Scope and Contents These were mostly taken on shore while the ship was at anchor. Early entries include additional notes: the 12 April entry describes Bayly’s difficulty locating a suitable spot to take observations [RGO 14/57: 27r], while the entry for 24 April concerns his transit instruments [RGO 14/57: 27v].Included are: observations on the going of the astronomical clock on Observatory Island, Queen Charlotte Sound [RGO 14/57: 31v]; comparisons of Watch No. 1 with the astronomical clock [RGO 14/57:...

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These include observations taken on shore (3-16 December) and observations taken on board the Adventure while at anchor (18-20 December).
The entries begin with a note on setting up the observatory and also include: calculations of the going rates of the clocks; observations of the distance of the sun and moon for longitude; and observations on the tides at the bottom of Ship Cove.

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Observations made on board the Adventure while at anchor and also on shore.

Scope and Contents Observations made on Captain Cook’s third voyage. Includes summarised daily entries providing the date, estimates of latitude and longitude, bearings and distance, variation of the compass, and thermometer readings, along with intermittent entries of astronomical calculations. The ship travelled via Madeira and via Port Praya in St. Iago towards the Cape of Good Hope, anchoring at Table Bay on 10 November 1776 [RGO 14/67: 76v]. There are no entries for December 1776 or January 1777....

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Daily observations, covering the voyage between New Zealand and Tahiti. The observations for 17-25 August were taken while the ship was anchored in Oaiti-piha Bay [Vaitepiha Bay, Tahiti].

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Includes material relating to Willis' naval career, including material relating to World War Two

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Correspondence and other papers regarding Tupman's expedition to Burnham, near Christchurch, New Zealand, to observe the Transit of Venus, 6 December 1882.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with G.G. Stokes regarding the establishment of an observatory in New Zealand, 1887.Correspondence with the Agent General of Victoria regarding the purchase of instruments for the Melbourne Observatory, 1887, including the acceptance of Grubb's tender for the supply of 13-inch astrographs.Correspondence with the Melbourne Observatory, 1888-1892, regarding a suitable mounting for the astrographic telescope and the plates for use with it.Correspondence...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers concerning proposals and operations to determine, with the assistance of the Royal Observatory, the longitude of Lisbon, Leiden, the Cape Observatory, Gibraltar, places in Australia, New Zealand and Egypt, and Mauritius; and the difference in longitude between Malta and Bombay. The papers include errors of the Greenwich clock; observations of telegraph signals; J.W. Green's abstract of the Greenwich - Lisbon - South American longitudes; the exchange and summary of...

Scope and Contents Reports and charts on the stations for the transit of Venus, 1874. The reports include miscellaneous information on Egypt; the topography of New Zealand around Christchurch; the meteorology of New Zealand; the advantages of the province of Otago; the differences of longitudes in New Zealand; the longitude of Wellington; the advantage of Hobart Town; the topography and meteorology of Kerguelen Island; and the topography of Prince Edward and Crozet Islands and of the Sandwich Islands. The...

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Includes correspondence with Sir Robert Crichton-Brown (Liberal Party of Australia), Sir John Bunting (High Commissioner for Australia in the UK), Prime Minister (Malcolm) Fraser of Australia, Eldon Griffiths MP, Douglas Hurd MP, Patrick Jenkin MP, Prime Minister (Robert) Muldoon of New Zealand and Billy Snedden (Leader, Australian Liberal party)
Also includes note of a meeting between Patrick Jenkin MP and Australian Senator Peter Baume, 22 December 1976

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Arranged by William Bull, ‘Record of the Bulls, the First and Last Voyages of Charles Thomas Bull’ and papers relating to the Order of The Taurus, and a trip to New Zealand. Charles Thomas Bull, b.1871 - d.1898, son of Henry Bull and brother of William Bull.

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The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

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Part 1, 1978-79: includes briefing notes for MT from the Conservative Research Department in advance of her meeting with Robert Muldoon (Prime Minister of New Zealand) on 27 April 1978, and correspondence with Neil Marten MP
Part 1A, 1979
Part 2, 1980: includes briefing notes for MT from Ian Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary)
Part 3, 1981: includes correspondence with Lord (Peter) Thorneycroft
Part 4, 1983

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Printed; by [non-specific]; written at (New Zealand) annotated by J O'Neil; in envelope annotated by Sir Arthur Keith and addressed to Sir Hercules Robinson, Down

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Scope and Contents From the Fonds: During the Second World War, Earl was commissioned to prepare a series of pastel portraits of service men and women from what were then British dominions and colonies (described as 'Empire servicemen'), including Trinida, Newfoundland, Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] and Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]. The portraits were exhibited at the Royal Empire (late Commonwealth) Society in December 1945 as 'Warriors of the Empire'. The collection also includes a series of portraits of North American...

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Subjects include: a visit to Italy; speeches and public meetings; LSA's visit to Australia and New Zealand [with the British branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association].

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Entitled 'Twelve Gems of New Zealand Scenery'.

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This collection of photographs spans the whole of LSA’s life. It contains both personal photographs of family and friends, and official and press photographs from his political career.

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Entitled 'Scenes in Glorious New Zealand'.

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This collection of photographs spans the whole of LSA’s life. It contains both personal photographs of family and friends, and official and press photographs from his political career.

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This collection of photographs spans the whole of LSA’s life. It contains both personal photographs of family and friends, and official and press photographs from his political career.

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on Empire Settlement, particularly emigration from Britain to Australia and New Zealand, including: correspondence with 2nd Lord Tweedsmuir [earlier John Buchan]; memorandum on the Empire Settlement Bill; New Zealand monthly abstract of statistics; statistics for British subjects emigrating to Australia and New Zealand; statement by William Sullivan, Minister of Immigration, New Zealand, on the rate of emigration to New Zealand; notes by JEP on statistics for...

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Including: LSA's visit to New Zealand.

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Including: LSA's tour of South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and Canada; invitation to dinner from Arthur Meighen, Prime Minister of Canada; seating plan for state dinner in Ottawa; LSA's return to Britain.