Letter from Warren de la Rue, Kew Observatory, to the President and Council of the Royal Society The Government Grant Committee have been unable to grant the Kew Committe of the Royal Society their request of a grant for £500, for 'the expense of the proposed additions to the Kew Observatory'. The Kew Committee therefore reduce their request to £200 and propose to carry out one half of the 'projected additions'. The Kew Committe is able to contribute £200 themselves, and requests an application to the Society for 'a similar sum'. 31 May 1887