Report of the Kew Observatory Committee Jor the Year 

 ending December 31, 1895. 



The operations of The Kew Observatory, in the Old Deer Park, 

 Richmond, Surrey, are controlled by the Kew Observatory Committee, 

 which is constituted as follows : — 



Mr. F. Galton, Chairman. 



Captain W. de W. Abney, C.B., 

 R.E. 



Prof. W. G. Adams. 

 Captain E. W. Creak, R.N. 

 Prof. G. C. Foster. 

 The Earl of Rosse, K.P. 

 Prof. A. W. Riicker. 



Mr. R. H. Scott. 

 Mr. W. N. Shaw. 

 Lieutenant- General R. Strachey, 

 C.S.I. 



General J. T. Walker, C.B.* 

 Rear- Admiral W. J. L. Wharton, 

 C.B. 



The title of the Committee has been changed during the year at 

 the suggestion of the Council of the Royal Society, with the approval 

 of the Board of Trade. The change consists in the insertion of the 

 word " Observatory " and the omission of the word " Incorporated," 

 so that the new title is in full " The Kew Observatory Committee of 

 the Royal Society." 



The work at the Observatory may be considered under the fol- 

 lowing heads : — 



1st. Magnetic observations. 

 2nd. Meteorological observations. 

 3rd. Solar observations. 



4th. Experimental, in connexion with any of the above departments. 



5th. Verification of instruments. 



6th. Rating of Watches and Marine Chronometers. 



7th. Miscellaneous. 



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* The Committee regret to announce that General Walker died on February 16, 

 1896. 



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