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REPORT—1854. 
jiiu ji, 
thermometers are Messrs. L. P. Casella and Co., 23 Hatton Garden, and 
Messrs. Isegretti and Zambra, 11 Hatton Cardi n, to whom the Committee 
have addressed letters, copies of which I annex, as also of the replies which 
the Committee received, 1 
m lT^-if° mn,itt P e are of °r i ' lio * 1 that the sum of one shilling per thermo- 
be n.hui / ov !‘ l 7 b ® t o ‘ : ' V 1 v '' rilir:i ' i " 1 ‘ at Kew, and this sum must therefore 
J h l< T ,Cr the Board of Trade may accept, 
or the earriairo o?rhl I * aa *^ eCn mat,C fbo Committee f or the cost of packing, 
“ The In ivim .i instruments to and from the Observatory for verification, 
Adic of the !Se .f' ctt(J fj y the Committee has been constructed by Mr. 
sequence of V 1 • ftCt,on Jms b<e " »-‘<’ d '>y Mr. Welsh, hut in con- 
further trial 1 ii^ n few , ,ln P*"j >V€ “ lt ' n,s » arrangements have been made for a 
strument for inspection tSv/he C ?'J ,imtteu 1 " l 11 be «'oabled to forward the in- 
“ The Com i nil ten 8>? kb erwilh every information as to its probable cost. 
“etcr, suitable for the pufposc 'TukinV '^ 1,10 ™ ns,ruction of ihe h - vdr0 * 
and on receiving flu. * ’/ f. ,n £ the specific gravity of seawater, 
with an e 8tirilate " of the cost of! ZVucUoT^ * rW " d * ^ 
• *■ Farrer, Esq- (Signed)' « John p. GassIOT.” 
(Copy.) 
“Dear Sir,— At a meetimr of fhn vj* Common, 10th April, 1834. 
resolved, that the offer of M^Gutton ^ # , Comn,,ttl ’ e hdd thU do ?’ il was 
acres of the land immediately’cont *?? t 5 v ni P orar y use of about Uvo 
for Meteorological and Astronomical n , U> 116 Observatory, and f0 be used 
rate of £l 0 10$. per acre* such*r!uf* * PUril ° SCS ’ sboidd be accepted at the 
It » also understood by the Commn? CO, " nien ? e froiu 2.5th of last March, 
sustained by the cartage of materials C f* * ‘I* 1 <bc an,ount °f any damage 
quired by the Committee, is to t for . the erection of any buildings re- 
rvn, he < Con,nii, tee will be bound - v J r - Clutton, by whose deci- 
bave -flu 0 y °" t,leir thanks for th/kind SSt d e<i by th<; Committee to 
tronw! yS received theirapDlicaS , Prempt manner in which you 
j ntr .Up . to °k ”< visiting their ObservA*” Particularly for the personal 
o p ecise^requirements of the Committee ^ P ur P 0Se ascertain- 
“ T ° the Hon. culJzv^ bouou T s t : } r Sir > *««« *.■* 
(Signed) “ John p. Gassiot.” 
“ 2187 . “ Office °f Committee ofprivy Counr’l f t , 
forT^r 1 am di »*octed by the I 1 2< 5 h A P li| . K ^ Dcpartmcnt ’ 
the inciosurea fitMii'lil^ tI,e ^l^of you, of P, i 'T Council 
“" u “ n tb « h twSS. *-* 2 £ 
“ ,0l “ r. Oa 55l0t , E „ (sV„ei ) 3 ' OUrob « li ^‘S C rvan t> 
7 i. id. Farrer. 
