380 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
President Sarmiento and the Minister of Public Instruction 
have officially approved the rors and promise to put the insti- 
tution into relations with the national establishments of public 
instruction, in pales pi carry on a full system of meteorological 
observation 
2. ‘Hnche'e Comet.—A view of Encke’s comet was obtained at 
lowing places of the comet, taken from an ephemeris b 
Glasenapp of Pulkowa, and published in No, 1854 of the ane 
nomische Nachrichten, may be of interest to observers. 
a st P 
0h Berl mt. AR. Deel. log. dist. to @ log. A. —3,q— nat 
hm s RS ” 
Aug. 18 2 8 35°83 +23 32 33-1 0-33419 021013 0°58 
Sept. 20 2 01485 30 36 413 0°25522 997354 237 
Oct. 21 0 21 52°73 38 54 38-5 0°14690 9°66369 17°10 
29 2318 38 54 48-4 0710987 958273 29°47 
Nov. 2 22 40 41°93 37 39 10°8 0-08931 9°54811 37°06 
6 22 0 21:40 35 16 23-6 0-06716 | 952021 47:80 
10 2119 31 44 32-8 0-04317 950100 58°33 
14 2041 2649 29% 14 9-9 0-01707 949178 68°63 
18 90 5 1 4 26-7 9°98850 949254 77:96 
22 19 33 47-49 §=:16.- 86-171 9°95703 950334 85°84 
$6. 19: 4:8 1 31:3 9-92215 9°52258 92°19 
30 1838 3-4 5 46 17-2 9°88322 954957 97°43 
Dec. 4 1813 41°66 + 0 41 12-7 9°83947 9°58379 101°81 
16 17:15 19°72 —12 37 13-4 967272 9-72983 111°99 
After reaching the ua ag F ipscasn ge 29th, the comet will be 
too near the sun to ce rved, In to the comet was 
seen with a lightintansty of 1 1-2. In 1868 it was first seen 
with a light of 2-2. On the night of Oct. 13th the light was 
about 10, conting ‘to von ene: s nope 
3. Discov new Pla ER of ilk discovered a 
new planet (117) on the 14th vs Sept. "he was equal in brilliancy 
to a star of the 11th magnitude. 
IV. Miscenuanzous Screntiric INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Midw y Islands, i in the North Pacific.—It is well koa! 
that the Havas line of islands is continued beyond Kauai in 
series of coral islands or atolls, i Bae oss Sli with the high is 
al to all, m 
art m 
to whe rag tay ee N avigation, in December, 1867, of Capt. Wo 
U.S.N. These three islands are Ocean felons ale 
25’ N. and eer 178° 25’ W; Midway o 5 Oe 
whe in 28° 15’ N. and 177° 20’ W. ; and Pearl and Hermes 
land in 27° 50’ N. and 175° $0! W 
