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the ’scape wheel arbor for transmitting electric currents every second 
(positive and negative alternately) through a series of controlled 
clocks. These wheels act upon springs, and do not affect in the 
slightest degree the motion of the pendulum. 
By the month of April, 1S95, it is expected that the tradesmen 
will have completed the building, and the work of placing the 
instruments in position can begin. It is hoped that the principal 
instruments will be in working order when the long nights set in, 
and that the observatory may take its part in helping to solve the 
astronomical problems of the day. 
8.— THE MAINTENANCE OF SOLAR ENERGY. 
By His Grace The ARCHBISHOP of HOBART. 
9. — WHY DO WE NOT TAKE A DEEPER INTEREST IN 
ASTRONOMY? 
By Rev. THOS. ROSEBY, M.A . , LL.D. 
10 . — CONJECTURE AS TO THE PRESENT STAGE OF THE 
LIFE HISTORY OF MARS, FROM COMPARISONS OF THE 
EARTH, MOON, AND MARS. 
ByZJ. EWEN DAVIDSON, M.A., Oxon. 
11.— ADVANCEMENT OF ASTRONOMY IN THE SOUTHERN 
HEMISPHERE. 
By R. T. A. INNES , F.R.A.S. 
12.— A PROPOSED METEOROLOGICAL STATION ON MOUNT 
WELLINGTON. 
By H. KINGSMILL , The Observatory , Hobart . 
