432 REPORT—1840. 
points de la surface terrestre.” In this report, the Russian 
observatories, acting on the same system of observation, both 
magnetical and meteor ological, as those of England, are enu- 
merated as follows :—‘ Ba science doit au gouv ernement Russe, 
et surtout 4 la protection puissante du ministre des finances, 
M. le Comte Cancrine, et a l’incessante activité du chef de 
l'état major du corps des ingénieurs des mines, M. le Général 
Tcheffkine, V’établissement des stations magnétiques’ sui- 
vantes : 
Stations. Directeurs. 
St. Pétersbourg M. Kurrrer, Directeur-Général. 
Cathérinebourg M. Roscuxorr, 
Barnaoll - - - - - - - M. Prance, 1* ¢ Ingénieursdes Mines. 
Nertchinskk - - - - - = M. Praneg, 2eme 
Kazan - - - - - - - - - M.Stimonorr,)] Directeurs des Observa- 
Nikolaieff - - - - - - - - M. Kwnorre, toires Astronomiques. 
Tiflis - - - - - M. Puitapetruine, Prof. au Gymnase. 
Sitka (Céte N. O. eS I’ Amérique) MM. Homann et Fwanorr. 
Helsingfors (Finland) - - - M. Nervanner, Prof. Extraor. a 1’Uni- 
versité. 
Pékin* (China) - - - - - - M. Gascuxevitscu, Membre de la Mis- 
sion Ecclesiastique.”’ 
The copies of M. Kupffer’s report were accompanied by a 
letter, expressing his regret that the necessary and pressing 
duty of instructing the directors of the observatories, in regard 
to the system to be pursued, prevented him from attending the 
meeting of the British Association at Glasgow, which he had 
otherwise intended to have done. 
Report on the reduction of Meteorological Observations made 
at the Equinoxes and Solstices, on the part of a Committee 
appointed by the British Association at Newcastle, consisting 
of Sir J. HERscHEL alone. 
Sir J. HerscukEt, referring to his report of last year for the 
reasons why the reduction of these observations was not imme- 
diately commenced, reports further, that the same reasons de- 
layed any effective commencement of the work until very lately ; 
but that, owing to several wanting series of observations having 
at length come to hand, so as to render the series for the years 
1835-6-7-8 tolerably consecutive, at least, for several localities, 
your Committee considered it advisable to wait no longer, but 
proceed to work with the materials in hand. Accordingly, having 
cast the plan of operations for the comparison and projection of 
* A la station de Pékin nous aurons, si non autant d’observations que des 
autres stations, au moins les observations les plus importantes. 
