30 ON THE PROPOSED LEAKE SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL ASTRONOMY. 



doubt an educated youth, or perhaps one of the students, 

 would undertake the duty. The sum proposed, =£250, would 

 find an able Demonstrator, whose services in teaching science 

 would materially add to the success of the school. If, how- 

 ever, it be decided not to have him at all, it would be better 

 to increase the salary of the Photographer to ^200, and get 

 a man with wider experience, who should then be called 

 Observatory Assistant. It will be observed that such a change, 

 i.e., omitting the Demonstrator and increasing the salary for 

 the Observatory Assistant, will not alter the charges for 

 salaries. 



The sum of c£50 a year set down for photographic plates, 

 chemicals, etc., would, I have no doubt, cover the incidental 

 expenses. 



It would be a legitimate although perhaps small increase 

 to the Observatory funds to hand over to it for current 

 expenditure the fees paid by non-matriculated students of 

 Astronomy. 



It would be an easy matter to suggest various other 

 instruments for the Observatory. 



To Eecapitulate. 



It is proposed that the Leake bequest of ^10,000 be 

 handed over to the University. 



That the University establish a School of Astronomy and 

 an Observatory, to be called the Leake Observatory. 



That the Lecturer in Mathematics and Physics should also 

 teach Astronomy, and have, under the governing body of 

 the University, general control and direction of the Observa- 

 tory, for which he should be paid from the Leake fund «£100 

 per annum in addition to his salary from the University. 



That an Observatory Assistant be appointed with salary of 

 ^200 per annum from the Leake fund. 



That, if possible, the University should obtain permission 

 from the Government to use their transit instrument for 

 teaching purposes. If not, that a transit instrument be 

 purchased at a cost of .£110. 



That a site for the Observatory be provided by the Govern- 

 ment or the University. 



That one round Observatory with revolving roof be built. 



That a large equatorial, with star camera attached, be 

 purchased at a cost not exceeding .£1,800, together with 

 necessary apparatus. (See page 4 and appendix A.) 



That the Observatory work should be Photographic 

 Astronomy, in connection with the photographic star chart 

 now being inade. 



