetic Station, 1967-1968, relating mainly to the operation and supply of stores to Hartland, but also including correspondence on a Central Electricity Generating Board proposal for a Hydro-electric power station within 10 miles of Hartland. There is further material concerning the transfer of Hartland Magnetic Observatory to the Natural Environment Research Council, 1966-1968.