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and deeds of trusts, lists of donors, subscribers, trustees, com- 
mittees, etc., data regarding the amount of the principal of the 
several funds, the amount of the income, the amount and object 
of expenditures, and a summary of the action of the Academy 
relative to the funds from year to year. As already mentioned, 
the trust funds of the Academy in 1895 were six in number, the 
combined principal of which amounted to $94,000. In 1g08 two 
funds had been added, and the total amount of the capital aggre- 
gated $170,359.17.” 
From these funds, between the years 1871 and 1908, 175 grants 
were made, ranging in amount from $25 to $2500 each. The 
majority were from the Bache Fund and from the Gould Fund. 
In addition, the income of the Wolcott Gibbs Fund was 
regularly alloted, and gold medals were presented from the 
funds which provided for them. 
The grants from the Bache Fund between 1871 and 1908 
amounted to about $76,000, distributed in the following 
manner: *” 
Astronomy) and, Astrophysics: =... seer eee eee $25,650 
PHYSICS eo Wateee tor ek sete sieves sys eieess aay elanet sip ckeneter eat 14,634 
IMagneticlSunveys) ti tein accnaciine ce eet 8,260 
Physiologysand@ Pathology =. sence eee 6,600 
Miscellaneous 0tineis cyocieie crcl aretererroiter cet teletetersters 5,350 
Chemistry (coe se si aeteraracs stato ata teeee te 5,150 
Zoology eatnes Reon ook eters oa asin el de Metros 5,050 
BOGATIY) irae ai cps Gicns a tsieseys ce te tenetaneraue bie evetons aha epeeiencte 3,100 
Paleontology. 055 .catene ode eee ae ieee eet eee 1,200 
Psychology ws ier cles ce tesa th eintvstossvasrle ote waeets 600 
Meteorology: cyan iaaat nite ratte sce aut nee totes oil caters 550 
Seismology; ess feo sae Male ae hiss woes ie eis ee epee es 100 
MOtall ys 24. sche See Oe $76,244 
The grants from the Gould Fund between 1899 and 1908 were 
all for astronomical investigations and amounted to $9,430. 
® Of this sum, $40,000 is not yet available. 
” The classification is not entirely exact, as the object of the grants is not always definitely 
stated. 
* Some of the items under this heading are probably chargeable to astronomy. 
