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a statement of the method pursued in making the reductions, to- 

 gether with such other remarks as might be requisite. This prob- 

 ably would not add another sheet to the work. — Francis Baily. 



"June 16,1842." 



Report of the Committee on the British Association Catalogue 

 of Stars. " I have the honor to report on the subject of this 

 Catalogue, that the calculations of the places of the stars, with 

 the annual precessions, secular variations, and proper motions, to- 

 gether with the logarithms of the requisite constants, are com- 

 pleted for nearly 8300 stars, which is about the number original- 

 ly contemplated : that the same are fairly copied out for the press : 

 and that the construction of the table of synonyms is now in 

 progress, two thirds of which are already completed : that the 

 whole of the sum granted at the last meeting of the Association 

 has been expended, and that a further sum of £25 will be requi- 

 red for the completion of some of the above stars in peculiar por- 

 tions, and for the final completion of the synonyms : that the 

 above sum of £25 is all that will be wanting in future, as Mr. 

 Farley (the principal computer and superintendent) has underta- 

 ken to complete the work, ready for the press, without any fur- 

 ther remuneration, and which will be ready for delivery in a few 

 weeks. Under these circumstances, I have caused an estimate 

 to be made of the expense of printing the same: and I find that 

 the cost of paper and printing 500 copies in quarto, will be about 

 £550, but that 1000 copies will cost £150 more. It will be re- 

 quisite, however, to employ some one to correct the press, and to 

 superintend the arrangement of the work, which will add to the 

 expense here mentioned. A pretty large preface will be requi- 

 site, explanatory of the mode adopted in bringing up the several 

 stars to the given epoch, and of various circumstances connected 

 with the investigation, as well as descriptive of the method of 

 using the Catalogue in its present form. But on these points I am 

 willing to render any assistance in my power. — Francis Baily." 



Report of the Committee for the reduction of Lacaille's Stars. 

 " A committee having been appointed, consisting of myself, Mr. 

 Henderson and Mr. Airy, for the purpose of effecting a reduction 

 of Lacaille's stars, I have the pleasure to report, that under the 

 superintendence of Mr. Henderson, the whole of that work is 

 now completed, and the resulting Catalogue, being arranged in 

 order of Right Ascension, is fairly written out and ready for the 



