BENEF ACTIONS. 75 



1881. 

 George Bentham, Esq., special donation, £2o. 

 The same: towards Richard i\ippist's pension, ^50. 

 Portrait of Dr. St. George Jacl<son Mivart, by Miss Solomon; 

 presented by Mrs. Mivart. 



1882. 



Executors of the late Frederick CuiTey : a large selection of books. 

 Subscription portrait of Charles Eobert Darwin, by Hon. John 



Collier. 

 The Secretary of State for India in Council : Grant for publication 



of Dr. Aitchison's second paper on the Plora of the Kurrum 



Valley, £60. 



1883. 



Sir John Lubbock, Bt, (afterwards Lord Avebury). 



Portrait of Carl von Linne, ascribed to M. Hallmau. 

 Philip Henrv Gosse, Esq. : to\\ard3 cost of illustrating his paper, 



<£i>o. 

 Royal Society : Grant in aid of Mr. P. H. Gosse's paper, =£50. 

 Sophia Grover, Harriet Grover, Emily Grover, and Charles Ehret 



Grover : 11 letters from Carl von Linne to G. D. Ehret. 



1885. 

 Executors of the late George Bentham, £567 lis. 2d. 

 Subscription portrait of George Busk, by his daughter Marian 

 Busk. 



1886. 

 A large selection of books from the librar}" of the late Dr. Spencer 



Thomas Cobbold (a bequest for a medal was declined). 

 Sir George MacLeay, Bt. : MSS. of Alexander MacLeay and 

 portrait of Eev. AVilliam Kirby. 



1887. 



William Davidson, Esq. : 1st and 2nd instalments of grant in aid 



of publication, £50. 

 Francis Blackwell Forbes, Esq., in aid of Chinese Flora, £25. 



1888. 

 The Secretary of State for India in Council: Grant in aid of 



publication of results of the Afghan Boundary Delimitation 



Expedition, £150. 

 Dr. J. E. T. Aitchisou, towards the same, £25. 

 Trustees of the Indian Museum : Mergui Archipelago report, for 



publication in Journal, £135. 

 Dr. John Anderson, for the same, £60. 

 Wm. Davidson, Esq. : 3rd and last instalment, £25. 

 Sir Joseph Hooker : (1) Series of medals formerly in possession 



of George Bentham ; (2) Gold watch, key, and two seals 



belonging to Eobert Brown. 



