Report of the Kew Committee. 



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Magnetic Reductions. — At the request of Professor Balfour Stewart, 

 the Superintendent prepared and submitted to the Committee of the 

 British Association on the Reduction of Magnetic Observations, a 

 report on the comparison between Wild's, Sabine's, and the Green- 

 wich methods of determining the solar diurnal range of the decli- 

 nation. 



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. 



Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests have kindly 

 complied with the request of the President and Council of the Royal 

 Society that the Observatory Staff should have a free passage at 

 all hours through the yard tenanted by the lessee of the Old Deer 

 Park, and accordingly an iron turnstile has been erected at the expense 

 of the Committee at the entrance gate to the Park. 



The necessary external repairs and painting of the building have 

 been carried out by Her Majesty's Commissioners of Works as usual. 



Owing to the increase of work now undertaken by the Observatory 

 Staff it has become necessary to consider means of increasing the 

 available accommodation, and of providing more space by addition 

 either to the Observatory building itself or to one of the out- 

 buildings. 



Plans for both schemes have been submitted to the Committee, 

 together with estimates of the approximate cost. 



Personal Establishment. 

 The staff employed is as follows : — 



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



T. W. Baker, Chief Assistant and Magnetic Observer. 



H. McLaughlin, Librarian and Accountant. 



E. G. Constable, Solar Observations and Rating. 

 W. Hugo, 



J. Foster, Ly er jfi ca ^j on Department. 

 T. Gunter, [ 

 W. BoxallJ 



E. Dagwell. 



H. A. Widdowson. 



F. Oliver. 

 W. C. Gough. 

 E. Redding. 



M. Baker, Messenger and Care-taker. 



