Sir Edward Watkin, M.P., has offered to the Royal Astronomical Society a site for a observatory on the summit of Snowdon, but the Council of the Society have been compelled to decline the offer owing to want of funds. The hon baronet intends next year to set about greatly improving the road to the top of the mountain, and he also proposes to build it new hotel tkei’e,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 970, 3 October 1890, Page 15
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