THE ROYAL OBSERVATOIH (-REENWICH 299 



learning and experience, and other necessary qualifications of the Royal Society 

 and the Royal Astronomical Society, to constitute and appoint, an We do by 

 these Presents constitute and appoint, you 



The President for the time being of the Royal Society, 



The President for the time being of the Royal Astronomical S<>< 

 together with Our Right Trusty and Well-bel<>\. <1 ( OUDM llor 



John William, Baron Rayleigh, Member of the Order of Merit, 

 and Our Trusty and Well-beloved 



Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable 

 Order of the Bath, 



Sir Arthur William Rucker, Knight, 



Sir Joseph Larmor, Knight, 



William Grylls Adams, Esquire, 



Arthur Schuster, Esquire, 



Fellows of the Royal Society ; 

 and 



Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney, Knight Commander of Our M<M 

 Honourable Order of the Bath, 



Sir David Gill, Knight Commander of Our Most Honourable Order of the 

 Bath, 



Sir Robert Stawell Ball, Knight, 



Robert Bellamy Clifton, Esquire, 



James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Esquire, 



Edward Ball Knobel, Esquire, 



Fellows of the Royal Astronomical Society ; 

 and 



The Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford for the time being, 



The Plumian Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge for the time being, 



The Hydrographer of Our Navy for the time being, 



to be regular Visitors of Our Royal Observatory at Greenwich during Our 

 pleasure ; provided always, that neither the Astronomer Royal for the time 

 being, nor any of his Assistants shall be a Visitor of Our said Royal Observatory. 

 And we do authorize and require you from time to time to order and direct 

 Our said Astronomer and Keeper of Our said Royal Observatory to make Midi 

 Astronomical Observations and calculations as you in your judgement shall 

 think proper. 



And that you do survey and inspect our instruments in Our said Observatory, 

 and as often as any shall be found defective or insufficient for the proriit 

 wants of Astronomy, that you do inform Our Lord High Admiral, or the 

 Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral, that so the 

 said instruments may either be exchanged or repaired or new ones may be 

 procured. And that you do from time to time make such suggestions and 

 representations to Our Lord High Admiral, or to the Commissioner* lor 



