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(g) Clocks: One mean time; Makers, Shepherd & Son: one sidereal;makers, E. Dent & Go., Hardy, Arnold, Graham.

(h) Chronometers: Mean time; makers, various. There are always onhand a large number rated for the navy; some of these are used whennecessary for the Observatory. Sidereal; none of accurate character.

(i) Miscellaneous : Photoheliograph; maker, Dallmeyer ; apertureof objective, 4 inches. Several portable telescopes; aperture, 4 inchesto 2|- inches. Five other (finch equatorials (packed in cases) returnedfrom Transit of Venus Expedition, 1874. Five 3-inch portable transitsby Simms; one 14-incli alt-azimuth by Simms; three 14-inch altitudeinstruments by Simms ; four photoheliograplxs by Dallmeyer (all re-turned from the Transit of Venus Expeditions, 1874).

Grignon (Cote d’Or), France .

Observatoire dupricure de St. Jean.

Longitude from Greenwich , 17 m 38 s E.

Latitude, 47° 33' 42" K

Authority for longitude and latitude: A. Lancaster, Liste Generaledes Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887.

Director: F. Mayeul Lamey.

Guildoivn (Surrey ) England.

Private Observatory.

Longitude from Greenwich , l m 55.1 s W.

Latitude, 51° 13' 39.2" N.

Authority for longitude and latitude : A. Lancaster, Liste Generaledes Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887.

Proprietor: J. Band Oapron.

Habana, Cuba .

Observatorio del It. Colegio de Belen.

Longitude from Greenwich , 5 1 ' 29 m 30 s W.

Latitude, 23° 9' 24" V.

Authority for longitude and latitude: Connaissance des Temps, 1884, p.lxiii.

Director: -.

Halifax , England.

Bermerside Observatory, Skircoat.

Longitude from Greenwich , 7 m 28 s W.

Latitude, 53° 42' 9" N.

Authority for longitude and latitude: A. Lancaster, Liste Gdneraledes Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887.

Director: E. Crossley.

Observer: J. Glediiill.