Report of the Kew Committee. 



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entailed his absence from the Observatory for three months on a 

 medical certificate, during the interval Mr. R. H. Scott undertook 

 the general supervision of its affairs, Mr. T. W. Baker, as chief 

 assistant, conducting the work at the Observatory. 



Mr. F. G. Figg having been appointed first assistant in the Hong 

 Kong Observatory, left at the end of June, and Mr. T. W. Baker 

 undertook the duties of Magnetic Observer, Mr. Foster taking 

 charge of the Meteorological Instruments Verification Department. 



Mr. Dawson, messenger and caretaker, resigned in March on 

 account of ill-health. Messrs. C. Taylor and S. Henley have also 

 resigned. H. Clements was temporarily re-engaged in the Verifica- 

 tion Department for six weeks. 



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