580 ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



An entire reorganization of the observatory is under way, 

 with the purpose of training more thoroughly the persons 

 charged with geologic and geodetic works. There is also 

 an observatory at the capital of the province of Pernaru- 

 buco. u 77ie Empire of Brazil" p. 293. 



ASTRONOMY IN CHINA. 



The astronomical instruments sent by the Academy of 

 Paris to China are to remain at Pekin, and possibly a per- 

 manent observatory may be established there. The French 

 astronomers who are at Pekin report that the instruments 

 set up by the Jesuit missionaries in the last century are still 

 in perfect order. We believe that the American astrono- 

 mers were instructed to inquire whether the original ob- 

 servations made by these missionaries were still in existence, 

 and whether they would possibly, in some respects, be worthy 

 of the attention of astronomers of the present day. 



SUMS VOTED BY THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT FOR SCIENTIFIC 



INSTRUCTION. 



It will probably be many years before the United States, 

 as a nation, follows the example of Great Britain to any con- 

 siderable degree in making grants for the purposes of scien- 

 tific education and instruction. The following table will 

 show the amount voted by Parliament in 1874 for a few of 

 these establishments : 



British Museum 102,442 



Kew Gardens and Museum 17,862 



Geological Museum 8,998 



Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art 9,824 



Dublin Museum of Natural History 1,672 



Dublin National Gallery 2,380 



Museum of the Royal Irish Academy 2,084 



Total 145,262 



15 A, Feb. 13, 1875. 



METEOROLOGY IN CHINA. 



The Jesuit college of Zi-ka-wei, near Shanghai, China, has 

 lately begun the publication of the meteorological observa- 

 tions taken by the fathers at the college. These have been 

 made three times a day since 1868, and are printed upon 



