CO129-240 - Public Offices & Others - 1888 — Page 340

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observatory, to omit from its proposed instrumental outfit, the photographic agnetographs, for continuous registrati of the magnetic elements, which were originally contemplated by this Camitter when it first suggested the establishment of a magnetic and meteorological observatory: at Hong Kong, and for the reasons they are about to give they would even now advocate the employment of such instruments if it could be authorized.

with reference to the importance of continued magnetic observations at Hong-Kong the bommittee would

quote one of their members, the subjoined remarks by staff Commander E. W. Creek, I.KS., superintendent of compasses at the Admiralty, whose opinion is specially deserving of attention.

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