REPORT OF THE KEW COMMITTEE. XXXIU 



Report of the Council of the British Association, presented to the 

 General Committee, Wednesday, August 33, 1866. 



The Council have the honour to report as follows : — - 



The Council have received a Report from the Treasurer at each of their 

 Meetings, and a Report for the year wiU be presented to the General Com- 

 mittee this day. 



The Report of the Parliamentary Committee has been received for pre- 

 sentation to the General Committee. 



The Kew Committee have presented to the Council a Report for the year 

 1865-66, which wiU be laid before the General Committee this day. 



The Council have added to the list of Corresponding Members the names 

 of the following Foreign Men of Science who attended the Birmingham 

 Meeting, viz. ; — 



Capt. Belavenetz. 

 Geheimrath von Dechen. 

 M. Gaudry. 

 Prof. Grube. 



Prof. Kiepert. 

 Prof. F. Romer. 

 Chev. C. Negri. 

 Prof. Steenstrup. 



The Council recommend that the names of Mr. J. Hind, F.R.S., and Mr. 

 T. Close, be added to the list of Vice-Presidents of the Meeting. 



In consequence of the resignation of Mr. Hopkins as Joint General Secre- 

 tary, annoiuiced last year, the Council appointed a Committee, consisting of 

 the General Secretaries and the Gentlemen who had formei'ly filled that 

 office, for the pui-pose of taking into consideration and reporting to the Council 

 on the advisability of nominating a Joint General Secretary. The Council 

 have received the following Report, viz. : — 



'•' That Thomas Archer Hii'st, Esq., Ph.D., F.R.S., Professor of Mathe- 

 thematical Physics in University College, London, be recommended 

 as highly qualified for Election as Joint General Secretary of the 

 Association." 



The Council recommend that Mr. Hirst, F.R.S., be elected Joint General 

 Secretary. 



The Council have been informed that invitations for future Meetings of 

 the Association have been received from Dundee, Norwich, Plymouth, and 

 Exeter, 



Report of the Kew Committee of the British Association for the 

 Advancement of Science for 1865-66. 



The Committee of the Kew Observatory submit to the Council of the British 

 Association the following statement of their proceedings during the past 

 year : — - 



A Unifilar and Dip Circle for Captain J. Belavenetz, of the Russian Navy, 

 Director of the Compass Observatory at Cronstadt, have been verified at Kew 

 Observatory and forwarded to Russia. 



Three Unifiilars and three Dip Circles, ordered by Colonel Strange for the 

 Indian Survey, have been verified. 



Dr. Kirk, who has gone out to Zanzibar on the African coast, has received 

 instruction at Kew Observatory ; and a Dip Circle, a Unifilar, and an Azimuth 

 Compass have been verified for him, and await his directions. 



In consequence of a representation from Mr. C. Chambers, Acting Super- 

 intendent of the Observatory, Bombay, a correspondence has taken place 

 between the Director of the India Store Department and the Chairman of 



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