South Africa in 1910 the post of government astronomer of Natal was abolished and the observatory closed down. Some of the equipment went to the Union Observatory in Johannesburg. During the nineteen-twenties the Natal Astronomical Association repaired the observatory and opened it to the public for some time. Later the 200 mm refractor came under the control of the Natal Technical College See also List of astronomical observatories Notes and references History of meteorology in South Africa. Weather Bureau Newsletter (Pretoria), Centenary edition, 1960, No. 139, pp. 1–48. Natal civil service list, 1895, 1899, 1906. Pietermaritzburg: P. Davis & Sons. National Automated Archival Information Retrieval System (NAAIRS). http://www.national.archives.gov.za/naairs.htm Documents relating to E.N. Neison. National Union catalogue, pre-1956 imprints. London: Mansell, 1968–1980. Neison, E. Report of the superintendent, Natal Observatory. In Colony of Natal, Departmental reports, 1883–4, 1885, 1886. Nevill, E. Report of the superintendent, Natal Observatory. In Colony of Natal, Departmental reports, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890–1, 1891–2, 1892–3, 1893–4, 1894–5, July–December 1895. Nevill, E. Report of the government astronomer. In Colony of Natal, Departmental reports, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909. Nevill, E. Presidential address (Section A). Report of the South African Association for the Advancement of Science, 1907, pp. 19–23 Rendell, R.F. Meteorological notes from Natal Observatory. Addresses and papers read at the joint meeting of the British and South African Associations for the Advancement of Science held in South Africa, 1905, Vol. 1, pp. 52–65. Johannesburg: SAAAS, 1906. Royal Society of London. Catalogue of scientific papers [1800–1900]. London: Royal Society, 1867–1925. South African bibliography to the year 1925. London: Mansell, 1979. 1882 establishments in the Colony of Natal Astronomical observatories in South Africa