Referee's report by Herbert McLeod, on a paper 'Photometric observations of the Sun and sky' by William Brennand Recommended for publication in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Cannot comment on the mathematical part. The method does not advance on the work of Henry Enfield Roscoe, but in interesting, and has a different aim. Subject: Astronomy [Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'] 5 January 1891