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meteorological instruments to be placed on the ground 
around the house. With the appeal the offer was 
made that the observatory should be available for 
the use of teachers and senior pupils of London County 
and other schools and colleges, and of the public under 
suitable regulations. It was pointed out that the 
Meteorological Station which the Society proposed to 
establish would serve a valuable public purpose, as such 
a station was much needed on the summit of Hampstead 
Hill. This appeal was warmly supported by Sir 
Norman Lockyer, Professor Silvanus P. Thompson, 
Dr. Hugh Robert Mill (Director of the British Rainfall 
Organisation), Dr. W. N. Shaw (Director of the Meteoro- 
logical Office), and by the Council of the Royal 
Meteorological Society. The Parks Committee of 
the L.C.C., carefully considered the proposal, and 
in view of the benefit to the public that would accrue, 
agreed to it without opposition and advised the 
Council to accede to the appeal. A licence bearing 
the seal of the Council was received on October gth. 
Subsequently a vigorous correspondence took 
place in the local and London press, in which con- 
siderable opposition was manifested to the establish- 
ment of the proposed Astronomical and Meteorological 
Observatory. In consequence of the opposition the 
Council of the Society did not proceed with the 
matter and the licence has since been withdrawn. 
The Council is at present in treaty for the use of a 
suitable site on private land for the erection of the 
Observatory, and also hopes to find a good position ~ 
for a Meteorological Station. 
