30 H. A. LENEHAN. 
etc., the oldest and most honored of our astronomers. 
He is one to whom we all look up with respect, and was 
complimented at the close of the conference on the able 
manner he had conducted the business and the happy way 
he had of smoothing over the difficulties of discussion. 
All topics of the various work of each Observatory, 
astronomical and meterological, were discussed, and 
consideration given to the proposition of the Federal 
Government to take over the various State establishments 
and form them under one control; also the problem of 
individual State administration. The various views of 
each member of the Conference were discussed, and a 
final set of resolutions and recommendations was _ for- 
mulated and embodied in the final report, which was 
presented later in the month to the respective Ministers 
of the various States controlling the Observatories. One 
feature brought out was the accumulated manuscript 
of astronomical results in the various Observatories, which 
in my own case (Sydney Observatory) represents the 
unpublished Transit Circle observations since 1881. I 
have repeatedly drawn attention to this matter, but have 
met with the same reply—‘‘the difficulty of obtaining 
money to publish.’’ This silence on the part of the 
Sydney Observatory has been questioned adversely, but 
in the face of the difficulty of getting Ministerial authority 
to print the matter, the comment is not just. Other 
recommendations as to the publishing of all results on a 
formulated basis, so that all the information could be 
comparable was suggested, and we look forward to this 
desired uniformity in the future. Much improvement can 
be introduced and obtained by either one central authority, 
for certainly meteorology; or by periodically meeting in 
conference of the heads of the Observatories who will 
carry out the decisions of the majority. This arrangement 
