[Overland Telegraph]

Construction of Overland Telegraph... Agreement with Messrs Darwent and Dalwood. Instructions to Mr McMinn, Overseer

Adelaide, Government Printer, 1871.

Foolscap folio, 7 pages.

Drop-title; four small holes in the left-hand margins throughout where stab-sewn when bound (now neatly disbound); trifling discolouration to some edges and tiny chips to one leading edge; an excellent copy.

South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 60 of 1871. The full contract for the construction of the first two 250-mile continguous sections south of Port Darwin; McMinn's instructions include complete details of the weekly ration list per worker ('Grog, 3 1/2 gills ... Tobacco, 1/4lb ... Matches, 1 box per month; Pipes, 2 per month').

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