Strength and durability are of far more consequence
than lightness, as we have not the facilities for getting things
repaired here that you have in England. The figures I have placed
opposite to the instruments described are not supposed to be the
exact prices, but merely suggested as guides. I hope you will do
the best you can with the improvements mentioned, especially in the
mode of packing the larger articles. Please also to insure them to
the full value.
I have the honour to be,
Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
W.J. WILLS.
. . .
He then in a postscript makes some suggestions as to the
graduation of the scales. The instruments were sent out in the
shortest possible time and gave great satisfaction. On departing
for his last fatal expedition, he requested me, should he not
return, to give all his remaining instruments to his friend Mr.
Byerly, for whom his high estimation never abated. This injunction
I fulfilled as far as in my power. Any person who may happen to be
in charge of some that I had not, will I trust deliver them to
their lawful owner, Frederick Byerly, Esquire, Surveyor, Melbourne.
About the time I am now referring to, I was often congratulated by
gentlemen of the Surveying Department, who were acquainted with my
son, on his rapid progress in the difficult branches of the
science.
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