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Arr. X.—Abstract of the Proceedings of the Twelfth Meeting 
of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Condensed from the aw in the London rs ences 
Tue twelfth meeting of the Association was held at Manches- 
ter, commencing June 22, 1842. 
During the past year, grants for scientific purposes have been 
made to the amount of £1449 17s 8d. For the coming year 
grants for similar purposes, amounting to £3339 5s, were recom- 
mended by the General Committee 
On taking the chair at the Geieral Meeting, Lord Francis 
Figerton delivered an interesting and eloquent address, comprising 
a review of the doings and prospects of the Association. 
The next meeting will be held at Cork, in August, 1843. 
Sect. A. Mathematical and Physical Science. 
The following reports were presented to the Section. 
_ Report of the Committee for the reduction of the Stars in 
the Histoire Céleste. ‘I have the satisfaction of reporting that 
the whole of the stars in the Histoire Céleste have been redu- 
ced, agreeably to the method proposed: those only being omitted 
for which there are no tables of reduction: and that there is now 
remaining, of the grant for this purpose, the sum of £9 which 
will not be required in the further prosecution of this portion of 
the work. But the main object of this undertaking will be de- 
feated, if the catalogue be not printed for general use and infor- 
mation. ‘The number of stars reduced is upwards of 47,000; 
and I have caused an estimate to be made of the expense of 
printing 500 copies in an octavo form. And it appears that the 
cost of paper and printing will be about £415, but that 1000 
copies will cost £100 more.. There is, however, another expense 
which must be taken into the account, which is the copying of 
the catalogue, in a proper order for the press and the correction 
of the press during the printing, which I apprehend will be £60 
or £70 more. ‘Taking the whole of these estimates together, it 
would appear that 500 copies would cost about £500, and that 
1000 copies would cost about £600. Should the British Asso- 
ciation decide on the printing of the catalogue, I would draw up 
