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H^tori of tlie Committee appointed at the HouOuimpton Meeting of the liritisk 
.isto^tion in JS^e, to complete the Printing of, and to PuJdish and pis- 
trilnUe the Catalogues of Lalandc and Lacaille, with a Provisional Grant 
of no, exclmiveofa Balance o/£81 Is. Id. of a Grant from Govenmeni, 
lU their disj)osal. 
I. That tlie printing of thft two Catalogues lots been completed. 
V. That, agreeably to the rccjornmendatioii of your C<Huniit,tee, approved 
by your Council and sanctioned by Her Mjyenty's (lovernment lailundes 
l^Ualogue has been publiabeil nt the price of 21^., and LncHillea at 5a. for 
**di copy respectively; and a copy of each catalogue has been presjiited in 
thr‘ name of the Association to each of tlic following j»ubHc observatories :■ 
I. Anuapli. 2. Bombay. 3. Cambridge. -J. Cape of Good Hope. Dublin. 
H. Durham. 7. Edinburgh. 8. Glasgow. 9. Greenwich. 10. Liverpool. 
II. Madras. 12. Oxford. 
Thai the balance of the Government grant of £1000 for printing and 
puhUsIiing these Catalogues, was at the last meeting in 1 846, £81 8s. 7d., the 
*h«lc of which has been expended in payments to Messrs. T'aylor for printing 
(on account), £57 i3a. Id. For binding M3S., £23 Hs. 
1. That the whole of the provisional grant of £70 has also been ex- 
P^cd in payments to Messrs. Taylor for the balance of their account for 
Piling, Ui 19 s. 11 ^. i.\,r boarding 200 copies of each Catalogue, 
€15 0». Id, 
5. That Messrs. Tavlors’ and Mr. Gyde’s accounts accompany this Report: 
pthat no further claims exist in relation to the Catalogues, and that no 
ffrant, or re-appointmunt of the Committee, is necessary. 
»h' k ^hc total cost of Lalaudc’s Catalogue has been £1525 19s. Irf., of 
• ich tlie following are the particulars 
Books . O ’ 
•Skeleton forms ..... 42 
Caleulations .f)()3 
Printing 350 copies and paper. 682 
8ijperintcii(leuce of the pre.ss . 
Binding MSS. 
, Boarding 200 Catalogues . . c, - -- - 
»hii.k .L Lncaille’s Catalogue lias been £297 9s. 5d., of 
" lollowing are tin! particulars:— 
Calculations.95 0 
Printing 3.50 copies and paper . 180 13 
Superintendence of the press . 12 7 
Binding MSS. 3 18 
. . 5 10 - 
j*»t»'i r. the two Catalogues, viz. £1 823 8^. dd., Her Ma- 
0. •T./^'^tnment Ims contributed £1000, and the Association £823 8 a. 6d. 
4.1^ 1- [ ‘"*tructions have lietm given to the Publishers (Messrs. K. and 
WuJ W) the following books, &c. connected with tlie Cata- 
tlie Kew Observatory:— 
1 voh4to. Schumacher’s Tables of Ucduction, 1 vo .8vo. 
*olA . (raounted). ralruinttnr.H relaliiig to I^lande 8 Catalogue, 
relatin, 
till! Stars, mouiiled on canvas, 
« lo the Catalogues. 
■ Almanac Office J- i'* Hebschel. 
Jone i8ih, 18-17. ^ ’ W. S. Stratford. 
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