Letter from Charles Colville to Alexander Johnson, to thank him for his letters and to write that he had circulated its contents in the Mauritius Gazette, of which he sends a copy. He writes concerning others who have contacted regarding astronomical observations, of funding astronomical instruments and of setting up a Museum of Natural History on Mauritius. He also sends some more books after Johnston and Baron Humboldt's reception of the Madagascan New Testament. Handwritten, 4 pieces, 15 sides, dated 10 February 1830.
With this letter is a copy of the Mauritius Gazette containing the Notice: "The subjoined Observations are extracted from a Correspondence with the Secretary of the Royal Astronomical Society of London, addressed to His Excellency the Governor by the Vice-President of the Royal Asiatic Society, with a view of obtaining the co-operation of Scientific Observers in this hemisphere, in furtherance of the progress of science, and are, therefore, published for this purpose. Port-Louis, 13 June 1829. G.A. Barry, President of the Commission Public Instruction". The subsequent article is printed in both English and French.
Johnston Sir Alexander 1775-1849