the University of Oxford, and proceeds thus:  ’More lately, I applied (in the first instance through Lord Wrottesley) to the Vice-Chancellor, Dr Jeune, in reference to the possibility of transferring these manuscripts to the Royal Observatory....  Finally, a decree for the transfer of the manuscript observations to the Royal Observatory, without any condition, was proposed to Convocation on May 2nd, and was passed unanimously.  And on May 7th my Assistant, Mr Dunkin, was sent to Oxford to receive them.  And thus, after a delay of very nearly a century, the great work of justice is at length completed, and the great gap in our manuscript observations is at length filled up.’—­With reference to the Transit Circle, it had been remarked that the Collimators were slightly disturbed by the proximity of the gas-flames of their illuminators, and after various experiments as to the cause of it, the Report proceeds thus:  ’To my great surprise, I found that the disturbance was entirely due to the radiation of the flame upon a very small corner (about 16 square inches) of the large and massive stone on which the collimator is planted.  The tin plates were subsequently shaped in such a manner as to protect the stone as well as the metal; and the disturbance has entirely ceased.’  —­Regarding the large S.E.  Equatoreal, the Report states that ’On the character of its object-glass I am now able to speak, first, from the examination of Mr Otto Struve, made in a favourable state of atmosphere; secondly, from the examinations of my Assistants (I have not myself obtained a sight of a test-object on a night of very good definition).  It appears to be of the highest order.  The small star of gamma Andromedae is so far separated as to shew a broad dark space between its components.  Some blue colour is shewn about the bright planets.’—­It is noted in the Report that ’The Equatoreal observations of the Solar Eclipse are completely reduced; and the results are valuable.  It appears from them that the error in right ascension of Burckhardt’s Lunar Tables at the time of the eclipse amounted to about 38”; while that of Hansen’s (ultimately adopted by Mr Hind for the calculation of the eclipse) did not exceed 3".’—­With regard to Chronometers it is stated that ’By use of the Chronometer Oven, to which I have formerly alluded, we have been able to give great attention to the compensation.  I have reason to think that we are producing a most beneficial effect on the manufacture and adjustment of chronometers in general.’—­With regard to the Cape of Good Hope Observatory and Survey, the Admiralty enquire of me when the Survey work will be completed, and I enquire of Maclear ’How is the printing of your Survey Work?’ In 1862 I began to press it strongly, and in 1863 very strongly.—­I introduced a method (constantly pursued since that time at the Royal Observatory) for computing interpolations without changes of sign.—­I had correspondence with Herschel and Faraday, on the possible effect