106 Report of the Kew Observatory Committee. 



Royal Geographical Society, to whom a report will shortly be 

 submitted. 



Library. — During the year the Committee lost the valuable services 

 of Mr. R. S. Whipple, sou of the late Superintendent, who had acted 

 as Librarian and Accountant. The vacancy thus occasioned on the 

 .staff has been filled by the appointment of Mr. G. E. Bailey, pre- 

 viously employed in library and bursarial work at King's College, 

 Cambridge. 



The number of publications received during the year was much as 

 usual. Volumes 14 to 36 of the 5th Series of the 'Philosophical 

 Magazine ' have been purchased to fill a gap. 



Audit, Sfc. — The accounts for 1896 have been audited by Mr. W. B. 

 Keen, Chartered Accountant, on behalf of the Royal Society, and 

 by Mr. R. H. Scott on behalf of the Committee. 



The present system of book-keeping having now been in operation 

 for two years, the comparison of the expenditure of the present and 

 previous years, suspended in 1895, has been resumed; it will be 

 found on the opposite page. 



The Committee found themselves in a position to purchase in 

 November £400 India per cent. Inscribed Stock. 



Personal Establishment. 



The staff employed is as follows : — 



C. Chree, Sc.D., Superintendent. 



T. W. Baker, Chief Assistant. 



E. G. Constable, Observations and Rating. 



W. Hugo, Verification Department. 



J. Poster ,, ,, 



T. Gunter ,, ,, 



W. J. Boxall „ 



G. E. Bailey, Accounts and Library. 



E. Boxall, Observations and Rating, and six other Assistants. 

 A Caretaker and Housekeeper are also employed. 



(Signed) FRANCIS GALTON, 



Chairman. 



