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The Meteorological Office. 



[JUNE, 



G.C.M.G. ; the Earl of Jersey, G.C.B., G.C.M.G. ; the Earl of 

 Minto, G.C.M.G ; Sir Thomas Henry Elliott, K.C.B. ; and 

 Mr. T. P. Gill ; and Sir Edward Charles Buck, K.C.S.I., 

 on behalf of the Government of India. 



The first meeting of the Conference was held at Rome 

 on 28th May last. 



The " Cambridge University Reporter" publishes a letter 

 from the Drapers' Company to Professor Middleton, of the 

 Department of Agriculture, Cambridge, 

 Agricultural stating that they have had under con- 

 De CamMdge° f sideration the application made to them for 

 University. assistance in providing the new buildings 

 required for the Department of Agriculture 

 in the University of Cambridge. The Company have resolved 

 to grant from their corporate funds the sum of ,£5,000 towards- 

 the cost of those buildings, provided a further sum of £5,000 

 is raised by voluntary contributions by the 31st of December 

 next. 



The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have' 

 informed the Board that they have had under consideration the : 

 Report of the Departmental Committee on 

 Administration the Administration of the Meteorological 



Meteorolog-ical 0ffice > and have decided that that office wiU 

 Office. as from the 1st of April last, be placed 



under the management of a Committee 

 constituted as follows : — The Director of the Meteorological 

 Office ; two members nominated by the Royal Society ; the 

 Hydrographer of the Navy ; one member nominated by the 

 Board of Trade ; one member nominated by the Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries ; and one member nominated by the 

 Treasury. The members of the Committee will be appointed 

 by the Treasury, and will hold office for a period not exceeding" 

 five years, but will be eligible for reappointment. 



