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Report of the Kew Committee. 



Mr. Whipple lias recently designed two new simple forms of maxi- 

 mum pressure anemometers, which he exhibited before the Royal 

 Meteorological Society, and described in a paper read on April 20th.* 

 They were also shown at the Falmouth Exhibition of the Royal 

 Cornwall Polytechnic Society in September. 



Stevenson's Screen. — The Stevenson's screen fixed on the lawn was 

 blown over during the gale of September 2nd last, but fortunately the 

 injury done by the accident was very trivial, as the screen was not in 

 use at the time. 



Exhibitions. — Photographic curves and pictures have been by 

 request shown at the Exhibition at Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the 

 Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Manchester, 



Library. — During the year the library has received as presents the 

 publications of — 



26 Scientific Societies and Institutions of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land, and 



98 Foreign and Colonial Scientific Establishments, as well as 

 numerous private individuals ; 



the special thanks of the Committee being due to Dr. Neumayer, 

 the Director of the Deutsche Seewarte, Hamburg, for a complete 

 set of the publications of that establishment since 1876. 



Workshop. — The machine tools procured for the use of the Kew 

 Observatory by grants from the Government Grant Fund or the 

 Donation Fund, have been kept in thorough order. 



House, Grounds, and Footpath. — These have all been kept in order 

 during the year. 



Personal Establishment. 

 The staff employed is as follows : — 



G. M. Whipple, B.Sc, Superintendent. 

 T. W. Baker, Chief Assistant. 



H. McLaughlin, Librarian. 



E. G. Constable, Observations and Rating. 

 W. Hugo, Verification Department. 



M. Baker, Messenger and Care-taker, and nine other Assistants. 



(Signed) Warren de la Rue, Chairman. 



November 2bth, 1887. 



* See ' Quart. Jour. Roy. Met. Soc.,' vol. 13. p. 224. 



