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the Director of the National Observatory at Bogota hoped before long to 

 purchase the necessary instrument and co-operate in the work of our 

 committee. 



23. Australia : Sydney. The Observatory.— E.. 0. Russell, F.R.S., Director. 



Mr. Russell regretted that, owing to want of funds, he was unable to 

 take a share in the work. He will let us know whether his own pendulum 

 is of any use. 



24. China : Sha7iykai. Zikawei Observatory. — L. Feoc, S.J. 



On April 5, 1897, Father Froc wrote regretting that he had neither 

 the means nor the facility to establish an instrument at Zikawei, at which 

 place, he states, the most severe shocks originating in Japan are not 

 experienced. 



25. Malta : Gozo. The College.— R&\. James Scoles, S.J. 



Father Scoles, writing from Beaumont College, Old Windsor, said : 

 ' No doubt some interesting results would be obtained in Malta, but in the 

 College there no one has sufficient leisure to attend to such a work, nor 

 are there any funds available. 



26. S2}ain: Cadiz.— W. G. Foestee. 



Mr. Forster would like an instrument were he at a more favourably 

 placed station, but not where he is. 



27. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro. The Observatory. — The Dieectoe. 



On April 20, 1897, the Director of this observatory wrote that he had 

 received through Her Majesty's Minister, Sir Edmund Constantino 

 Henry, the circular issued by this committee. Last June a similar pro- 

 posal had been received from Dr. Gerland, of Strassburg, to which he had 

 replied favourably. Because nothing further had been heard from Dr. 

 Gerland, the observatory at Rio was prepared to undertake the observa- 

 tions we proposed. The letter concludes with instructions respecting 

 payment for the instrument. 



On Jan. 20, 1898, the Foreign Office forwarded to me the translation 

 of a note which Her Majesty's Minister at Rio de Janeiro had received 

 from the Brazilian Government, from which it appears that they are not 

 disposed to co-operate in the scientific observations indicated by this 

 committee. 



28. Haivaii: Honolulu. — W. J. KE^'^N^, Her Majesty s Acting Commissioner and 



Consul- General. 



Shortly after the death of Commissioner Hawes, Mr. T. R. Walker, 

 Acting British Consul-General, placed our circular before Professor W. D. 

 Alexander, who wrote on July 16, 1897, that the proposed station would 

 have to be established in connection with the Hawaiian weather service 

 or at Oahu College, but at present he did not think that the necessary 

 funds were available. The subject should be taken into consideration by 

 the next legislature. 



On December 27 Commissioner W. J. Kenny wrote suggesting that 

 seismological investigations be taken up in Hawaii, and if I could send a 

 seismograph he v/ould see to its installation and working. 



