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(f) Automatic connection between the Observatory 



clock and the time ball to be established by Go- 

 vernment. 



(g) Proper clocks to be provided by the Government, 

 (h) The University to grant site of new Observatory, 



and site of a residence for a new officer, 

 (i) The new officer to have the following duties : — • 



(a) Observing time for the island. 



(b) Teaching in the University, astronomy, 

 surveying, practical physics, and such 

 parts of the mining course as it is jDOssible 

 and desirable for him to do. 



(j) The salary of the new officer to be £350 a year, of 

 which the Government provide £150 and the 

 University £200. 



(N.B. — The Observer would have to reside at the Uni- 

 versity. He might perhaps live in the house at present oc- 

 cupied by Professor Williams. If he lived rent free, the 

 University's contribution to his salary should perhaps be 

 only £175.) 



In conclusion, let me say that the University is faced 

 with the unpleasant reality that it cannot continue to teach 

 what it professes to teach without the appointment of some 

 such officer. I am recommending merely that his appoint- 

 ment be seized as the opportunity of starting what in the 

 future may be of inestimable value to tne whole world — the 

 establishment of an efficient School of Astronomy, in a high 

 southern latitude, and in a climate peculiarly suitable for as- 

 tronomical work. 



