I shall be much obliged by your executing the following order as quickly as possible, and at your most reasonable prices.
1. One four-inch theodolite, best construction: 21 pounds.
2. One of Troughton's best reflecting circles, eight-inch radius, divided on silver: 23 pounds.
3. One prismatic compass, three and a-half inch, with silver ring: 5 pounds 5 shillings.
4. One six-inch semicircular protractor, with Vernier: 3 pounds 3 shillings.
5. One glass plane artificial horizon, ordnance pattern: 4 pounds 4 shillings.
6. One brass rolling parallel ruler, two feet long; must not weigh less than five pounds.
7. One twelve-inch brass sector: 1 pound.
8. One set of six-inch ivory plotting-scales, with offset scales complete: 4 pounds.
9. Two steel straight-edges, three feet each.