| Description | Present at the meeting:  the President in the chair;  Professor J C Adams;  The Astronomer Royal;  Mr J W L Glaisher;  Dr Huggins;  General Strachey;  Gereral Walker 
 Reports form the Government Astronomer at Madras [Chennai] and from the Superintendent of the Colaba Observatory were presented by the Astronomer Royal
 
 The Astronomer Royal  was requested to prepare a short Report for consideration at a future meeting
 
 Note a committee meeting was held in February 1890 by the President
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