"In addition to the routine work of the Observatory, a special set of observations were made to determine the mass of Jupiter.--Also the Solar Eclipse of May 15th was observed at Greenwich in the manner which I had introduced at Cambridge.--The Ordnance Zenith Sector, and the instruments for the St Helena Observatory were brought for examination.--Much attention was given to chronometers, and various steps were taken for their improvement.--I had some important correspondence with Mr (Sir John) Lubbock, upon the Lunar Theory generally and his proposed empirical lunar tables. This was the first germ of the great reduction of Lunar Observations which I subsequently carried out.--In October I was nominated on the Council of the Royal Society, having been admitted a Fellow on Feb. 18th 1836. I was President of the Astronomical Society during this and the preceding year (1836 and 1835). "My connection with Groombridge's Catalogue of Stars began in 1832, and the examination, in concert with Mr Baily, of the edition printed by Mr Henry Taylor, resulted in its condemnation. In 1834 I volunteered to the Admiralty to prepare a new edition, and received their thanks and their authority for proceeding. It required a great deal of examination of details, and much time was spent on it in 1836: but it was not brought to the state of readiness for press. "My predecessor, Mr Pond, died on Sept. 7th 1836, and was interred in Halley's tomb in Lee churchyard." * * * * * The following letter was written by Airy in support of the application for a pension to Mrs Pond, who had been left in great distress: To HENRY WARBURTON, ESQ.