Report of the Incorporated Kew Committee for the Year 

 ending December 31, 1894. 



The operations of The Kew Observatory, in the Old Deer Park, 

 Richmond, Surrey, are controlled by the Incorporated Kew Committee, 

 which is constituted as follows : 



Mr. F. Galton, Chairman. 



Captain W. deW. Abney, C.B., 



R.E. 



Prof. W. G. Adams. 

 Captain E. W. Creak, R.N. 

 Prof. G. C. Foster. 

 The Earl of Rosse, K.P. 

 Prof. A. W. Riicker. 



Mr. R. H, Scott. 



Mr. W. N. Shaw. 



Lieutenant- General R. Strachey, 



C.S.L 



GeneralJ. T. Walker, C.B. 

 Rear-Admiral W. J. L. Wharton. 



The Committee much regret the loss of the services of Admiral 

 Sir G. H. Richards, K.C.B., formerly Hydrographer to the Admi- 

 ralty, who has found it necessary to retire, after having served on 

 the Committee from the date, 1871, when the Royal Society under- 

 took the administration of the Observatory. 



The vacancy thus occasioned has been filled by the appointment of 

 Mr. W. N. Shaw, Tutor of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Univer- 

 sity Lecturer in Physics. 



The work at the Observatory may be considered under the fol- 

 lowing heads: 



1st. Magnetic observations. 



2nd. Meteorological observations. 



3rd. Solar observations. 



4th. Experimental, in connexion with any of the above departments. 



5th. Verification of instruments. 



6th. Rating of Watches and Marine Chronometers. 



7th. Miscellaneous. 



I. MAGNETIC OBSERVATIONS. 



No change of importance has been made in the magnetographs 

 during the past year. The carves re presenting the Declination, Hori- 



