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IT is with great satisfaction that we learn, from a speech made by Mr. Goschen in the House of Commons last week, that the Government proposes a vote of 2,000l. to Mr. Archibald Smith, Q.C., for great services rendered by him to the Admiralty, not in his professional capacity, but as a man of science whose researches into matters connected with magnetism had been of great service to the Navy and the country. This grant was not proposed as a compensation for Mr. Smith's very laborious services, but as a small mark of the high appreciation the Government had of his eminent scientific services. There was another increase proposed also in aid of the expedition about to be organised under the auspices of the Royal Society to make researches into the depth, temperature, composition, circulation, and distribution of animal life in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. The total cost to the country, supposing the inquiry to extend over two and a half years, would be about 25,000l., a sum which would not be grudgingly paid in order to secure a vast amount of important scientific knowledge.
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Science in the Navy . Nature 5, 428–429 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/005428a0
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