Referee's report by John Allan Broun, on a paper 'A contribution to terrestrial magnetism; being the record of observations of the magnetic inclination, or dip, made during the voyage of H. M. S. ‘Iron Duke’ to China and Japan, &c., 1871-75' by Charles Frederick Alexander Shadwell No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to comparisons and made by Mr Whipple, which should not appear in it's present form. Refers to observations by Lamont [?]. Suggests the observations should be left to stand as they are. Subject: Physics and Chemistry, Mathematics [Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1877] 30 July 1877