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Art. X. — Abstract of the Proceedings of the Twelfth Meeting 

 of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. 

 Condensed from the Report in the London Athenceum. 



The twelfth meeting of the Association was held at Manches- 

 ter, commencing June 22, 1842. 



During the past year, grants for scientific purposes have been 

 made to the amount of £1449 17s 8d. For the coming year 

 grants for similar purposes, amounting to £3339 5s, were recom- 

 mended by the General Committee. 



On taking the chair at the General Meeting, Lord Francis 

 Egerton delivered an interesting and eloquent address, comprising 

 a review of the doings and prospects of the Association. 



The next meeting will be held at Cork, in August, 1843. 



Sect. A. Mathematical and Physical Science. 



The following reports were presented to the Section. 



Report of the Comfnittee for the reduction of the Stars in 

 the Histoire Celeste. " I have the satisfaction of reporting that 

 the whole of the stars in the Histoire Celeste have been redu- 

 ced, agreeably to the method proposed : those only being omitted 

 for which there are no tables of reduction : and that there is now 

 remaining, of the grant for this purpose, the sum of £9 which 

 will not be required in the further prosecution of this portion of 

 the work. But the main object of this undertaking will be de- 

 feated, if the catalogue be not printed for general use and infor- 

 mation. The number of stars reduced is upwards of 47,000 ; 

 and I have caused an estimate to be made of the expense of 

 printing 500 copies in an octavo form. And it appears that the 

 cost of paper and printing will be about £415, but that 1000 

 copies will cost £100 more. There is, however, another expense 

 which must be taken into the account, which is the copying of 

 the catalogue, in a proper order for the press and the correction 

 of the press during the printing, which I apprehend will be £60 

 or £70 more. Taking the whole of these estimates together, it 

 would appear that 500 copies would cost about £500, and that 

 1000 copies would cost about £600. Should the British Asso- 

 ciation decide on the printing of the catalogue, I would draw up 



