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of sucli phenomena should, therefore, be maintained by the 

 government especially, and an observatory established de- 

 voted to astronomical physics, and an organization for the 

 more complete observation of tidal phenomena, and for the 

 reduction of observations. 



Fourth. Aid should be extended to persons engaged in 

 important physical and chemical investigations, as is now 

 done to those connected with the government collections 

 of natural history. 



Fifth. While grants of money, merely covering actual out- 

 lays of expenses in certain investigations, have been made, 

 it is quite proper that something more than this should be 

 done under certain circumstances, especially where a compe- 

 tent individual engaged in some important research is un- 

 able to meet his own personal expenses. 



Sixth. The grant of 1000 administered by the Royal 

 Society has been of so much benefit as to warrant a con- 

 siderable increase. 



Seventh. A ministry of science and education should be 

 created for the proper disposition of the funds for research, 

 and the general supervision of scientific work as connected 

 with the state or controlled by it. 



Eighth. The services of such a ministry of science and 

 education would be greatly furthered by being associated 

 with a scientific council of the Royal Society, representa- 

 tives of other important societies, and a number of persons 

 nominated by the government. 



These conclusions are unanimously indorsed by all the 

 members of the commission, consisting of the Earl of Devon- 

 shire, Lord Lansdowne, Sir John Lubbock, and Messrs. P. 

 Kay-Shuttleworth, Bernard Samuelson, "VV. Sharpey, Thomas 

 II. Huxley, C. G. Stokes, and Henry J. S. Smith. 



BELGIAN EXHIBITION OF 1876. 



Belgium announces for the coming year an exhibition of 

 quite novel and eminently praiseworthy character, namely, 

 an exhibit of apparatus designed in any manner to save life 

 or health. The project has been undertaken at the sugges- 

 tion of the Societe Royal e des Sauveteurs de Belgique, 

 whose labors and publications in the cause of humanity are 

 warmly acknowledged. A feature of the exhibition will be 



