8 NOTES BY THE EDITOR 



be made for effectually teaching all the various branches of physical 

 science. 3. That professors and local teachers shall be appointed to 

 give lectures on Science in the chief towns, for whose use philosoph- 

 ical apparatus shall be provided; and that arrangements shall be 

 made for testing by examination the proficiency of those who attend 

 such lectures. 4. That the formation of museums and public libraries 

 in such towns, open to all classes, shall be encouraged and assisted ; 

 that all imposts shall by degrees be abolished that impede the diffusion 

 of scientific knowledge ; and donations of all government scientific 

 publications be made by authority. 5. That more encouragement 

 shall be given, by fellowships, increased salaries to professors, and 

 other rewards, to the study of physical science. 6. That an alteration 

 shall be made in the present system of bestowing pensions ; some 

 annuities in the nature of good-service pensions be granted; and ad- 

 ditional aid be given to the prosecution, reduction, and publication of 

 scientific researches. 7. That an appropriate building, in some central 

 situation in London, shall be provided at the cost of the nation, in 

 which the principal scientific societies may be located together. 8. 

 That scientific offices shall be placed more nearly on a level in respect 

 to salary, with such other civil appointments as are an object of am- 

 bition to highly educated men ; that the officers themselves shall be 

 emancipated from all such interference as is calculated to obstruct the 

 zealous performance of their duties ; and that new scientific offices 

 shall be created in some cases in which they are required. 9. That 

 facilities shall be given for transmitting and receiving scientific pub- 

 lications to and from foreign parts. 10. That a Board of Science shall 

 be constituted, composed partly of persons holding offices under the 

 Crown, and partly of men of the highest eminence in science, which 

 shall have the control and expenditure of the greater part, at least, of 

 the public funds given for its advancement and encouragement, shall 

 originate applications for pecuniary or other aid to science, and gen- 

 erally perform such functions as are above described, together with 

 such others as Government or Parliament may think fit to impose 

 upon it. 



During the continuance of the Great Exhibition at Paris, a meeting 

 took place, composed of the members of the Imperial Commission, the 

 jurymen and commissioners to the Exhibition, and the members of 

 the late Statistical Congress, for the purpose of organizing an Inter- 

 national Society, having for its object the promotion of a system of 

 uniformity in weights, measures, and moneys. Baron James Roths- 

 child presided. The four following resolutions were introduced and 

 adopted : 



1. That it will be of the highest possible importance to encourage 

 the publication in French of a work, giving in a clear and concise 



