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In addition a considerable number of Instruments have been ordered 

 on commission for several foreign and other observatories, and trans- 

 mitted to their respective destinations after verification at Kew. The 

 list is as follows : — 



A complete set of Magnetographs, on the pattern of the Kew instru- 

 ments, for Prof. C. Jelinek, Director of the Central-Anstalt fiir 

 Meteorologie und Erdmagnetismus, Hohe Warte, Vienna. 

 A ITnifilar for Prof. Iwan Sniirnow, Kasan. 



A Unifilar for Prof. Balfour Stewart, E.B.S., Owens College, Man- 

 chester. 



A Dip-circle for the Survey Office, Lisbon. 

 A Dip-circle for Prof. Karlinski, Observatory, Cracow. 

 A Dip-circle for Prof. Balfour Stewart, E.B.S., Owens College, Man- 

 chester. 



2 Dip-needles for Prof. Jelinek, Vienna, together with alterations to 

 4 others connected with a Bepsold's Dip-circle. 



The Meteorological Instruments which have been verified have been as 



follows : — 



Barometers, Standards 34 



„ Marine and Station 73 



107 



Aneroids 17 



Thermometers, Ordinary Meteorological . . 1219 



„ Boiling-point Standards . . 31 



„ Mountain 16 



Clinical 1395 



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In addition, 12 Standard Thermometers have been calibrated and 

 divided at Kew, and 12 Maximum and 12 Minimum Thermometers have 

 been verified, the latter being tested down to the freezing-point of 

 mercury. These instruments have been ordered by Mr. Gr. T. Kingston 

 for the meteorological organization of the Dominion of Canada. 



Hydrometers 12 



The following miscellaneous instruments have also been verified ; — 



Theodolite 1 



Sextants 3 



Cathetometer Scale . 1 



Bain-gauge 1, with 2 graduated glasses. 



Evaporating Dish 1, with 1 graduated glass. 



Bobiuson's Dial Anemometers . 4 



An Anemometer, of a similar construction to the instruments belonging 



