SIR— I have just returned from Victoria, where I have made myself thoroughly acquainted with the construction of the electric telegraph. I have done this under the belief that the time has ...
Article : 543 wordsSIR— In obedience to your instructions, I do myself the honour to transmit, the accompanying estimate amounting to two thousand and twenty-seven pounds six shillings, being the probable cost for the completion ...
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Advertising : 3,768 wordsThis estimate is calculated for laying down 10 (ten) miles of electric telegraph, viz, one wire for single needle code, and one distinct wire for alarum apparatus, with no intermediate stations, and exclusive of the cost ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 256 wordsSIR— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 12th instant, and to express to you my thanks for the offer which you have made to undertake the construction of a line of electric telegraph between ...
Article : 86 wordsSIR— I am directed by Major-General Macarthur to acquaint you, for the information of his Excellency the Governor-General, that it is his intention to propose to the Legislature of Victoria the appropriation, on the ...
Article : 113 wordsSIR— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your very intelligent letter of the 20th instant, containing an estimate of the expenses of forming an electric telegraph between Sydney and the Light-house, or any ...
Article : 71 wordsSIR— I have the honour to hand herewith a communication received from Mr. McGowan, on tho subject of telegraphic communication between Sydney and Melbourne, also between Sydney and Parramatta, which I ...
Article : 72 wordsSIR— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th ultimo, stating that it is intended to place on the estimates sums sufficient to extend the lines of electric telegraph to the western frontier of ...
Article : 162 wordsSIR— I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st instant, forwarding one from Mr. McGowan, Superintendent of the Electric Telegraph at Melbourne, on the subject of telegraphic ...
Article : 83 wordsDEAR SIR—Referring to our conversation of Wednesday last, and in compliance with your request that I would afford you some reliable statistical information relative to the cost, &c., of establishing a line of electric ...
Article : 1,629 wordsSIR— I am directed by his Excellency the Governor General to request, that the Commissioners for Railways will place themselves in communication with the agent for one of the Electric Telegraph Companies, with a ...
Article : 100 wordsSIR— I have the honour to acknowledge Mr. Cowper's despatch of the 2nd instant, and in compliance with the request contained in the concluding paragraph, I now transmit to you the copy of a memorandum by the ...
Article : 84 wordsThe cost of constructing the lines at present under contract in this colony, will amount, when completed, to £73 per mile, between Melbourne, Castlemaine, and Sandhurst, and for that between Geelong ...
Article : 129 wordsSIR— In acknowledging the receipt of your letter, No. 112, requesting the Railway Commissioners to report whether they were prepared to offer any suggestions for the establishment of an electric telegraph in connection ...
Article : 228 wordsNegotiations to this effect with the Government of South Australia are in progress and I have no doubt that their concurrence will be obtained, and the line to Adelaide completed during the year 1857. ...
Article : 166 wordsSIR— Having submitted to the Governor-General your letter of the 28th ultimo, No. 45, relative to the establishment of the electric telegraph on the lines of railway in this colony, I have the honour to inform you, ...
Article : 121 wordsReport of Survey, &c., by Charles Todd, Esq., of the Line for the Proposed Magnetic Telegraph, between Adelaide and Melbourne. Magnetic Telegraph Department, ...
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