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Lieut. Wille, of the Norwegian Navy, received instruction in the use 

 of Magnetic instruments. 



Mr. H. F. Blanford, Meteorological Reporter to the Government of 

 India, received instruction in the general working of Meteorological 

 instruments, Mr. Northcote in the use of Astronomical, and the Rev. 

 Charles J. Taylor in thejise of Meteorological instruments. 



"Waxed paper has been supplied to 



The Radcliffe Observatory. 



Zi-ka-Wei, China. 



Vienna. 



San Fernando. 



The Mauritius. 



Bombay Observatory, 



Armagh. 



The Meteorological Office. 



A collection of apparatus, principally electrical, which had belonged 

 to the late Sir Francis Ronalds, and had remained in store at Kew 

 from the time of his resigning the superintendence of the Observatory, 

 was most kindly presented to the Committee by his executors in the 

 month of April. 



The several pieces of Mechanical Apparatus, such as the Whitworth 

 Lathe and Planing-Machine, procured by Grants from either the 

 Government-Grant Fund or the Donation-Fund, for the use of the 

 Kew Observatory, have been kept in thorough order ; and many of them 

 are in constant and others in occasional use at the Observatory. 



Library. — The usual Donations of Scientific Periodicals, both English 

 and Foreign, have been received at Kew. 



Observatory and Grounds. — H.M. Commissioners of Woods and Forests 

 have supplied a Stove for erection in the Verification Room. 



Application has been made to the same Office for the formation of a 

 gravelled footway across the Old Deer Park to the Observatory, and for 

 certain internal repairs to the Building. 



The detached houses within the Observatory-enclosure, used respec- 

 tively for Magnetic Observations, workshop, and store-house, have been 

 thoroughly cleaned and painted. 



Staff. — The Staff employed at Kew are as follows : — Mr. Samuel 

 Jeffery, Superintendent ; G. M. Whipple, B.Sc, First Assistant ; T. W. 

 Baker, Second Assistant ; J. E. Cullum, J. W. Hawkesworth, J. Foster, 

 F. Figg, A. B. Deane, E. Constable, G. A. Henniker, T. Gunter, and 

 P. Welch. 



Mr. Robert H. Scott continues to act as Honorary Secretary to the 

 Committee. 



Visitors. — The Observatory has been honoured by the presence, among 

 others, of : — 



Prof. J. C. Adams, LL.D., of Cambridge. 



Dr. C. Borgen, Marine Observatory, Wilhelmshaven. 



Seiior Da Souza, of Coimbra. 



