UNITED STATES 145 



Observations and investigations of the New England Meteorological So- 

 ciety, 1888-91: in v. 21, 31. Continued by: 



Observations of the New England Weather Service, 1892-95 : in v. 41, 

 no. 1-4. 



v. 39: Peruvian meteorology. 1888-1895. 



Circulars, no. 1-104. [Cambridge, Oct. i895-July 1905.] 4. 



General t.-p. issued for nos. 1-50, 1900; for nos. 51-100, 1905. 

 Miscellaneous papers. 1877/87-1888/95, Cambridge, 1888-96. 2 v. 8. 



Reprints from various journals bound into volumes with t.-p. and table 



of contents. 

 A third volume has been made up under the title : 



Miscellaneous quarto publications, 1877-1896. With a list of the pub- 

 lished references to the work of the Blue Hill observatory, 1885-1895. 



Annual report of the Director . . . [32cl]-6oth. Cambridge, 1877- 

 1905. 8. 



Also included in the President's reports. Earlier reports printed in the 

 reports of visiting committees; 1846-76 also in Annals, v. i, 8. 



Statement of work done at the Harvard college observatory during the 



years 1877-1882. Cambridge, 1882. 8. 

 Telegraphic cipher code. Gerrish system. Cambridge, 1906. 8. 



Distribution. Exchange. Annals and Circulars on sale by the Publication 

 agent, 2 University Hall, Cambridge, Mass., who will quote prices on appli- 

 cation. 



Research funds. Endowments aggregating about $900,000, from which 

 the annual income is about $41,000, are administered by the Director 

 of the observatory. They include the following funds whose purposes 

 are of general interest: ADVANCEMENT OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE 

 (1901). Amount, $50,000; "to promote the progress of knowledge in 

 astronomy and the kindred sciences, with power to render aid to 

 astronomers or observatories in any part of the world, whether con- 

 nected with the Observatory of Harvard University or not" . . . "no 

 restriction shall limit the usefulness to astronomy of this gift." If 

 advisable, in the opinion of the Director of the observatory for the 

 time being, from time to time money not exceeding in all $25,000 may 

 be expended for the completion of certain specified work or for sim- 

 ilar purposes. Income not available during two lives in being. 

 ADVANCEMENT OF ASTRONOMICAL SCIENCE (1902). Amount, $20,000; 

 general conditions as in the preceding. One-half of the income only 

 now available. A portion or the whole of the principal may, under 

 certain conditions, be expended for the objects of this gift. ROBERT 

 TREAT PAINE FUND. Amount, $273,558; income (over $12,000) to be 

 used "in the support of the observatory, of the assistants, in the pur- 



