354 Report of the Kew Committee. 



also exhibited at the Anemometrical Exhibition of the Meteorological 

 Society, held in the rooms of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 

 March. 



By the consent of the Committee the Superintendent, in conjunction 

 with Mr. Baker, submitted the following paper to the Meteorological 

 Society, which has been published in the Quarterly Journal (Yol. 

 VIII, p. 198) :— 



Barometric gradients in connexion with wind velocity and direction 

 at the Kew Observatory. 



Library. — During the year the Library has received, as presents, the 

 publications of 



26 English Scientific Societies and Institutions, and 



91 Foreign and Colonial Scientific Societies and Institutions. 



Observatory and Grounds. — The buildings and grounds have been 

 kept in order throughout the year, and portions of the exterior as 

 well as the interior have been painted by Her Majesty's Commissioners 

 of Works, &c. They have also fitted stoves in the Superintendent's 

 room and Library, and re-covered with sheet zinc the roof of the 

 sun-room. 



The footpath and entrance to the Old Deer Park still remain in an 

 unsatisfactory condition, no action having been taken by Her Majesty's 

 Commissioners of Woods and Forests in the matter. 



Personal Establishment. 



No changes having taken place during the year, 

 The staff employed now is as follows : — 



Gr. M. Whipple, B.Sc, Superintendent. 



T. W. Baker, First Assistant. 



J. Foster, Verification Department. 



H. McLaughlin, Librarian and Accountant. 



F. Gr. Figg, Magnetic Observer. 



E. G. Constable, Solar Observations and Tabulation of 

 Meteorological Curves. 



; Verification Department. 



W. Boxall, Photography. 

 E. Dagwell, Office duties. 

 J. Dawson, Messenger and Care-taker. 

 With the view of exhibiting the financial position of the Observa- 

 tory during the first decade of its operations under the present Com- 

 mittee, a summarised statement is appended of the receipts and 

 disbursements during the ten years 1871-1881. (Appendix IV.) 



An appendix is also given showing what instruments belonging to 

 the Observatory are out of the custody of the Superintendent on loan, 

 at the present time. 



