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PvEPORT OF THE 
ficer the Council conceive that they liave ao'ain found in Mr. 
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Edward Charlesworth. This gentleman, since he entered 
upon the office of Keeper of the Museum in July last, has ful¬ 
filled its duties in a manner wdiich leaves nothing to be 
desired. His sStatement to the Council, containing a full ac¬ 
count of the improvements which have since been made in 
the Museum, and of its present condition, is subjoined to the 
Report. (See page 11.0 
At the same time that the Council expended on the ^Mu- 
seum and Library such sums as they deemed necessary to sup¬ 
ply some of their most prominent deficiencies, they thought it 
right to attend to the application of the Astronomical Curator 
for an improvement of the apparatus under his care. In 
furtherance of this object, Mr. Newman undertook, in the 
early part of the year, to deliver a Course of Lectures on 
Astronomy; the proceeds of which after the payment of the 
expenses, he liberally placed at the disposal of the Council. 
And they are happy to state that he has reported very 
favourably on the merits of the new Transit Instrument which 
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has in consequence been mounted in the Observatory, executed 
by an ingenious artist of this city (^Ir. Cooke), with a pecu¬ 
liarity in the construction of the object-glass, which is worthy 
of attention. 
For the employment of this instrument the Observatory 
may perhaps suffice, even in its present state; but the Council 
cannot but express a hope that the building, which as yet 
is unadapted to any but the simplest observations, may here¬ 
after be enlarged and improved, so as to become at once more 
available for astronomical use, and more ornamental to the 
gardens in which it stands. 
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One of the buildings within the grounds, which possesses 
no little interest, as being a remnant of the Monastery of St. 
IMary, has been put into a state of effective repair, and has 
afforded two spacious rooms, the upper of which was prepared 
for the Geological Section of the Association. The lower 
