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to transmit copies of the Pamphlet to the Representatives of Foreign 
Countries, as desired, and to intimate to them that I shall be happy 
to forward to the Canadian Institute any communications which may 
be sent in reply from any Foreign Scientific Institutions to which 
they may be forwarded, but it must be distinctly understood that 
Her Majesty’s Government are merely transmitting these papers out 
of courtesy to a Scientific Institution in Canada, and that in doing so, 
they lend no support to, and assume no responsibility for the views 
advocated therein. 
I have, &c., &c., 
M. E. HICKS-BEACH. 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, 
The Right Hon. The Marquis of Lorne, K.T., G.C.M.G., &e. 
SIR M. E. HICKS-BEACH, COLONIAL SECRETARY, LONDON, TO THE 
MARQUIS OF LORNE, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, CANADA. 
(Canada, 343. ] DowNsING Srreer, 17th October, 1879. 
My Lorp,—With reference to my despatch, No. 342, of the 15th 
instant, relating to the pamphlet on “Time Reckoning and the 
Selection of a Common Meridian,” which the Canadian Institute of 
Toronto has desired to have brought before the notice of various 
Scientific Societies and of Foreign Governments, I have the honour 
to transmit to you the accompanying copies of letters received from 
the Admiralty and from certain of the scientific bodies to whom copies 
of the Pamphlet were forwarded, in accordance with the wish ex- 
pressed in your despatch, No. 174, of the 12th of July last. 
I request that these documents may be forwarded for the inform- 
ation of the Canadian Institute of Toronto. 
Ihave, &c., &c., 
M. kK. HICKS-BEACH. 
GOVERNOR-GENERAL, 
The Right Hon. The Marquis of Lorne, K.T., G.C.M.G., &e. 
SIR G. B. AIRY, ASTRONOMER ROYAL, GREENWICH, TO THE SEC- 
RETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES. 
(PoRTINSCALE, KESWICK), 
Royat OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, 18th June, 1879. 
Sir,—I have the honour to acknowledge your letter of June 13th, 
transmitting to me copy of a Memorial, undated, from the Council of 
the Canadian Institute of Toronto to the Governor-General of Canada, 
together with a Pamphlet by Mr. Sandford Fleming, which I return 
herewith, and requesting my observations or suggestions on these 
documents. I respectfully offer the following remarks : 
1. The subject of the Pamphlet is “‘ Time Reckoning and a Prime 
Meridian common to all Nations,” on this matter I advance: First, 
