§ MR. KIMBERI beg ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has, during the past two years, been advised by either of Her Majesty's Astronomers Royal that it would be highly advantageous, in the interests of Commerce and navigation as well as science, that Great Britain should join the other European nations in the International Geodetic Bureau of Vienna, the object of which is the collection and collation of data, from the surveys of all nations, as to the mass of the earth, its form and dimensions, tides, levels, &c., and costs the small sum of £100 per annum; and on what grounds, if any, the Government have not so joined?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONI have received no communication from the Astronomer Royal on this subject during the past two years, As to the reasons why Her Majesty's 'Government did not join the International Geodetic Bureau, I would refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer oh the 21st March this year.