Report of Observatory Committee. 



APPENDIX I. 



Estimate of Expense op Observatory, 

 first cost. 

 Reflecting telescope, with extra speculum and polishing 



machine, complete 

 Transit circle 

 Clocks, &c. ... 

 Meteorological apparatus 

 Buildings 



£4,900 



800 



- ... 150 



150 



1,000 





£7,000 



Package, freight, &c. 



ANNUAL COST. 



Director 

 Three assistants 

 Incidental expenses ... 



£600 



500 



200 





£1,300 



The cost of magnetical instruments and the magnetic survey is 

 not included. 



The annual cost would most probably not be required for three 

 years. 



The payment of the the £7,000 might be spread over three years, 

 thus : — 



1st year — On account of reflector ... ...£2,200 



Transit circle 800 



— £3,000 



2nd year — On account of reflector ... ... £2,000 



Buildings 1,000 



3,000 



3rd year — Balance ... ... ... ... ... 1 000 



APPENDIX II. 



Copy of a Memorial presented to the Chief Secretary, 

 December, 1856. 



Sir, — We have the honor, on behalf of the Philosophical Institute 

 of Victoria, to draw your attention to a subject in which the colony is 

 able to render a most important service to science, and in which we 

 are convinced that we shall meet with the hearty co-operation of the 

 Government, so far as is consistent with the other claims of the 

 public service. 



