20 



Dr. 



s. d. 



To balance on hand, 

 Nov. 23, 1872.... 1140 1 



To Grant from Trea- 

 sury (1873) 1000 



Repayments : 



Capt. M. Hall 50 



Sale of surplus copies 



of " Hydrozoa" . . 40 10 



Interest . 35 8 8 



Report of the Kew Committee. 



.2265 18 9 



Cr. 



s. d. 

 By appropriations as 



above 1218 



Balance on hand, Nov. 



23, 1873 1047 18 9 



.2265 18 9 



Report of tie Kew Committee for the Year ending 

 October 31, 1873. 



THE only change of consequence affecting the management of the 

 Observatory during the year has been caused by the resignation by 

 Mr. Spottiswoode of his seat on the Committee. The vacancy thus occa- 

 sioned has been filled up by the appointment of Major-Gen. Strachey, 

 while the Earl of Eosse has been nominated as an additional member of 

 the Committee. 



Magnetic Work. The series of automatic records of the several Mag- 

 netographs, viz. Declinometer, Horizontal-Force, and Vertical-Force instru- 

 ments, have been continued, and the independent absolute determinations 

 have been, as usual, made monthly. This latter duty has been, as hereto- 

 fore, performed by Mr. G. M. Whipple, B.Sc., First Assistant, who also 

 takes charge of the General Magnetic Work, in which he has the assist- 

 ance of Mr. Cullum. The salaries of these two gentlemen, whose time 

 is chiefly devoted to magnetic work, amounted during the period under 

 consideration to .249 12s. 6d., leaving a balance of about .350 out of the 

 sum of .608 Os. 7d. received from the Royal Society to meet the general 

 expenses (1979 10s. 7d.) of the Observatory. 673 4s. 5d. of this 

 amount has been defrayed by the Meteorological Office ; and 613 Os. Id. 

 has been obtained from other sources, such as fees for verification of 

 instruments, and payments for new instruments for foreign observatories, 

 leaving a balance in hand of 522 3s. Id. on the 31st of October. 



