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9. That the President of the British Association he requested to 

 act in conjunction with the President of the Royal Society, and with 

 the Members of the two Committees, in any steps which may appear 

 necessary for the accomplishment of the objects above stated. 



10. That an early communication be made of this procedure to 

 His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, the President elect of the 

 British Association for the ensuing year. 



Appendix. 



Letter from General Saline to the Committee. 



St. Leonard's, June 26, 1858. 



MY DEAR SIR, You wish me to state for the consideration of 

 the Committee, what specific measures for the continuance and ex- 

 tension of magnetical researches appear to me suitable to the present 

 state of that branch of science, and at the same time sufficiently 

 moderate and reasonable to justify the expectation that the portion 

 of them which requires it may receive the sanction of Her Majesty's 

 Government. 



For this purpose it may be convenient to divide the subject gene- 

 rally under three heads, and to consider separately what may be 

 expected, - 



1st. From our own Government. 

 2nd. From our own Colonies. 

 3rd. From foreign Countries. 

 1st. From our own Government. 



The establishment, for a limited period, of observatories in the 

 three colonies, 



Vancouver Island, 

 Newfoundland, 

 The Falkland Islands, 



on a similar plan to those which were established at Toronto, St. 

 Helena, and Hobarton, and which have now ceased, having accom- 

 plished their objects. The "personnel" at each of these three ob- 

 servatories to consist of an officer, four non-commissioned officers, 

 and one private, either of the Artillery or of the Engineers, with the 

 same extra pay and allowance for incidentals as was the case in the 

 observatories which have terminated. The instruments, both abso- 

 lute and differential, to be of the same description as before, with of 



