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Land until the 31st of December 1848, unless in the meantime arrangements 
can be made for its permanent establishment. 
5. That it be recommended that the Observatory at St. Helena should be 
continued upon its present establishment for a period terminating on the 31st 
of December 1848, for special meteorological objects. 
6. That it be recommended that the building and instruments of the Mag- 
netical and Meteorological Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope be trans- 
ferred to the Astronomical Observatory, to which an assistant should be 
added, for the purpose of making absolute magnetic determinations. 
7. That it be recommended to the Court of Directors of the Honourable 
East India Company, that the Observatories of Simla and Singapore be dis- 
continued at the end of the present year; but that the Magnetic and Meteo- 
rological Observatories now made at Bombay and Madras be permanently 
continued in connexion with the Astronomical Observatories at those stations ; 
and that it be further recommended to the Court of Directors to sanction the 
proposal made by Lieutenant Elliot for a magnetic survey of the Indian 
Seas, to commence with the close of the present year. 
8. That it be recommended that the Canadian survey be continued until 
the connexion of Toronto with the American stations be completed. 
9. That it be recommended that advantage should be taken of every 
opportunity of extending magnetic surveys in regions not hitherto surveyed, 
and in the neighbourhood of magnetic observatories. 
10. That it be strongly recommended that the staff of Colonel Sabine’s 
establishment at Woolwich be maintained, with such an increased force as 
may cause the observations which have been made, and those which ‘shall 
hereafter be made, to be reduced and published with all possible expedition. 
11. That this Meeting have recommended the reduction of the establish- 
ments at present attached to some of the magnetic and meteorological obser- 
vatories, in the full confidence, that if, after careful discussion of the observa- 
tions made to the end of 1845, there should appear to be reason for restoring 
some of those establishments and for forming new ones, the British Govern- 
ment and the East India Company will give their aid with the same liberaity 
which they have displayed in the maintenance of the existing observatories. 
12. That the cordial co-operation which has hitherto prevailed between 
the British and Foreign Magnetic and Meteorological Observatories having 
produced the most important results, and being considered by us as abso- 
lutely essential to the success of the great system of combined observation 
which has been undertaken, it is earnestly hoped that the same spirit of co- 
operation will continue to prevail; and that the President of the British 
Association be requested to make application to the British Government to 
convey the expression of this opinion to the governments of those other 
countries which have already taken part in the observations. 
13. The British Association assembled at Cambridge cannot permit the 
proceedings of this Meeting to terminate without expressing their sense of 
great obligation to the eminent foreign gentlemen who have taken part in the 
discussions of the Conference, and whose unwearied attention has been most 
effectively bestowed on every part of the proceedings. 
14. That the Committee which has hitherto conducted the co-operation of 
the British Association in the system of combined observations, be reappointed, 
for the purpose of preparing a report to accompany the presentation to the 
British Government and to the Directors of the Honourable East India Com- 
pany, of the resolutions passed at this meeting ; and that the Marquis of North- 
ampton, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., Professor Christie, and Professor J. D. 
Forbes, be added to the Committee. J. F. W. HerscHec. 
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