§ SIR WILLIAM TOMLINSON (Preston)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury whether the Government are intending to take any steps to secure for the public benefit a record of any scientific observations of the forthcoming total solar eclipse on the August 30th next.
§ MR. VICTOR CAVENDISHYes, Sir. An expedition is being sent out at Government expense to make observations.
§ SIR WILLIAM TOMLINSONWhere is it going?
§ MR. VICTOR CAVENDISHI believe to Morocco.