Papers regarding the University of London Special Advisory Board in Astronomy, including correspondence with M.A. Baatz concerning metrication, the satisfaction of qualifying conditions before registration for a Ph.D. degree, and attendance by representatives of schools and boards of studies at meetings of the Academic Council of the University of London and its Standing Sub-Committees; a report on the approval of applications for registration for a Ph.D.; minutes of the meetings of the Board on 22 January 1968 and 2 December 1968; correspondence with C.W. Allen of the University of London Observatory; and a notice of amendments of degree regulations.