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Report of Subcommittee A on Organization as regards Science-Lectures. 



(Prof. PbOscoE^ Secretary.) 



Subcommittee A on Science-Lectures have to report that a list has been 

 printed, for private circulation only, of gentlemen who have kindly intimated 

 to the Committee their readiness to undertake to aid the scheme by deliver- 

 ing lectures on scientific subjects on terms which are indicated. As certain 

 Members of the Committee are also wUling to deliver lectures, the names of 

 the Committee are appended. 



A short Circular, pointing out the aid which the Committee was thus 

 wUling to give, was forwarded (as a private communication) to about ninety 

 Scientific Institutions throughout the country, with an intimation that a 

 copy of the list of lecturers would be sent to any institution requiring assist- 

 ance of the kind. Owing to the death of Mr. Askham, the late Clerk, the 

 Secretary has been unable to learn the exact number of Institutions which 

 have made application for the aid of the Committee ; but, judging from the 

 numerous letters which he has received on the subject, he believes that the 

 action of the Committee in this matter has proved useful, and that the aid 

 which has thus been afforded appears to be generally appreciated. 



Report of Subcommittee B on Organisation as regards Meteorology. 

 (Dr. Balfour Stewart, Secretary.) 



At a meeting of this Subcommittee, held at Albemarle Street, it was re- 

 solved, " That in the opinion of the Committee it is desirable that the indivi- 

 dual observations in magnetism and meteorology, which at present exist, 

 should, as much as possible, be accessible to all those men of science who wish 

 to make use of them. They therefore request their Secretary (Dr. Stewart) 

 to put himself into communication with the Directors of the following British 

 and Colonial observational establishments, with a view of ascertaining, — 



" (1) What unpublished individual observations in magnetism and mete- 

 orology they possess, specifying the most important. 



" (2) On what terms, if any, will they consent to open them up to men of 

 science desirous of obtaining copies of them. 



" British. — The Meteorological Committee ; the Greenwich Observatory ; 

 Sir E. Sabine (Magnetieal Superintendent); the Scottish Meteorological 

 Society ; the Trinity House ; the Hudson-Bay Company. 



" Colonial. — The Observatory at Mauritius ; Cape of Good Hope ; Mel- 

 bourne ; Sydney ; Toronto ; Bombay ; Calcutta ; Madras." 



The various replies to this communication are given at length in an 

 appendix to this Report, and this Committee desire to express their thanks to 

 the Directors of the various establishments, who, in sending their replies, 

 have not only afibrded much information regarding their unpublished obser- 

 vations, but have likewise shown their willingness to open up these observa- 

 tions to men of science as much as possible *. 



* No communications have yet been addressed to foreign observatories. 



It is requested that any observer into whose hands this Keport may fall, and who may 

 have information he is willing to communicate, will have the goodness to forward the same 

 to Dr. Balfour Stewart, The Owens College, Manchester 



