﻿Report 
  of 
  the 
  Kew 
  Committee. 
  81 
  

  

  Account 
  of 
  Grants 
  from 
  the 
  Donation 
  Fund 
  in 
  1873-74. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  WHlett, 
  in 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  Sub-Wealden 
  Exploration 
  

  

  Fund 
  50 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Carpenter, 
  for 
  apparatus 
  to 
  demonstrate 
  his 
  Theory 
  of 
  

  

  Oceanic 
  Circulation 
  25 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Ferrier, 
  for 
  continuation 
  of 
  his 
  Investigations 
  into 
  

  

  the 
  Functions 
  of 
  the 
  Brain 
  50 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Dohrn, 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  Stazione 
  Zoologica 
  at 
  Naples 
  100 
  

  

  £225 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Kew 
  Committee 
  for 
  the 
  Year 
  ending 
  

   Octoher 
  31, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Magnetic 
  Work. 
  — 
  The 
  Magnetograph 
  instruments 
  were 
  dismounted 
  in 
  

   January 
  1874 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  thorough 
  examination 
  and 
  readjust- 
  

   ment, 
  as 
  was 
  announced 
  in 
  last 
  Eeport. 
  The 
  necessity 
  for 
  this 
  measure 
  

   is 
  obvious, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  remembered 
  that 
  the 
  instruments 
  had 
  been 
  in 
  unin- 
  

   termitted 
  action 
  for 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  fifteen 
  years. 
  

  

  The 
  scale-values 
  were 
  accordingly 
  redetermined, 
  and 
  the 
  instruments 
  

   handed 
  over 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Adie 
  for 
  examination 
  and 
  repair. 
  They 
  were 
  returned 
  

   and 
  remounted 
  in 
  May, 
  but 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  set 
  in 
  continuous 
  action 
  as 
  

   yet, 
  inasmuch 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  intended 
  that 
  the 
  automatic 
  records 
  should 
  be 
  sus- 
  

   pended 
  for 
  the 
  entire 
  year, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  commence 
  a 
  new 
  series 
  of 
  observa- 
  

   tions 
  with 
  the 
  year 
  1875. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  these 
  operations 
  has 
  been 
  

   £77 
  10s. 
  

  

  The 
  monthly 
  observations 
  with 
  the 
  absolute 
  instruments 
  have 
  been 
  

   continued, 
  as 
  usual, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gr. 
  M. 
  Whipple, 
  who 
  also 
  takes 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  

   general 
  magnetic 
  work, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  had 
  the 
  assistance, 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Cullum, 
  and 
  latterly 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Power. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  Magnetic 
  Eeductions, 
  the 
  Tabulations 
  of 
  Declination 
  

   have 
  been 
  completed 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  1873 
  ; 
  and 
  copies 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  

   to 
  1872 
  have 
  been 
  intrusted, 
  for 
  discussion, 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  Sergeants 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eoyal 
  Artillery, 
  formerly 
  in 
  Sir 
  E. 
  Sabine's 
  office 
  at 
  "Woolwich, 
  who 
  have 
  

   been 
  in 
  constant 
  attendance 
  at 
  Kew 
  since 
  Nov. 
  1871. 
  The 
  Tabulations 
  

   of 
  Inclination 
  and 
  Horizontal 
  Force 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  effected. 
  

  

  Magnetic 
  data 
  have 
  been 
  supplied 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Wijkander, 
  of 
  Stockholm, 
  in 
  

   connexion 
  with 
  the 
  Swedish 
  Expedition 
  to 
  Spitzbergen, 
  M. 
  Diamilla 
  

   Miiller, 
  of 
  Florence, 
  and 
  Capt. 
  Creak, 
  E.N. 
  

  

  A 
  Unifilar 
  and 
  Dip-circle 
  have 
  been 
  repaired 
  for 
  use 
  at 
  the 
  Observa- 
  

   tory, 
  and 
  another 
  pair 
  of 
  similar 
  instruments 
  have 
  been 
  lent 
  to 
  the 
  Eev. 
  

   S. 
  J. 
  Perry, 
  F.E.S., 
  for 
  use 
  at 
  Kerguelen 
  Island, 
  on 
  the 
  Transit 
  of 
  Venus 
  

   Expedition, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  in 
  last 
  Eeport. 
  

  

  VOL. 
  XXIII. 
  g 
  

  

  