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Sending JH a paper by WW on the nature of induction. Reformulating Aristotle's view. Discusses a proposed Royal Visitation, which WW opposes.
Comments on the Royal Commission on the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the possibility, favored at Cambridge, that JH would serve on that committee.
Asks JH's opinion of an anonymous book [WW's Of the Plurality of Worlds: An Essay]. Describes it written 'very fairly' but as presenting views very different from JH's.
Approves G. B. Airy's suggestion concerning magnetic observations.
Expresses his views, generally supportive, on the question of the continuation of magnetic observations at various colonial stations.
Comments briefly on the positioning of magnetic observatories. Unsure whether he understands Humphrey Lloyd's proposal.
Has received papers relevant to the Magnetic Committee. Comments on letters by G. B. Airy and Edward Sabine, siding mainly with Airy.
Believes that it is not worth the cost to sustain many permanent magnetic observatories, but a few for a limited time would make sense. Unclear which observatories these should be.