Abstract
THE MELBOURNE OBSERVATORY.—The thirteenth official Report of the Board of Visitors of the Melbourne Observatory, with the annual statement of the Government Astronomer, is before us. Mr. Ellery reports that the new building to contain the magnetical and meteorological instruments registering continuously by photography is completed. The staff of the Observatory now consists of the director, with a chief assistant (Mr. White) and three junior assistants. The transit-circle is found to be inadequate for modern requirements, and the Board of Visitors lay stress upon the necessity of providing an instrument of greater pretensions, to enable Melbourne to co-operate effectively with European and American observers; the Sydney Observatory being already in possession of a very superior meridian-instrument, and one having been ordered, it is understood, for the observatory under the direction of Mr. Todd at Adelaide, it is hoped that a new transit-circle may soon be provided for Melbourne, and it is suggested that the necessary appropriation, about 1,200l., might be made in two annual votes, as two years will be required for the completion of the instrument.
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