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two Bliss break-circuit (ilironoinoters, several meantiiDe clironoinetera, 

 and a fillet clir()iiogiai)li. The director lias also under his charge the 

 geodetic, toiM^graphic, and astre)n<)n)i(;al instruments of the department 

 of public works. Position of the observatory : Latitude, + H)'^ -H' 1".3 ; 

 longitude, C^' 3G'" 31^.5; altitude, 2,28r>"'.4 (7,500 feet). Directors: Sr. 

 Ingeneiro GeograCo Don Fran(;isc() Jiminez fi-om 1S78 till his death, 

 Nov«'mber 4, J 881, when lie was succeeded by Sr. Dou Leandro Fer- 

 nandez. 



Milan. — A new ]8-iiu;h refractor, objective l)y I^Ierz, mounting by 

 Ke[)S()ld, was put in place in 188<J, and has been devoted i)rincipally to 

 tlu^ uieasurement of double stars. The smaller (S iiu-ii) ecpiatoiial has 

 been used for observations of comets and ot doulile stais in rapid 

 orbital motion. The markings on Mars were examined with both iu- 

 struments. 



Morrison observatory was established in 1875 through the efforts 

 of the })resent director, Prof. C. W. Pritchett, aided by the lii>erality 

 of Miss Berenice Morrison, whose name the institution bears. The 

 principal instruments are a 12.|-inch Clark equatorial and an excellent 

 0-incli Troughton & Simms meridian circle, similar iu plan to the me- 

 ridian circle of the Harvard Observatory. The first number of the 

 l)ublications is a well printed volume of 111 pages, giving an account 

 of the founding of the observatory, a full descri{)tiou of the building 

 and instruments, and the observations in detail. The latter consist 

 mainly of measures of double stars, observations of planets, comets, 

 0(!Cultations by the moon, etc. A fall discussion is gi\en of the geo- 

 grai)hi('al co-ordinates of the meridian })ier, the longitude being deter- 

 mined by an ex'(;hange of signals with ^^'ashington in 1880. There aie 

 several drawings of the observatory, and sketches of Saturn and of 

 comets. The work is now much restricted owing to the inade(iuacy of 

 fuiuls. 



Munich. — The zone observations with the meridian circle are con- 

 tinued, and a runv IMunich catalogue is going through the press. The 

 10.;i inch refractor has been used for observations of comets, nu'asures 

 of stars in the cluster h Persei, and observations for stellar i)arallax. 

 iSome i)hotometric observations have also been made. 



Natal. — Recent work has been largely in meteorology. Tiu5 obser- 

 vatory has been seriously cri[)pled by the lack of funds. 



Nice. — The first volume of the annals is to contain a description of 

 the observatory and instruments, and is expected shortly; the second 

 volume has already been ])ul)lished, and the third volume, also iu 

 l)reparatiou, will contain Thollon's study of the solar si)ectrum. Vol- 

 2 is devoted mainly to the determination of the coordi mites of the ob- 

 servatory and to measures of double stars. There are also observations 

 of comets and i)lanets, and notes on solar sj)ectrosco]»y and the red- 

 glows. The ])Osition of the observatory at present adopted is : Latitude, 

 + 430 43' 1G".9; longitude, 0" 19"' 5I«.22 east of Paris, 



