30 UNIVERSAL OR COSMIC TIME. 
PROFESSOR R. RAMSAY WRIGHT, SECRETARY OF THE CANA- 
DIAN INSTITUTE, TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR- 
GENERAL, CANADA. 
Canavian Insriru1TE, Toronto, June 24th, 1879. 
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The Secretary of His Pucellency the Governor-General, Ottawa. 
Srr,—Referring to the papers on Time-reckoning and the selection 
of a Common Meridian, which His Excellency has been pleased to 
bring under the notice of the Imperial Government, in order that the 
attention of the Scientific and other authorities of various countries 
may be directed to the subject, 
I now beg to forward to you additional copies, in order that they 
may be transmitted, through the Imperial Government, to the proper 
official authorities and the principal Scientitic Societies in Great 
Britain and the Colonies, as well as to the representatives in London 
of the different countries in the accompanying list. 
I am requested respectfully to express the hope that in directing 
attention to these papers it may be intimated that the Council of the 
Canadian Institute will be glad to learn how far the solutions of the 
difficulties referred to may be generally acceptable. 
I have the honor, etc., 
R. RAMSAY WRIGHT, 
Secretary. 
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