33 l^El'OKT— 1903. 



V. Two self-recording instruments made by Mons. Te^ser&nc do Bort.' 



VI. Spare bamboo sticks, &c., for repairs. 



The old winding-gear is hardly reliable, but many of the parts will be 

 available for making another. 



Application was made to the Government Grant Committee of the 

 E,oyal Society for a grant of 250/. for the hire of a vessel. On the 

 suggestion of this Committee the Admiralty were asked to lend a vessel 

 for the purpose, and they kindly consented to do so ; but unfortu- 

 nately the vessel they proposed to place at the disposal of the Kite 

 Committee has met with an accident and is unavailable. The Royal 

 Society have, however, made a grant of 200/., and the Committee are now 

 endeavouring to hire a suitable vessel. 



Addendum to the Report of the Kite Committee. 



Great difficulty has been experienced in obtaining a suitable vessel 

 owing to the lateness of the time at which inquiries about one were 

 instituted and to tiie fact that July and August are the yachting season. 

 A steam tug, the ' Renown,' has been hired for a month, and reached 

 Crinan on August 13. The apparatus was fitted on board by the evening 

 of the lith, and since then daily ascents have been made. No great 

 height (over G,000 feet) has been reached, for the weather has been of the 

 most unfavourable description for kite flying ; but one very interesting 

 trace has been obtained — namely, that of August 20, when the kite was 

 drawn in from a height of 4,500 feet during a sudden and unexpected 

 thunderstorm which was accompanied by extremely violent rain and 

 hail. 



Magneiic Ohservaiions at Fahnonth. — Bcport of the Committee, con- 

 ' sistinrj of Sir W. H. Prerce (Chairman), Br. R. T. GlazebrooK 

 {Secretary), Professor W. G. Adams, Captain Creak, Mr. W. L. 

 Pox, Professor A. Schuster, and Sir A. W. RCcker, appointed 

 to co-operate iclth the Committee of the Falmoidh Observatory in 

 their Magnetic Observations. 



The Committee report that the grant voted at the last meeting has been 

 used in support of the ordinary magnetic work of the Falmouth Observa- 

 tory, and that records of the horizontal force, the declination, and the 

 vertical force have been kept during the year. The curves up to 

 December 31, 1902, have been examined at Kew, and, specially in view of 

 the disturbed state of the Kew instruments and the uncertainty as to 

 the future magnetic observatory to replace Kew, have a real value. 



The results for the quiet days are published in the Report of the 

 Falmouth Observatory, and will be reprinted in the Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society. 



The vertical force instrument to which reference was made in the 

 last report has worked in a fairly satisfactory maimer during the year. 



In conclusion the Committee ask for reappointment with a further 



' A third is promised by him and expected sliortly. 



